Community diagnosis as a transformative learning approach to enhance medical students’ community orientation and understanding social determinant of health: a mixed-methods study
The experiential community diagnosis program significantly enhanced the community orientation, understanding of SDH, and professional identity of the medical students. These findings support the broader integration of community diagnosis into medical education curricula to enhance student preparedness in addressing complex community health challenges.
Authors
- Tokuro Mori
- Kenjiro Kawaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1327-5022)
- Nobuyuki Araki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5703-3829)
- Ryunosuke Shioya
- Daichi Sogai
- Yasushi Matsuyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1643-7808)
- Shoichi Ito
- Satoshi Yamada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4713-3375)
- S. Aoki
- Naoto Ozaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8276-2647)
- Keisuke Hasebe
- Kazuyo Yamauchi
- Kiyoshi Shikino
- Ai Murayama
Institutions
- Jichi Medical University (JP)
- Chiba University (JP)
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JP)
- Chiba University Hospital (JP)
- Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center (JP)
- Shioda General Hospital (JP)
- Chiba Hospital (JP)
- Shikoku Cancer Center (JP)
- Dokkyo Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08574-4
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00