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| Medical Education Section |
Recently in Japan, the circumstances surrounding medical treatment have been rapidly changing due to the aging population and the appearance of new and more complex diseases and medical technologies dealing with them. Medical treatment facilities are being restructured to respond to these changes and to provide appropriate medical services. Accordingly, medical professionals are required to have specialized skills.
Since its establishment, the Jikei Group has been training students to be leading pioneers in medical treatment. We have three educational philosophies:
(1) acquiring medical knowledge with a high level of technique and practicality
(2) respecting ethics in medicine and services to patients
(3) fostering international cooperation and sharing of medical
technologies.
We aim for "a practical education in techniques" and
ﾓindependent-mindedness" under the direction of trusted
teachers and staff. Ten colleges belonging to the section train
skilled specialists in various fields such as medical technology,
dental technology, hospital management, medical secretaryship
and pharmaceutical business.
| ■Special
Education Activities |
●「LTMA」Program
We train medical specialists to follow our four steps.
(1) LEARN(acquiring a good educational foundation; observation
period)
(2)THINK(acquiring the basics in the field of specialization
and improving the ability to apply them; knowledge acquisition
period)
(3)MOVE(do field research and job searching; technique acquisition
period)
(4)ARRANGE AND MEASURE(writing a graduation
thesis and preparing for national examinations; organization
and evaluation period )
●Preparation for Qualification
Examinations
In the national qualification preparation programs, all of the
students aim to obtain national qualifications. The annual pass
rate is 85-100%, or 100% for seven years in a row in certain
departments, is in the top class on a national basis. Our special
courses also help prepare students for non-governmental qualifications,
whose tests most of them succeed in passing.
●Shoe-fitter Training
We invite an orthopedic "shoe master" from Germany
to provide students with practical training in actual shoemaking.
In the first year, students learn to make regular shoes. In
the second year, they learn the techniques to make special shoes
for people who cannot wear commercially available ones because
of serious foot deformations.
●Prosthetic training
Prosthetists are invited as main instructors to give students practical training in making artificial limbs. Students use the same techniques, materials and tools as those used at the actual workplace. Patients who have actually lost their limbs make thorough evaluations of the artificial ones made by students.
●Dental Technology Training
Ours is the first dental mechanic training school in Japan with a three-year program. We provide students with one-to-one instruction, so that they can learn not only the techniques but also the way of solving problems through research, social education, information technology and study of public hygiene.
●Overseas Training Program
As part of our policy of international education, we have an overseas training program,
in which students experience academic exchanges through workshops with students from foreign countries. We also have training programs at hospitals and company facilities. Mutual and better understanding among students are fostered through cultural exchanges and sports events.
| ■Topics from the Education Section |
●Training
Program in China
We had a training program in China in November 2000. In Guangzhou
Medical College, we held the "8th Japan-China Health Meeting"
under the theme of the treatment of heart disease and health
care. In Guandong Medical College, we held the 4th Medical Education
Meetingﾓ.
●Volunteer Activities
The first and second year students in Jikei schools work as
volunteers in the Children's Language Institute of Jikei Gakuen.
Volunteer activities help students to develop a service mentality.
●Participation in Clinical
Engineering Symposium
At the 13th and 14th Autumn Conference of Japan Medical Education,
two of our students read papers on their research: "A Trial
Manufacture and Performance Evaluation of a Blood Leakage Detector"
and "Making Medical Education Equipment Management Software
Using Commercially Available Database and its Evaluation".
Both of them were well received.
●Qualification as R.C.I.S.(Registered
Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist)
One of our graduates was the first Japanese to qualify as an R.C.I.S. He entered Spokane Community College after working at a hospital for three years and studying in a non-degree graduate course. He is now working as an assistant in the Circulatory Organ Department of Oregon Health Science University.
●Presentation of Research
Papers
At the session meeting on the clinical test of Kinki Medical
Association held in November 2000, two of our graduates read
papers on their research: "Revised T B Guideline, the Availability
of Liquid Culture Medium under Rapid Cultivation" by Mr.
Takeo Higuchi, and "GLU and HbAic Coincidence Measurement"
by Ms. Akane Sumita. At a Japan Clinical Cytology Society meeting,
Ms. Takako Urakawa read a paper on "Study of Urinary Cytological
Diagnosis of Intracavitary Infusion of BCG against Preinvasive
Carcinoma Migrant."
●Admission to Medical Information
Management Specialist Program
15 out of 20 our students passed the examination for admission into the Medical Treatment Information Management Correspondence Program in 2000. Many graduates from our schools have become qualified medical information managers and are working as professionals.
●Hokkaido
College of High Technology
Paramedic Department:：
We train paramedics to give treatment in ambulances, on ships
and on airplanes.
