On September 2020, 9, Juntendo University School of Medicine held a practical lesson on "Easy Japanese" for 28th grade students (4 students), which is useful for medical treatment of foreigners.Assuming that medical students will utilize it in the medical field in the future, it will be the first attempt at a medical school in Japan to incorporate "easy Japanese" as a class as part of medical education (according to a survey by Juntendo University).
"Easy Japanese" refers to Japanese that can be easily understood according to the other party, such as paraphrasing difficult words. It came to be done.In addition to being used to support foreigners, it is also used by people who have difficulty obtaining information, such as the elderly, people with disabilities, and children.
Currently, it is effective in the administrative window, provision of living information, and tourism, but it is not well known to medical personnel, and the survey results released by the Agency for Cultural Affairs on September 2020, 9 show that it is in Japan. It turned out that nearly half of the foreigners who live in the area think that "it is necessary to make efforts to convey it in an easy-to-understand manner in" easy Japanese "."
Against this background of social conditions, Juntendo University School of Medicine offers "Easy Japanese" classes. Understand the origins of "easy Japanese" and the background that led to its need, recognize the difficulties faced by non-native speakers of Japanese when visiting a medical institution, and convey it in "easy Japanese". The purpose is to understand the ingenuity for this and the importance of "fitting to the other person".
On the day of the class, Professor Yuko Takeda of the Medical Education Laboratory first explained the background of the need for "easy Japanese" in Japan, and there are cases where it is difficult to actually speak Japanese as a mother tongue in the medical field. Introducing about.After that, the students practiced replacing phrases that frequently appear in the medical field with "easy Japanese", such as "Are there any medicines you use regularly?" And "Because a detailed examination is required, let's collect blood first." bottom.In addition, for foreign students who do not speak Japanese as their mother tongue, they challenged to explain the pathology and prescription in "easy Japanese" and shared the "awareness" gained through interaction with the international students.
While I was learning English from students saying, "I want to be able to deal with people from overseas," the "easy Japanese" that I tried to convey in a simple way was an eye-opener. ..By practicing it, I found that there is a difference in the way people communicate because the words they understand and the words they do not understand are different. ", And an international student who acted as a foreign patient said," When I don't understand, he shows me the real thing on my cell phone, draws a picture, and so on. It came to be.I was relieved as one of the foreigners to know that this kind of education is being conducted at the medical school. "
