Curricular Reform of Clinical Medical Education at Osaka City University Medical School / 医学教育

Osaka City University Medical School is now radically reforming its undergraduate curriculum for clinical medical education. Over the next 2 years, lecture will gradually be decreased from 773 to 433 sessions (each session lasting 105 minutes) by introducing organ-based integrated lectures, while practical clinical training will be increased to 15 months and classical bedside teaching will be replaced by clinical clerkships. A new teaching building to be completed by April 1998 will contain many rooms and facilities for students to study alone or in groups. Such innovations became possible only after continuous cooperation and planning by the newly organized curriculum committee and its subcommittees.