Nursing Care Department:：
We train students to be dedicated nurses who provide the best
care for each patient and assist in medical treatment. We also
help them obtain national qualifications.。
Clinical Engineering Technology Department:：
We train students to be clinical engineering technicians who
are able to maintain, inspect and operate life-support equipment
such as hemodialysis equipment, heart-lung equipment, and so
on. We also help them obtain national qualifications.
Optical Technology Department：
We train students to be optical technicians who perform various
eye examinations and help patients recover optical functions.
Dental Hygiene Department:：
We train students to be dental hygienists who assist dentists
and instruct patients on ways of preventing cavities and maintaining
good dental health.
Judo Repositioning Practition Department:：
Judo repositioning is a traditional Japanese folk medicine based
on judo and has developed through integration with Western medicine.
This kind of medicine, having emerged from a sport, is unique
in its kind. Specializing in trauma, such as bone fractures,
bone dislocations and sprains, it is a field for which the sports
and care industries hold great expectations. Many judo repositioning
practitioners open their own osteopathic clinics and contribute
to community healthcare.
Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department:：
Established in April 2002, students learn basic medical acupuncture
and moxibustion therapy skills, so that they will be able to
work at various clinical sites with a global point of view,
through lectures based on the idea of incorporating Western
and Oriental nutrition science, and lectures on psychological
counseling.
●Tokyo College of Medico-Pharmaco
Technology
Pharmaceutical Department
Pharmacy Course：
Students mainly learn about OTC drugs. We train them to be qualified
drugstore clerks who have good communication skills and sales
capabilities and can recommend appropriate drugs to customers.
Dispensary Course：
Students mainly learn about prescription drugs and they are
trained to work as ward clerks and help pharmacists
Medical Secretaryship Department：
We train secretaries to perform specialized duties such as medical
billing for the directors of hospitals, working as medical staff,
ward clerks, staff members in general affairs departments, accounting
departments, and general hospitals and welfare institutions.
Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy：
We train speech therapists to instruct and support patients
with speech disorders and their families at general hospitals,
childrenﾕs welfare institutions and nursing homes.
Orthoptics Department：
We offer a number of special courses to prepare for national
qualifications. For better communication with clients, students
are encouraged to obtain a JESC authorized counselor license.
●Tokyo College of Welfare
Health and Welfare Department:：
The course is a 3-year care-worker training program for obtaining
the national social welfare counselor qualification (experience
at actual sites for one year after graduation is required).
This course will train care-workers to have the communication
skills necessary to understand the individual needs of facility
users and caregivers, along with highly developed on-site care
giving skills, especially for the senile elderly. With a unique
educational system, the department will nurture the sense of
responsibility required on-site and the skills to support the
independence of facility users.
Occupational Therapy Department Part��：
This department aims to produce professionals capable of providing
occupational therapy responsive to the needs of clients in each
community. In addition to knowledge and skills focused on medicine
and healthcare, the new curriculum includes classes related
to "disabilities and welfare". Through actual practice,
students work toward obtaining the national "occupational
therapist" qualification. With experience gained through
training closely related to everyday life, students increase
their chances of employment.
Occupational Therapy Department Part�：
This department aims to produce professionals capable of providing
life rehabilitation responsive to the needs of clients in each
community. In addition to knowledge and skills focused on medicine
and healthcare, the new curriculum includes classes related
to "disabilities and welfare". Through actual practice,
students work toward obtaining the national "occupational
therapist" qualification. By utilizing the work and study
system during the daytime to experience actual on-site work,
students increase their chances of working in medical institutions,
health and welfare facilities, and small unit communities.
●Osaka
College of Medical Technology
Medical Business Department：
We train students to have a broad knowledge of medicines, from
their development, quality control and manufacturing, to sales
and dispensing. Other topics covered include supporting drug
addicts and alcoholics through counseling in view of their physical
and mental health.
Clinical Technologist Department:：
We train clinical technologists to have excellent examination
techniques in physiological function testing, genetic screening
and imaging diagnosis.
Medical Secretaryship Department：
The course provides training in the knowledge and skills required
of medical secretaries: medical processing abilities, communication
abilities and the idea of service necessary for jobs involving
personal interaction. This course aims to produce skilled medical
staff with knowledge and skills in both healthcare and nursing.
Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department：
More and more people around the world are recognizing Oriental
medicine as an alternative to Western medicine. This program,
by integrating acupuncture and moxibustion therapy based on
the theory of Chinese medicine, along with wide-range expertise
in healthcare, welfare, sports, beauty and esthetics, and pharmaceuticals,
aims to produce competent and reliable acupuncture and moxibustion
therapists.
Pharmaceutical Department：
The course aims to produce professionals capable of assisting
the development, quality control, production and sales of drugs
as well as their dispensation. This course also trains students
to promote ﾒphysical and mental healthﾓ through health advice
and counseling.
