Introduction of novel clinical educational systems in Jichi Medical Universit

Abstract

  Clinical educational systems in Jichi Medical University are unique in several aspects.
1）A clinical clerkship is a compulsory 72–week subject.
2）Community–based learning has been adopted for more than ten years.
3）To improve clinical reasoning for medical students, we developed a teaching program using morning conference in Internal Medicine.
4）We introduced a free course–student doctor system.