Devices and attempts to make understand horizontally and vertically for pharmacology education in Osaka Metropolitan University

Abstract

As of February 1st, 2023, the Japan Accreditation Council for Medical Education (JACME) has evaluated and certified medical education programs at 70 medical schools as meeting international standards. It is required that medical schools continue to undergo this accreditation process to improve and further develop the quality of medical education. Although many medical schools have received and completed the first round of review, one of the remaining common issues is to change to an integrated curriculum based on an outcome-based education. Osaka Metropolitan University is in the process of reviewing its educational programs, including the establishment of milestones to appropriately assess the level of achievement of the competencies based on the outcome-based education. In addition, the university is continuing to revise the program to promote integrated education and active learning practices toward the set graduation outcomes. This paper introduces the devises and attempts for horizontally and vertically integrated understanding in pharmacology education based on the learning outcome-based educational system promoted by Osaka Metropolitan University.