IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 1575: The Contribution of Citizens to Community-Based Medical Education in Japan: A Systematic Review

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 1575: The Contribution of Citizens to Community-Based Medical Education in Japan: A Systematic Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041575 Authors: Ryuichi Ohta Yoshinori Ryu Chiaki Sano Community-based medical education (CBME) offers vital support to healthcare professionals in aging societies, which need medical trainees who understand comprehensive care. In teaching comprehensive care practices, CBME can involve citizens from the relevant community. This research synthesizes the impact of the involvement of communities on the learning of medical trainees in CBME. We conducted a systematic review, in which we searched ten databases from April 1990 to August 2020 for original articles in Japan regarding CBME involving citizens and descriptively analyzed them. The Kirkpatrick model was used to categorize the outcomes. Our search for studies following the protocol returned 1240 results; 21 articles were included in this systematic review. Medical trainees reported satisfaction with the content, teaching processes, and teachers’ qualities. Medical trainees’ attitudes toward community and rural medicine improved; they were motivated to become family physicians and work in communities and remote areas. This review clarified that citizen involvement in CBME had an effective impact on medical trainees, positively affecting perceptions of this type of education, as well as improving train...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research