Undergraduate general medicine education in Japan: A nationwide cross-sectional survey of medical trainees' perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2022 revised version of the Model Core Curriculum (MCC) for Medical Education in Japan includes "generalism" as a new expertise quality and ability, based on the results of surveys of experts in health professions education. However, the perspectives of medical trainees under the pre-2022 MCC revision were under-examined. Here, we investigated what these trainees felt they had learned about general medicine (GM)-related topics.

Methods

We performed a nationwide cross-sectional study using an anonymous online questionnaire, which was developed with reference to the 2022 revised MCC. The questionnaire consisted of 14 items. For all items, we asked, "Did you learn enough during medical school?" Respondents were asked to respond on a 5-point Likert scale (from 1 =

SUBMITTER: Fujikawa H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11890055 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature