UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Medicine

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Overview of Faculty of Medicine Education

Six-year Curriculum Supporting the Path to Becoming a Doctor

Kansai Medical University provides students with an education based on a 6-year curriculum to develop knowledge and skills as well as attitudes and humanity through the founding spirit of Jijinshinkyo, namely, “Benevolence, Compassion, and Empathy.”

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1st Year – 2nd Year

The first step to build a foundation as a medical student.

This is an important step to building a foundation. Students will study basic fields such as anatomy and physiology as well as social medicine through lectures and practical training while developing basic knowledge and skills as well as basic academic skills to study the specialized knowledge required for medical students. Over the course of two years, students will acquire the basic ability to continue life-long learning as doctors through studies of various aspects including the structure and function of the human body as well as the liberal arts, the structure of and issues with modern society, and healthcare and medicine as viewed from other fields.

3rd Year – 2nd term of the 4th Year

Enter clinical areas after acquiring basic skills

Students will finally acquire clinical knowledge by utilizing their basic skills. Students will gain in-depth knowledge and understanding through lectures systematically designed by organ and system and on-the-job training in departments such as internal medicine and surgery. At the end of the second term of the 4th year, students will take common achievement tests (CBT/Pre-CC OSCE), which are common tests for all medical students in Japan. Students who pass this test will be able to join actual clinical practice as a student doctor.

3rd term of the 4th Year – 6th Year

Learn “practical” skills on the frontline of healthcare

Students certified as student doctors will participate in a clinical clerkship (CC), a practical training program where student doctors work as a member of a medical team in clinical settings. Student doctors will be divided into small groups and rotate through every department over a period of 36 weeks. In the following 32 weeks, student doctors will take part in “elective clinical training” to accumulate clinical experience in and outside of the university and overseas.

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Providing an education in attitudes and humanity to foster excellent doctors with a rich sense of humanity

In the Practice of Medical Professionalism (1st to 4th years), students will study the history and social role of medicine, life/medical ethics, and proficiency in communication in addition to acquiring knowledge and skills. In multidisciplinary collaborative education, students will learn common issues along with students from other departments to study the basics of team medical care. In Introduction to Clinical Practical Training (1st to 4th years), students will take part in early on-the-job training, early medical care training, nursing training, patient escort training, and medical interview practice/training to learn actual medical care in clinical settings from an early stage.

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