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Medical Education Lab
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The lab studies medical education systems, clinical skills education, and related topics.
AboutAbout the lab
Driving medical education reform with evidence
The lab studies medical education systems, clinical skills education, educational program evaluation, clinical supervisors, e-learning, and related topics.
In the field of medical education, attention is growing around the concept of BEME (Best Evidence Medical Education), which applies Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) to the context of medical education.
Prof. Niiro supervises the clinical clerkships and research of medical students, residents, specialty trainees, and graduate students.
The lab is located within the Integrated Medical Education Center on the hospital campus.
Key terms
- BEME
- A concept that applies EBM to medical education. An approach that advances educational reform on the basis of evidence as far as possible
- EBM
- Abbreviation of Evidence Based Medicine. Medical practice grounded in evidence
- Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
- An examination that assesses the clinical skills of medical students and others through hands-on practical tasks
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies medical education systems, clinical skills education, educational program evaluation, and related topics. It aims to advance reform of medical education on the basis of evidence as far as possible.
*Illustrative imageResearch on Medical Education Systems and Teaching
The lab conducts and publishes research on medical education systems, clinical skills education, the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), educational program evaluation, clinical supervisors, e-learning, and related topics.
*Illustrative imageEvidence-Based Medical Education
In medical education, there is often still not enough evidence. To advance reform on the basis of evidence as far as possible, the lab aims to share evidence with the world through its research.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Medical Education Lab are faculty, graduate students, joint researchers, administrative staff, technical staff, administrative assistants, and technical assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorHiroaki Niiro
- Associate ProfessorMakoto Kikukawa
- Assistant ProfessorSho Fujimoto
- Assistant ProfessorKyoko Yamaguchi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Medical Gossip” S.M.M.Musabbir Uddin / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Research on Medical Education Systems and Teaching: “Stethoscope-ja-2019” melvil / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Evidence-Based Medical Education: “Workshop for Education 2.0 Research and Documentation Project. April, 2019” EducationMENA / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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