Educational courses for physiological function examination at Jichi Medical University: practical trainings in ultrasonography.

To foster work-ready general physicians, Jichi Medical University has developed various clinical teaching practices since its foundation. The educational courses for clinical laboratory medicine, being one of them, adopt practical trainings in ultrasonography, which is essential in practical medicine today. The aims and the specifics of the trainings adopted in the seminar of ultrasound and the required or the optional subjects of Bedside Learning (BSL) at Jichi Medical University are reported.