Japanese Association of Medical Communication

Communication between health-care professionals is especially important because medical communication provides the basis for communicating health-care issues between health-care professionals, their patients, and general citizens. The research areas for health-care communications are listed below.

o Media -based medical communication

Distribution and dissemination of medical information knowledge to health-care professionals

1. ・Academic societies and conferences
2. ・Instruction for authors in medical journals
3. ・Prevention of research misconduct
4. ・Clinical trial registration and individual case data repository
5. ・Clinical practice guidelines
6. ・Medical writing
7. ・Medical illustration
8. ・Communications to change medical staff’s medical behavior

o Interpersonal medical communication

Communication of interpersonal education and training among health-care professionals

1. ・Communication between members of medical research and educational institutions, hospitals, and clinics
2. ・Multidisciplinary collaboration in health care
3. ・Medical education and training
4. ・Coaching
5. ・Mentoring

President

• NAKAYAMA,Takeo M.D.,Ph.D.
  Professor, Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine & School of Public Health, Kyoto University

Vice President

• SAKAKIBARA,Keiko, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Faculty of Sociology, Toyo University

Steering Commitee

• IWAKUMA,Miho, Ph.D
  Dep. of Medical Communication, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Associate Professor
• KIUCHI,Takahiro, M.D., Ph.D.
  Professor, Department of Health Communication, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo
• SAKAKIBARA,Keiko, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Faculty of Sociology, Toyo University
• NAKAYAMA,Takeo M.D.,Ph.D.
  Professor, Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine & School of Public Health, Kyoto University
• HARAGI,Makiko, Ph.D.
  Saitama Prefectural University, Associate Professor
• FUJISAKI,Kazuhiko, M.D., Ph.D
  Professor, Virtual Skill Division, Medical Education Development Center, Gifu University