温度刺激検査を用いた統合型教育の試み

抄録

The increasing volume and complexity of medical education have become more apparent recently. An innovative unified curriculum is needed to reinforce the traditional curriculum. Aichi Medical University has decided to employ an integrated curriculum in 2005. We previously introduced a preliminary integrated curriculum starting in 2002 as a collaborative project between the Departments of Anatomy and Otolaryngology.
Using the caloric test, a 180-minute unified lesson was employed for second year medical students. As a result, 90% of the students expressed interest in the integrated curriculum compared to 20% of the students expressing interest in didactic lectures.
Although an integrated curriculum seemed to be useful, many problems remain to be resolved, such as how to allocate otolaryngology to the proper basic science divisions. We believe that it is crucial to keep pursuing and refining the unified curriculum in order to achieve an ideal medical education.