Incorporating global anthropological knowledge into medical education in Japan

• MICHINOBU, Ryoko

  札幌医科大学医療人育成センター教養教育研究部門

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• <特集論文 : 医学教育と人類学の協働のかたち>日本の医学教育にグローバルな視野をもつ人類学の研究知見を導入する

Abstract

The 2013 implementation of a quality assurance system has brought about fundamental changes in the field of medical education in Japan. Its primary aim is the advancement of the nation's medicine and health care through education based on global standards. These medical and health standards will inevitably result in Japanese medical professionals considering from a more global perspective issues such as health and social justice, the social determinants of health, and agendas for social work. A challenge for medical anthropologists is to bring global anthropological knowledge into medical education both effectively and creatively. This paper examines two means by which anthropology can enhance the quality of medical education in Japan through the dissemination of information to medical students concerning global health agendas. One involves the integration of medical anthropology into social medicine and global health as a part of behavioral and social science curricula. The other involves the inclusion of anthropological fieldwork in regional medical and health training as a way to broaden students' perspectives.

Journal

• Contact zone

  Contact zone 11 (2019), 334-353, 2019-08-31

  京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科 文化人類学分野

Keywords

• medical education
• global health
• fieldwork
• health ethnography
• Japan

Details

• CRID: 1050564288434068480
• NII Article ID: 120006719372
• NII Book ID: AA12260795
• ISSN: 21885974
• HANDLE: 2433/243988
• Text Lang: ja
• Article Type: departmental bulletin paper
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  • CiNii Articles