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Center for Medical Education and International Relations

(Established: September 1, 2010; reorganized: April 1, 2018)

The center was established to support the conduct of R&D in medical education and promote medical education and international relations through planning, drafting, coordination and other considerations for educational activities and international relations.

(As of April 1, 2024)

【Aim】

The aim of the Center for Medical Education and International Relations is to contribute to the promotion of medical education and international relations at the Faculty of Medicine, the Graduate School of Medicine, and the School of Medicine by promoting R&D on medical education at the Faculty of Medicine and designing, planning and coordinating medical educational and international relations programs at the Graduate School of Medicine and the School of Medicine.

【Mission】

Medical Education R&D Division

  • R&D, design, planning and implementation for medical educational programs
  • R&D on educational assessment systems
  • Gathering and analysis of information on medical education
  • Administration and management of Common Achievement Tests (OSCE and CBT)
  • Planning and implementation on faculty development
  • Miscellaneous R&D and the promotion of medical educational programs

Medical English Education Division

  • Design, planning and implementation of medical English programs for the School of Medicine
  • Design, planning and organization of medical English seminars

International Relations Division

(International Relations Office: established on July 13, 2006; reorganized on April 1, 2018)

  • Support for the sharing of research results with the international community
  • Exchanges with overseas universities
  • Exchanges with international students
  • International development cooperation
  • International exchange fund of the Faculty of Medicine, the Graduate School of Medicine and the Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine

Steering Committee

The committee is tasked with deliberations on important matters regarding the center, as follows:

  1. (1) teaching staff
  2. (2) budgeting and settlement of accounts
  3. (3) international relations
  4. (4) operations of the Center
  5. (5) events held by the Center
  6. (6) other important matters related to the Center

【Members】

  1. (1) Director, Center for Medical Education and International Relations
  2. (2) Chief Vice Director, Center for Medical Education and International Relations
  3. (3) Vice Directors, Center for Medical Education and International Relations
  4. (4) Committee Chairperson, Academic Affairs Division, School of Medicine
  5. (5) Committee Chairperson, Academic Affairs Division, Graduate School of Medicine
  6. (6) Full-time faculty member of the Center for Medical Education and International Relations (excluding Assistant Professors for Educational Support and Assistant Professors)
  7. (7) Several other individuals with a role deemed necessary by the Director of the Center for Medical Education and International Relations

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is set up within the Center for Medical Education and International Relations of the Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine to examine specific implementation measures of programs and events that are designed and planned by the Center and to implement them in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, School of Medicine and Hokkaido University Hospital.

【Members】

  1. (1) Chief Vice Director, Center for Medical Education and International Relations
  2. (2) Vice Directors, Center for Medical Education and International Relations
  3. (3) Committee Chairperson, Academic Affairs Division, School of Medicine
  4. (4) Committee Chairperson, Academic Affairs Division, Graduate School of Medicine
  5. (5) A full-time faculty member of the Postgraduate Clinic Training Center, Hokkaido University Hospital
  6. (6) Full-time faculty member of the Center for Medical Education and International Relations (excluding Assistant Professors for Educational Support)
  7. (7) Several other individuals with a role deemed necessary by the Director of the Center for Medical Education and International Relations

Overview of Faculty Development (FD) Activities

Host: Center for Medical Education and International Relations

(FY2023)
Number Date Theme

66th

June 6 (Tue.), 2023
16:30 – 17:00
Online
On-demand

Theme: Teaching at a medical school – using the medical education starter kit

Purpose: To rethink the future of “teaching” at medical schools by learning about such educational methods as active learning and evaluation methods using the medical education starter kit of Gifu University Medical Education Development Center

67th

July 18 (Tue.), 2023
17:30 – 19:00
Online

Theme: Will public disclosure of common achievement tests cause changes to the clinical clerkship program?

Purpose: To enhance the clinical clerkship program by reaffirming the purpose and explaining how the existing program will change or not change in view of the enforcement of the revised Medical Practitioners Act.

68th

December 1 (Fri.), 2023
16:00 – 17:30
Online

Theme: Toward a curriculum compliant with the model core curriculum and JACME

Purpose: To provide information for the revision of the curriculum of the Hokkaido University School of Medicine, based on advice to improve the evaluation of medical education by field approved last year, the content of the model core curriculum for medical education revised last year, and the matters discussed by the curriculum committee

69th

December 9 (Sat.), 2023
9:00 – 16:30
Place: School of Medicine Centennial Hall

Theme: Toward revision of the curriculum of the Hokkaido University School of Medicine

Purpose: To revise the educational program to better prepare students to reach the degree-awarding level (diploma policy) of the School of Medicine, by incorporating the revised model core curriculum and JACME's advice

70th

December 21 (Thu.), 2023
15:00 – 16:30
Online

Theme: Efforts and educational and research activities to achieve SDGs at Hokkaido University

Purpose: To deepen the understanding of “contributing to the achievement of SDGs” set forth in the University's Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals and Plan by inviting a lecturer from the SDGs Initiative Office