Abstract
Purpose, significance and potentialities of medical physics teaching for medical students are discussed. General physics and experimental physics courses are obligatory subjects in most Japanese medical schools. The elementaries of quantum mechanics and practical electronics are usually included in the subjects. In many medical schools, the rudiments of radiation physics are lectured as a part of the radiology. However, few medical schools have Departments of Medical Physics. Medical physics has rarely been included in the curriculum for medical students.
In 1991, "The Official Requirements for the Inaug u ration of a College" has been fully revised for the purpose of generalization since it was issued in 1956. The revision was undertaken in accordance with the report submitted, in 1987, by "The Ad Hoc Committee on Education" to the Prime Minister. The new requirements provide broad policies for the curriculum of general education in an attempt to initiate the reformation of the college education. Under the new provision, universities and colleges are free to set up their curriculums from their own standpoints. The significance of the reformation is reviewed. Potentialities of modification from Physics to Medical Physics Departments and the purpose of medical physics education to medical studets in the reformation are also discussed.
