Effect of early problem-based learning tutorial education on medical students' views about learning / 医学教育

1) In problem-based learning (PBL) tutorials during the2nd year, general symptoms (fatigue, weight change, bleeding, fever, pain, and edema) were chosen as subjects.Changes in the students'way of thinking about how to learn were evaluated before and after PBL tutorials.<BR>2) After tutorials students were significantly more likely to believe that their participation in tutorials was a more effective way of learning. The students'views after tutorials on listening to lectures differed between2006and2007.<BR>3) We conclude that PBL tutorials affect medical students'views about learning.

A Study on Lumbago Among Farm Workers in Nagano Prefecture / 日本農村医学会雑誌

Recently, there have been signs of a rise in the number of farm workers with lumbago. The authors have surveyed and researched farm workers' complaints about lumbago and the relations among lumbago, farm work and daily life. The findings revealed that:<BR>1) Complaints about lumbago are evidenthly greater among farm workers than other people.<BR>2) People with complaints about lumbago increase with age. Men and women in their 40s reach a peak.<BR>3) In terms of farm work, the rate of complaints about lumbago is great for forward-bending and half-sitting postures and for the carrying of heavy objects and the bending and stretching of the waist. In terms of the work environment, cold weather produces a great impact on the incidence and degeneration of lumbago.<BR>4) In checkups of people with lumbago, there are many cases with muscular and myofasiogenic lumbago.<BR>5) Complaints have something to do with an elapse of time. Daily calithenics is believed to the alleviation of complaints about lumbago.