Medical Education Center

The Medical Education Center aims to develop, operate, and implement an educational system to achieve the educational goals of the Keio University School of Medicine: "to cultivate a spirit of independence and self-respect, to foster individuals with rich humanity and deep intelligence, to possess judgment based on firm ethical values, to continue self-improvement throughout their lives, and to contribute to human welfare through medical sciences and healthcare," while also contributing to the development of the medical education field in Japan at large.

Professor Toshiaki Monkawa

Professor Junji Haruta

Associate Professor Shintaro Yamaguchi

Senior Lecturer Shutaro Hori

Assistant Professor Rika Nakajima

Assistant Professor Akiko Torii

Project Assistant Professor Yu-Ying Fu

Several concurrent center members

Several administrative staff members

September 2002: Approval for establishment by the School of Medicine Faculty Council

November 2002: Establishment of the Medical Education Center / Appointment of the first Director (concurrent), Professor Yoshihisa Oguchi (Ophthalmology)

December 2003: Opening of the Clinical Simulation Lab

April 2004: Appointment of Director (full-time), Associate Professor Takahiro Amano

August 2004: Opening of the PBL Room

July 2005: Appointment of Director (full-time), Professor Takahiro Amano

April 2009: Appointment of Director (concurrent), Professor Haruo Kashima (Neuropsychiatry)

April 2011: Appointment of Director (full-time), Associate Professor Michito Hirakata

January 2013: Appointment of Director (full-time), Professor Michito Hirakata

October 2017: Appointment of Director (full-time), Professor Toshiaki Kadokawa

The Medical Education Center is a central organization for medical education that collects the latest information on medical education, analyzes data through its IR division, and makes recommendations for curriculum development. It is staffed by experts in medical education and provides support for medical education practiced in each department. Within the Medical Education Center, an IR division is organized independently to analyze the practice and outcomes of medical education as data.

The center handles the Common Achievement Tests administered by the Common Achievement Test Organization.

An examination to confirm the "knowledge" required for students before starting clinical clerkships (student-participation clinical training).

An examination to confirm the "knowledge, attitudes, and skills" required for students before starting clinical clerkships (student-participation clinical training).

We conduct FD seminars on educational techniques for faculty members with the aim of raising awareness of medical education and providing better education to students. Furthermore, we have established the Best Teacher Award and the Medical Contribution Award as systems to recognize outstanding faculty members.

In 2006, the "Best Teacher Award" was established to improve faculty development and educational standards in the School of Medicine. Every year, Best Teachers are selected and honored for each academic year based on the results of student questionnaires regarding classes.

Please refer to the following for the previous year's results.

The Medical Education Contribution Award is an award given to faculty members who have won first place in the Best Teacher Award three or more times, and was newly established in fiscal year 2019.

Faculty members who receive the Medical Education Contribution Award will be excluded from the Best Teacher Award selection from the following year onwards, but are expected to serve as role models for young faculty members who will lead medical education in the future.

Targeting students, residents, and nurses belonging to the Shinanomachi Campus, we provide training to acquire medical skills using various training models. In 2023, in addition to the 1st Clinical Simulation Lab in the East Building, the 2nd Clinical Simulation Lab was established on the 10th floor of Building 2. A dedicated administrator manages the facility.

This facility provides advanced anatomical education, including skill acquisition for physicians, and conducts excellent anatomical research in order to return the results obtained through dissection to medical sciences and society, contributing significantly to the development of medical sciences and healthcare.

The Medical Education Center conducts research related to the education of healthcare professionals.

For educational research conducted using only information such as anonymized grades, questionnaires, and observation data, direct consent is not necessarily obtained from each individual based on ethical guidelines established by the government. However, it is required to notify or disclose information about the implementation of the research, including the purpose of the research, and to guarantee the opportunity to refuse as much as possible. This method is called "opt-out."

If you do not wish for your data to be used for research, please inform the person in charge of each study.

Bioethics Seminar