Numbering Code	P-PUB01 8H063 FB90	Year/Term	2022 ・ Intensive, year-round
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Practical training
Target Year	Professional degree students	Target Student
Language	Japanese and English	Day/Period	Intensive
Instructor name	MATSUDA FUMIHIKO (Graduate School of Medicine Professor) TABARA YASUHARU (Part-time Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	This course offers opportunity to learn a way for data acquisition in a cohort study by participating in a field investigation of the Nagahama study, a community-based cohort study by Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine. Students are required to participate the health check-up survey at Nagahama City approximately 5 to 6 days during September to January, and to interview with participants and to do several physiological measurements.
Course Goals	・Experiencing the real activities in field epidemiology ・Learning community healthcare delivered by local governments ・Learning how to collect reliable information, how to protect individual information appropriately, how to construct long-term relationship through the communication with people in a community
Schedule and Contents	1. April, 1st week　　Orientation @Seminar room A 2. Guidance of the field work @Seminar room A 　 3-14. Fieldwork in Nagahama City 15. Discussion
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Participation in discussion and fieldwork 90%, Report 10%
Course Requirements	Japanese conversation skill to communicate with participants
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	This class requires participation in the community-based health check-up examination in Nagahama city, Shiga prefecture. Making a report based on field work is to be regarded as review of the class.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	None
References, etc.	None