Economic Evaluation of the Needs to Improve Japanese Medical English Education

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Our new 3-year medical English program for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th medical students is in its 5th year. Classes are in English and students requests for some Japanese language have decreased, indicating an increased English comprehension as shown by higher test scores and satisfaction rate (2008:36.5% ; 2010:63.5%).Pecs University (Hungary) students show higher satisfaction and interest in medical English education compared to ours, certainly due to the wider post-graduation job prospects offered by the European market. Our faculty members survey defined medical English education needs as reading and writing scientific papers, information gathering, communication skills, and nurturing personal study and motivation. Cost-effectiveness analysis indicates that hiring 2 part-time instructors would yield higher educational effects and increase the capacity and satisfaction of our students.