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.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.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.
