To Construct the Characteristic Elective System for Medical University / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Electives,as an important component of medical education,are useful for students in expanding knowledge scope,improving knowledge structure and increasing overall capacity.Adjusting course resources,strengthening education administration and conducting course evaluation can achieve the establishment of electives system in medical colleges and universities.As a result,the electives system will contribute to the formation of inter-disciplinary medical talents.

Model Core Curriculum and Student Evaluation System for Entering to a Clinical Clerkship. Trial of Clinical Training in Tsukuba University School of Medicine and Problems of Core Curriculum of Clinical Training / 医学教育

Characteristics of clinical training of Tsukuba University School of Medicine are pre-BSL, essential and elective training, out of university clinical training, new medical science course, electives, and overseas clinical training. The main problems of this clinical training are some students have insufficient motivation or basic knowlegde for learning, and some tutors have insufficient passion or skill for teaching. These problems might be common with the problems of core curriculum of clinical training.