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Volume 5, Issue 2 (Suppl) J Tradi Med Clin Natur
ISSN: JTMCN, an open access journal
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Traditional Medicine 2016
September 14-16, 2016
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September 14-16, 2016 Amsterdam, Netherlands
6th International Conference and Exhibition on
Traditional & Alternative Medicine
Simulation training with abdominal simulators in traditional Japanese (Kampo) medicine
Natsumi Saito1, Shin Takayama1, Takehiro Numata1, Ryutaro Arita1, Soichiro Kaneko1, Tetsuharu Kamiya1, Hidekazu Watanabe1, Hitoshi Nishikawa1,
Yuka Ikeno1, Minoru Ohsawa1, Akiko Kikuchi1, Junichi Tanaka1, Hitoshi Kuroda1, Michiaki Abe1, Kazuyoshi Yamashita2 and Tadashi Ishii1
1Tohoku University Hospital, Japan
2Japanese Red-cross Sendai Hospital, Japan
In 2001, traditional Japanese (Kampo) medicine was included in the Japanese medical schools’ model core curriculum. The original
concepts of Kampomedicine for the treatment of various diseases involve the use of history taking and unique physical examinations
including abdominal diagnosis. Recently, simulators of abdominal diagnosis (hereafter referred to as “abdominal simulators”) were
developed and have been incorporated in Kampo medicine training. This study aimed to assess the influence of hands-on training
with lectures using abdominal simulators on Kampo medicine education in medical students. Fifty-one medical students (grade;
1st to 6th; mean age, 23.1 years; male: 33; female: 18) underwent training. First, they palpated 7 types of abdominal simulators and
answered a test after receiving basic lectures on abdominal diagnosis. Then, they palpated same simulators and answered the test again
after receiving detailed lectures on abdominal diagnosis. The correct answer rates in the tests taken after basic and detailed lectures
were compared. The total correct answer rates for abdominal signs with the simulators significantly increased after the detailed lecture
(78.2% vs. 94.4%, p<0.001). The total correct answer rates for formulae related to the abdominal signs also increased after the detailed
lecture (21.8% vs. 59.7%, p<0.001). Lectures with abdominal simulator training can promote students’ understanding of Kampo
medicine. Lectures using abdominal simulators can promote students’ understanding of abdominal diagnosis. Kampo formulae are
selected on the basis of physical examinations; therefore, simulation training will be useful in education of medical students.
Biography
Natsumi Saito graduated from Yokohama City University, School of Medicine in 2009. She is a Board Certified Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.
She has completed her Doctor Course at Graduate School of Tohoku University, Department of Education and Support for Regional Medicine, Department of
Kampo Medicine. She is the Resident Doctor of General Medicine and of Kampo Medicine in Japanese Red-Cross Sendai Hospital.
Natsumi Saito et al., J Tradi Med Clin Natur 2016, 5:2 (Suppl)