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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, 2023)

【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 (FY2022)

Host: Center for Medical Education and International Relations

(FY2022)
Number Date Theme

60th

June 24 (Fri.), 2022
13:30-17:15 Online

Theme: Overview of the medical education system and teaching methods

Purpose: To deepen understanding of the current medical education system (e.g., the model core curriculum for medical education, accreditation for medical education, and clinical training system for physicians) and teaching methods

61st

July 26 (Tue.), 2022
17:30-19:00 Online

Theme: Evaluation of the clinical clerkship

Purpose: To review the 2021 clinical clerkship in core clinical departments and explain the use of CC-EPOC, a tool for recording the observation and evaluation of clinical education, the mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) observation evaluation method, and case-based discussions (CbDs)

62nd

August 18 (Thu.), 2022
10:00-17:00
Place: School of Medicine Centennial Hall

Theme: Diploma policy (academic objectives) and evaluation Part 1

Purpose: To define learning outcomes and their evaluation methods to assess whether students have acquired the necessary abilities for graduation as indicated in the degree awarding standards (diploma policy) (conducted as a series of two one-day workshops during the academic year).

63rd

December 22 (Thu.), 2022
15:30-17:00
Place: The Alumni Hall “Frate”

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

Purpose: To learn about the SDGs-related points raised in the University's Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals and Mid-Term Plan (FY2022-2027) by inviting a lecturer from the University's SDGs Initiative Office, and thus further deepen insight into the achievement of the SDGs

64th

February 9 (Thu.), 2023
10:00-17:00
Place: School of Medicine Centennial Hall

Theme: Diploma policy (academic objectives) and evaluation Part 2Purpose: See that of the 62nd.

65th

March 8 (Wed.), 2023
17:00-18:30 Online

Theme: Results of the JACME audit and revision of the core curricula

Purpose: To analyze the results of the accreditation for medical education approved in FY2022, and to organize and share the issues that the Hokkaido University School of Medicine must address regarding medical education, based on the revised model core curriculum for medical education of FY2022.