A proposed core curriculum for dental English education in Japan

BMC Medical Education

Katsuhiko Yoshimoto^1,14  Toshiko Yoshida⁴  Hironori Tsuchiya⁶  Shigeru Takahashi⁵  Kazuyoshi Suzuki^1,15  Roxana Stegaroiu¹  Yo Shibata⁷  Martin Peters⁸  Hiroko Oka³  Naoko Seki²  Yoichiro Miyake^1,14  Yoshizo Matsuka^1,14  Clive Langham^1,10  Bukasa Kalubi^1,14  Ikuo Kageyama^1,13  Jayanetti A Jayawardena^1,11  James Hobbs⁹  J Patrick Barron^1,12  Edward Barroga^1,12  Omar MM Rodis^1,14 

[1] Department of Oral Health and Welfare, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan;Dental Education Development Section, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan;Department of International Collaboration Development for Dentistry, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan;Center for the Development of Medical and Health Care Education (Dental Education), Okayama University, Okayama, Japan;Department of Oral Functional Anatomy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan;Department of Dental Basic Education, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Gifu, Japan;Division of Biomaterials and Engineering, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Showa University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan;Medical English Section, Kanagawa Dental University, Kanagawa, Japan;Department of Foreign Languages, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan;Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan;Department of General Education, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan;Department of International Medical Communications, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan;Department of Anatomy, The Nippon Dental University School of Life Dentistry, Niigata, Japan;Institute of Health Biosciences Support Office of Frontier Oral Science, International Exchange and Collaboration, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima City 770-8504, Japan;Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan

关键词: Japan;    Core curriculum;    Harmonized education;    Dental English;    Health care English;   

Others  :  1090195
DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-014-0239-4

 received in 2014-03-14, accepted in 2014-10-24,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Globalization of the professions has become a necessity among schools and universities across the world. It has affected the medical and dental professions in terms of curriculum design and student and patient needs. In Japan, where medicine and dentistry are taught mainly in the Japanese language, profession-based courses in English, known as Medical English and Dental English, have been integrated into the existing curriculum among its 83 medical and 29 dental schools. Unfortunately, there is neither a core curriculum nor a model syllabus for these courses.

Methods

This report is based on a survey, two discussion forums, a workshop, and finally, the drafting of a proposed core curriculum for dental English approved by consensus of the participants from each university.

Results

The core curriculum covers the theoretical aspects, including dental English terms and oral pathologies; and practical aspects, including blended learning and dentist-patient communication. It is divided into modules and is recommended to be offered for at least two semesters.

Conclusions

The core curriculum is expected to guide curriculum developers in schools where dental English courses are yet to be offered or are still in their early development. It may also serve as a model curriculum to medical and dental schools in countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Central and South America, where English is not the medium of instruction.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Rodis et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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