IMPORTANCE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION IN GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Abstract

The importance of reforming university and medical educations in Japan has been attracting attention. Looking at the details of higher education reforms in other countries, such as the U.S. and the U.K., we can see the philosophy of developing good doctors and good researchers. This philosophy has promoted research in education and created new terms and concepts. In Japan, third-party evaluations of the quality of education at each university are underway, and it would be a shame if some of these universities were to change the terminology and concepts only formally to superficially get through these evaluations; this is not conducive to true growth. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to summarize the background of some important terms related to education that have been developed in Europe and the United States as a result of such reforms, and to introduce their importance to doctors who will design the gastrointestinal endoscopy education curriculum in the future.