Clinical Clerkship in University of Tsukub

Abstract

1） University of Tsukuba, School of medicine reformed curriculum for undergraduate medical education in 2004 and then, introduced Clinical Clerkship（CC） Program in a period between September of the 4th year to June of the 6th year. CC program is consists of 1） Floor Unit CC （7 units, 8wks each）, 2） Advanced CC （2 clinical departments, 4wks each）, 3） CC in the community （8wks） and 4） Electives （6wks） during 78 weeks in total.
2） The composition of the Floor Unit consisted if from 4 to 5 clinical departments that locate in the same ward or floor can encourage students to be familiar with the ward and practice thoroughly.
3） Until now, some program evaluation including students’ feedback and the assessment of students’ clinical competency have indicated that this new CC program indicate positive effects.