NEW PERSPECTIVES AND PROPOSALS ON LIBERAL ARTS, BASIC SCIENCE AND CLINICAL MEDICINE IN GLOBALIZATION : REPORT ON THE 2012 ANNUAL WORKSHOP (NARITA WORKSHOP) ON MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE MEDICAL COURSE (38^TH ANNUAL WORKSHOP) AND THE GRADUATE COURSE (12^TH ANNUAL WORKSHOP) AT JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE

Abstract

The 2012 annualworkshop on medical education in Juntendo University (Narita Workshop) took place in Narita on July 20-21, 2012. In total, 182 people attended the workshop, including 103 faculty members, 17 graduates, 26 residents, 23 medical students and 13 administrative staff members. In the workshop, participants were divided into two committees (the medical education committee and the graduate education committee), and they discussed proposals and perspectives on the present status of medical education in the medicalcourse and the graduate course, as well as postgraduate clinical training. The main topic of this workshop was ''New perspectives and proposals on appropriate education in liberal arts, basic science and clinical medicine''. In the workshop on the medicalcourse, the main topic was discussed from the perspectives of liberalarts, basic science, clinical medicine and clinical training, while in the workshop on the graduate course, various proposals were put forward.