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ArticleBMC medical education2021

A collaborative clinical case conference model for teaching social and behavioral science in medicine: an action research study.

Junichiro Miyachi, Junko Iida, Yosuke Shimazono, Hiroshi Nishigori

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Article in BMC medical education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Junichiro MiyachiCenter for Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, 65 Tsurumai-cho Showa-ku Nagoya, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8560, Japan. junmya80@gmail.com.
Junko IidaFaculty of Health and Welfare, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Okayama, Japan.
Yosuke ShimazonoCenter for Global Initiatives, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroshi NishigoriCenter for Medical Education, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, 65 Tsurumai-cho Showa-ku Nagoya, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8560, Japan.
Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare · JPKyoto University · JPNagoya University · JPOsaka University · JP

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Abstract

backgroundEffective social and behavioral sciences teaching in medical education requires integration with clinical experience, as well as collaboration between social and behavioral sciences experts and clinical faculty. However, teaching models for achieving this integration have not been adequately established, nor has the collaboration process been described. This study aims to propose a collaborative clinical case conference model to integrate social and behavioral sciences and clinical experience. Additionally, we describe how social and behavioral science experts and clinical faculty collaborate during the development of the teaching method.

methodsA team of medical teachers and medical anthropologists planned for the development of a case conference based on action research methodology. The initial model was planned for a 3-h session, similar to a Clinicopathological Conference (CPC) structure. We evaluated each session based on field notes taken by medical anthropologists and post-session questionnaires that surveyed participants' reactions and points of improvement. Based on the evaluation, a reflective meeting was held to discuss revisions for the next trial. We incorporated the development process into undergraduate medical curricula in clinical years and in a postgraduate and continuous professional development session for residents and certified family physicians in Japan. We repeated the plan-act-observe-reflection process more than 15 times between 2015 and 2018.

resultsThe development of the collaborative clinical case conference model is summarized in three phases: Quasi-CPC, Interactive, and Co-constructive with unique structures and underlying paradigms. The model successfully contributed to promoting the participants' recognition of the clinical significance of social and behavioral sciences. The case preparation entailed unique and significant learning of how social and behavioral sciences inform clinical practice. The model development process promoted the mutual understanding between clinical faculty and anthropologists, which might function as faculty development for teachers involved in social and behavioral sciences teaching in medical education.

conclusionsThe application of appropriate conference models and awareness of their underlying paradigms according to educational situations promotes the integration of social and behavioral sciences with clinical medicine education. Faculty development regarding social and behavioral sciences in medical education should focus on collaboration with scholars with different paradigmatic orientations.

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Behavioral SciencesEducation, MedicalCurriculumFacultyFaculty, MedicalHealth Services ResearchHumansTeachingAnthropologyClinical case conferenceFaculty developmentIntegrationSocial and behavioral sciences

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