2021 Volume 35 Issue 1 Pages 1-7
[Purpose] The Japan Prehospital Trauma Evaluation and Care™ (JPTEC™) program serves as a guideline for prehospital trauma evaluation and care for health care workers, including paramedics, doctors and nurses, in Japan. The JPTEC™ first responder (FR) course, which was designed in 2016, is a training course for non-health care providers. In this study, we focused on medical care for trauma and regularly held the JPTEC™ FR course, which was modified for health care workers, during the clinical clerkship of medical students. The usefulness of the JPTEC™ FR course in trauma education for medical students was assessed using a questionnaire. [Methods] We administered a questionnaire for the self-evaluation of trauma response and care after attending the JPTEC™ FR course. [Results] Many medical students evaluated the JPTEC™ FR course favorably and were highly satisfied with the instruction. In addition, the students were confident in the basic procedure for trauma response, and considered themselves able to correctly perform situational, physiological and anatomical assessments. [Conclusion] The JPTEC™ FR course modified for medical students is a highly useful tool for trauma education.