Comparing Communication Education in Japanese and Singaporean Medical Curricula

PURPOSE: To compare communication-training components at Fukushima Medical University (FMU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) and identify practices that could strengthen communication education at FMU. METHODS: During a four-week FMU–NUS exchange (two weeks at NUS’s Centre for Medical Education and two weeks in a clinical rotation), the first author observed curricula, teaching methods, small-group tutorials, simulation and role-play sessions, formative feedback