●Osaka College of High
Technology
Clinical Engineering Department：
We train clinical engineers who operate and service the life-support
equipment, such as heart-lung machines, blood-purification equipment
and respirators. We also prepare students for examinations in
the national qualifications on graduation.
Judo Repositioning Practition Department
(daytime/evening programs)：
Students learn knowledge and skills in physical therapy, physiotherapy
and kinesitherapy for the treatment of accidents and injuries,
bone fractures, and sprains related to sports. The course aims
to produce professionals capable of providing sports training,
treatment and rehabilitation in the medical and welfare fields.
●Osaka College of Health
and Welfare
Nursing Care Department：
We train nurses who have technical knowledge and skills to care
for people at medical institutions, welfare institutions and
homes. We also aim at nurses with general education and well-rounded
characters.
●Osaka College of Medical
and Welfare
Physiotherapy Department (daytime/evening
programs)：
The curriculum focuses on treatment and therapy not only for
patients in convalescence or with chronic problems, but also
for those in the postoperative acute stage. This course aims
to produce professional physiotherapists who can work with sports
disorders or in-home rehabilitation, depending on their future
goals.
Occupational Therapy Department(daytime/evening
programs)：
Under the basic concept of "supporting people's lives"
this course aims to produce occupational therapists who can
help a wide variety of clients lead humane, meaningful and independent
lives.
Orthoptics Department (daytime/evening
programs)：
Students learn the advanced knowledge and skills needed for
binocular visual performance testing and training, such as ophthalmologic
general training and infant amblyopia, together with knowledge
necessary for managing ophthalmologic institutions. The program
aims to produce orthoptists that can comprehensively manage
medical facilities.
Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy Department：
Students learn expertise and skills related to communication
disorders. This course aims to produce speech-language-hearing
therapists capable of training and instructing patients with
speech, language or hearing disorders so that they can maintain
and improve their communication functions.
●Shin-Osaka Dental Technician
College
Dental Hygiene Department：
This course helps students obtain the national qualification
for dental mechanics. There are two kinds of programs available:
a two-year daytime program and a three-year evening program.
●Shin-Osaka Dental
Hygienist College
Dental Hygiene Department：
We have a three-year daytime program (the first in the Kansai
area) and an evening program (the first in Japan) available.
With flexible schedules and a unique curriculum, this course
aims to produce hygienists who have a high level of professionalism.
●Toyo Medical College
Paramedic Department：
This course aims to produce paramedics, who have been qualified
nationally since 1991. For the improvement of pre-hospital care
in Japan, we are committed to training competent paramedics.
Dental Technology Department：
Established in April 1999, the Dental Technician Course continues
a twenty-year tradition of Toyo Dental Technique College, offering
high-level techniques, skills and knowledge.
Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy Department:：
This department was established in April 2002 with a three-year
daytime program. The program aims to produce therapists who
utilize acupuncture and moxibustion to prevent and treat diseases,
rehabilitate and provide health care for patients. Acupuncture
and moxibustion therapists are legally and socially recognized
as nationally qualified therapists and are active in many fields.
●Kobe College Medical Welfare
(Suma School/Chuo School)
Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy Department：
This course trains specialists who properly treat, train and
instruct people with communicative disorders of hearing and
speaking. As people with communicative disorders often have
dysphagia, deglutition training is also one of the important
jobs of the therapist.
Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy Department：
Acupuncture and Moxibustion therapists make use of Oriental
medicine to stimulate pathways in the human body, activate natural
healing power, and mitigate symptoms and prevent diseases. This
course trains students to be capable of providing ﾒmental careﾓ
services for those under stress.
● Kobe College of Medical
Welfare (Sanda School)
Emergency Life-Saving Technique Department:：
This course trains specialists who provide injured or sick people
with proper first-aid treatment according to a doctorﾕs instruction
while they are being transported from the scene of an emergency
to a medical facility.
Prosthetics & Orthotics Department：
This course trains specialists who make and adjust artificial
limbs and equipment for handicapped people.
Physical Therapy Department：
This course trains medical specialists who provide handicapped people
with exercise instruction for recovering basic physical movement
abilities and physical therapies.
Home Welfare Department：
Shoe-Fitting Course：
Recently, more and more attention has been focused on the effects
shoes can have on the wearer's feet. Modeling a German master
school in orthopedic shoes, the Shoe-Fitting Course trains people
who can adjust sock liners for people with foot problems.
●Fukuoka College of Medical Health
Medical Business Department：
Students learn the appropriate clerical skills and knowledge required of medical secretaries, hospital receptionists and staff specializing in pediatric-ward work. This course aims to develop caring professionals with good clerical abilities and knowledge.
Judo Repositioning Practition Department：
This course aims to produce occupational judo repositioning practitioners who not only provide treatment for injuries such as bone fractures, bone dislocations, sprains, contusions and bruises but also evaluate, reposition, fix, provide aftercare (technical therapy, kinesitherapy and physical therapy) and instruction for patients.
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