title: Educational courses for physiological function examination at Jichi Medical University: practical trainings in ultrasonography.
abstract: To foster work-ready general physicians, Jichi Medical University has developed various clinical teaching practices since its foundation. The educational courses for clinical laboratory medicine, being one of them, adopt practical trainings in ultrasonography, which is essential in practical medicine today. The aims and the specifics of the trainings adopted in the seminar of ultrasound and the required or the optional subjects of Bedside Learning (BSL) at Jichi Medical University are reported.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Integrated Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama 330-8503, Japan. kiyoka@jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kiyoka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omoto
authors.forename: Mikihiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: Yasutomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koibuchis
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D010827:Physiology / Q000193:education*; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014463:Ultrasonography