[Responses in a questionnaire by medical school students who participated in the new curriculum of the clinical learning in clinical pathology].
The clinical learning taken by medical students are an important part of their medical education. To develop a new, effective curriculum for the clinical learning in Clinical Pathology, the instructors defined clear general instructional objectives and specific behavioral objectives, and discussed the learning strategies and evaluation methods. The medical students at our medical school took this new curriculum in Clinical Pathology in 1999. As an evaluation method of this new curriculum, we asked all students to fill out a questionnaire that asked their opinions about the length of each component in the Clinical Pathology rotation, the content of the rotation, etc. Over 80% of the respondents answered that the rotation in Clinical Pathology was useful. Ninety-six percent of the students felt that the experience and knowledge they gained in this Clinical Pathology rotation will be useful in the clinical learning in other departments. Based on the high percentage of favorable responses from the students, we concluded that the new curriculum, which was developed after intensive planning, was successful. In summary, the feedback from students who took the new curriculum in Clinical Pathology showed that this new course was well-accepted by the students and that it created an excellent relationship between the instructors and students. Some of the responses in the questionnaires will be used to improve the Clinical Pathology rotation in the future.
Shimetani
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N
Department of Clinical Pathology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara.
Ohtani
S
S
Kanoh
Y
Y
Ohtani
H
H
D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D007564:Japan; D007858:Learning; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires