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Joint class "Medical Communication" was held atItabashi Campus

On September 1st (Thursday) and 2nd (Friday), 2022, at Department of Nursing Department of Pharma-Science Itabashi Campus Faculty of Pharma-Science Faculty of Medical Technology Department of Radiological Technology Department of Medicine “School of Medicine communication” was carried out.
This course is a multi-professional collaborative education that takes advantage of the educational environment unique to this university, where medical faculties gather on the same campus and the School of Medicine hospital is adjacent. Understanding the importance of Team Medical Care, communication skills to accurately communicate and share patient information in a multidisciplinary team, and the direction of extracting and organizing physical and psychosocial problems and solving them The purpose is to acquire the ability to find This year, the event was held by about 660 fourth-year students.

The class was based on a dedicated textbook, "Medical Communication 2nd Edition (Kyoto Hirokawa Shoten, published in March 2022)" co-authored by faculty members of the university's medical communication steering committee. A case of a man with heart failure” was the theme of the group work.
First, the team shares information about the patient's hospitalized situation, creates a problem list for the patient's medical and behavioral situation, and formulates a specific treatment and treatment plan. , all teams made presentations. By having each student express their opinions from their respective standpoints as a doctor, pharmacist, nurse, and radiological technologist, they are able to grasp the patient from multiple perspectives, and understand the importance of interprofessional communication and medical care through multiprofessional collaboration. I experienced the improvement of the team power.
After each team presented the results of their group work Cardiology School of Medicine of the university hospital. Students earnestly observe the process of patient assessment and treatment/treatment policy decision-making by a medical team consisting of doctors, pharmacists, nurses, radiological technologist, physiotherapists, registered dietitians, and medical social workers. While comparing the results of the multi-professional conference and their own examinations, and sometimes taking notes, it seemed that they renewed their awareness and determination as aspiring to become a medical profession.

Our university will continue to implement a curriculum that allows you to have valuable experiences of sharing information and exchanging opinions through face-to-face communication while paying attention to safety even during the corona crisis, and will become an immediate force in Team Medical Care, which has become indispensable in modern medicine. In order to develop human resources, we will promote cross-disciplinary interprofessional education in medical fields.

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