Table 5.

Theme analysis of what students learned. Students perceived learning about a variety of topics beyond anatomy related topics.

Themes	Students’ responses
Medical education systems	“US medical education is so expensive. There is a really big lack of female medical professionals in Japan.”
Healthcare delivery systems	“Although countries seem to differ in healthcare systems, through our discussions we realized that some parts of delivery were quite similar and could lead to future collaboration!”
Health insurance systems	“I learned all about the Bismarck model of health insurance and how Japan and Germany handle their healthcare expenses as compared to the U.S.”
Health law and ethics	“Each country has the same ethical thoughts about abortion.”
Public Health challenges	“Challenges are quite similar all over the world.”
Anatomy course and related topics	“You have to pay to donate your body in Germany.”
Politics and health	“Health problems contain political issues”
Cultural differences	“Cultural shock!”