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Table 2 Outline of Social Medicine Learning based on Rashomon Approach

From: What is the impact of the Rashomon approach in primary care education?: An educational case report of implementing dialogue and improvisation into medical education

Rashomon approach

Social Medicine Learning Session

General Educational Goals

(≒Overall Competency)

“Understand the relationship between society and health / diseases and learn the impact on health of individuals and social life due to changes in environmental factors surrounding individuals and group of people.”

• Creative Teaching and Learning Activities

“Discover the value of learning material in learning process”

“Emphasis on improvisation”

• Record or Description of Learning

â—† Developing teaching and learning activities based on creative task interpretation

· Module 1: Explication of the overall competencies

· Module 2: Dialogue among students

· Module 3: Visits a patient’s home and interviews

· Module 4: Dialogue with teachers’ improvisation

◆ Faculty’s Competencies

· As unexpected lesson could be developed, it might be fun but tense for faculty.

· It emphasizes the competence of the faculty as professionals.

• Assessment with Competencies

â—† Assessing the descriptive data (written data) from the students (What they learnt and what they understand)