Trial of medical English education using a website of dynamic images for patient education

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  • KAWABE Tetsuya
    Center for Educational Research and Development, Wakayama Medical University
  • A. Hill Kent
    Wakayama University
  • HANO Takuzo
    Center for Educational Research and Development, Wakayama Medical University

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  • 患者教育用動画ウェブサイトを用いた医学英語教育の試み
  • カンジャ キョウイクヨウ ドウガ ウェブサイト オ モチイタ イガク エイゴ キョウイク ノ ココロミ

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Abstract

1) The need for Japanese medical students to learn medical English increases each year. However, recruiting native-English-speaking academic staff with medical knowledge to work in various regions of Japan, such as Wakayama prefecture, is extremely difficult.<br>2) Wakayama Medical University is now testing a new method of medical English education for second-year students. The method involves the employment of a native (United States)-speaking teacher of general English, who also works at other universities, and the use of dynamic image software developed in the United States for patient education to explain diseases.<br>3) This method may be effective for medical English education in regions where recruiting native English-speaking teaching staff with medical knowledge is difficult. In addition to learning medical English, students might also enhance their knowledge of a broad range of diseases.

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