ABSTRACT
<p>The Consensus of this Committee is:</p><p>1) To change the name of the present committee from "Premedical Education Committee" to "Committee on Behavioral and Social Science" ; accordingly to discuss theoretical foundations, clinical application, learning objectives and outcomes of behavioral and social science in Japanese medical schools.</p><p>2) To collect actual case studies of teaching behavioral and social sciences in Japanese medical schools and create a database for such practices.</p><p>3) To develop behavioral and social science curriculum content in Japanese medical schools.</p><p>4) To organize training courses for teaching methods for behavioral and social science curricula and develop standardized teaching methods and materials.</p>