Benefits of off-campus education for students in the health sciences: a text-mining analysis

摘要: Background: In Japan, few community-based approaches have been adopted in health-care professional education, and the appropriate content for such has not clarified. establishing education professionals, clarification of its learning effects is required. A educational program was started 2009 health sciences course at Gunma University, one main elements this conducting classes outside school. The purpose study to investigate using text-analysis methods how off-campus affects students. Methods: all, 116 self-assessment worksheets submitted by students after participating were decomposed into words. extracted words carefully selected from perspective contained meaning or content. With terms, relations each word analyzed means cluster analysis. Results: Cluster analysis used select divide 32 four clusters: 1—“actually/ direct, ”“ learn/watch/hear, how, experience/participation, local residents, atmosphere clinical care settings, favorable, communication/conversation,” “study”; 2—“work staff member” “role”; 3—“interaction/communication, understanding, feel, significant/important/necessity,” “think”; 4—“community, confusing, enjoyable, proactive, knowledge, academic knowledge,” “class.” Conclusions: who participated achieved different types through classes. They also had a positive impression experience interaction with which considered favorable outcome. Off-campus programs could be useful approach sciences.