Leaning Objectives of Medical Education in Japan / 医学教育

1) We searched the Internet with Google and the key words "GIO," "SBO," "general objectives," and "behavioral objectives."2) Most of the top 100 Web sites found with searches using the key words "GIO" and "SBO" were related to Japanese medical education.3) Most of the top 100 sites found through searches using the Japanese key words "general objectives" and "behavioral objectives" were related to medical education.

Potential for Integrated Medical School and Oriental Medical School Curriculum / 한국의학교육

This study aims to suggest potential steps required for the integration of medical and oriental medical school by comparing the curriculum and its content between the two. The analysis was based on the specific behavioral objectives(SBOS) of the Korean Medical Association and Oriental Medical School Association. We used the school's catalog as well to get information on courses that are offered, hours, and credits. Major findings were as follows. 1. Clinical courses that are taught in oriental medical schools cover about 75% of the courses offered in medical schools on the basis of SBOS. This suggests that western medical knowledge is required for training oriental medical doctors in Korea. 2. If the SBOS of clinical medicine is taught for another 1 year at the oriental medical school, it will cover the entire content of the medical school. Also if 1.5 years of oriental medicine content is taught at medical school, it will include the whole SBOS offered in orienta medical school. Including a 1 year of clinical practicum, the extra years of required education would be 2 years for oriental medical students and 2.5 years for the medical students. Planning for an integrated for medical and oriental medicine requires close cooperation between all parties in practice and academics. A newly developed level of medicine will emerge from this if the plan takes into account the establishment of medical and oriental medical graduate schools and KMA's movement to reduce the number of SBOS to be taught in medical schools.

Learning Strategies of Continuing Medical Education for General Practitioners / 医学教育

Continuing medical education for the general practitioners has been activery performed. The former committee for continuing medical education of the Japan Society for Medical Education reported the objectives of continuing medical education for general practitioners. The present committee proposed learning strategies for continuing medical education for general practitioners in accordance with specific behavioral objectives of the curriculum.<BR>It was postulated that appropriate learning strategies are necessary for physicians to provide holistic medical care in their communities, in addition to improving their medical knowledge and skills.<BR>Learning strategies in the curriculum were also coordinated with the continuing medical education system of the Japan Medical Association.

Evaluation of Specific Behavioral Objectives of the Subjects in Medical School Published by the Subject Objective Committee of the Korean Medical Association / 한국의학교육

Learning specific behavioral objectives (SBOs) of 39 subjects in medical school have been used to criteria not only for teaching and evaluation of medical students but also for the national medical li censing examination for physician and selection examination for internship since 1993. In order to prepare the information and data for future revision of SBOs of medical school, author compared with the SBOs of 39 basic and clinical science subjects using selected 20 items of SBOs as the key of study. The analyzed results were as follows: 1. The repetitions of a few sort of same "SBOs" were founded among subjects and even in same subject by difference chapter with the frequency of 2-11 times. 2. Marking the level of "SBOs" as "B" was not consistent according with different subjects or even in same subject between difference chapters. 3. Some "SBOs" were inappropriately listed in less related subjects. For further improvement of learning specific objectives in medical school, it would be necessary to develop the revision task of "SBOs" for the education committee of each medical school with cooperation of the subject objective committee of The Korean Medical Association and The Korean Society of Medical Education.