2019 Academic year: the first Assembly Education workshop (July 15th)
| Assembly I has cultivated the foundations of interprofessional collaboration through various group activities (such as sporting, cultural, and experimental activities), since the university was founded nearly 50 years ago. At this time, we will completely re-examine Assembly I and refine it into a program to learn about “communication with others.” The focal points of the learning will be: “1. be interested in others” “2. listen attentively” and “3. question” A workshop was held to examine and confirm the content of the new Assembly I, with the aim of further developing our unique Assembly Education program. The theme of the workshop was “An examination of the programs within the new Assembly I,” with Prof. Michiko Goto of Mie University participating as a guest lecturer and conducting an experiential learning workshop called “the bus will not wait for you” (material to be used for the new Assembly I) to 37 academic and administrative staff. Participants examined the material’s effects, issues, and so on. |
| Date and Time: | July 15th (holiday Monday) 2019, 9:30-16:00 |
| Place: | Active Learning Room, 412, 4th floor, the University Bldg. No. 3 |
| Participants: | Members of the Center for The Assembly Education, members of the Office for the promotion of The Assembly Education |
| Theme: | An examination of the new Assembly I program |
| Lecturer: | Prof. Michiko Goto, Mie University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Community Medicine of Mie Prefecture |
Workshop Members
Mini lecture
| Prof. Masatsugu Ohtsuki, Director of the Center for The Assembly Education, delivered a lecture on “The continuity of The Assembly Education program” in Part 1. Participants deepened their understanding of the learning objectives of The Assembly Education program and the importance of interprofessional collaboration in medicine. In Part 2, Prof. Akihiro Furusawa, Deputy Director of the Center for The Assembly Education (in charge of Assembly I), explained the goals and activities of the new Assembly I course under the title of “The plan to reform Assembly I from the 2020 academic year.” |
Part1. Prof. Masatsugu Ohtsuki
Part2. Associate Professor. Akihiro Furusawa
Group work
Prof. Kuramoto Yonemoto
| To confirm and examine the new Assembly I program, participants experienced “The bus will not wait for you,” material to be used as a group work activity in Assembly I. In conducting the group work, Prof. Kuramoto Yonemoto, from the Department of Medical Management and Information Science, explained the aim of the program and rules of the workshop. “The bus will not wait for you” is a game-like activity in which participants work as a team to complete a map to reach the bus stop, by communicating the contents of a regional information card distributed to each member of the team. We were able to conduct meaningful group work, and each team was able to enthusiastically experience the activity. Prof. Goto also provided valuable feedback as to how to make the activities of Assembly I more rewarding for students. Through this group work activity, participants could identify that a challenge is to improve the skills of the teachers in charge who will conduct the courses in Assembly I. |
Assistant Professor. Michiko Goto
| Biography of Prof. Michiko Goto | |
| 1991: | Graduated from the Department of Anthropology and Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, Nanzan University |
| 2005: | Received a Master of Arts (Human Cultures), Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya City University |
| 2009: | Received a PhD in Medicine (Family Medicine), Graduate School of Medicine, Home Medicine Course, Mie University |
| 2011: | Assistant Professor, Center for Medical and Nursing Education, Faculty of Medicine, Mie University |
| 2013: | Assistant Professor, Community Medicine Course, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University |
| 2018: | Assistant Professor, Mie Prefectural Family Medicine and Community Medicine Course, Faculty of Medicine, Mie University |