Training, Research programs and Courses
Nagasaki University will develop an integrative undergraduate and postgraduate training system with the aim to train general practitioners that examine patients from a wide perspective, in collaboration with local medical institutions, municipalities, and different specialists.
Undergraduate training includes community care practice, and all medical students attend the comprehensive community care training to learn the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration through community training and coeducation of medical and welfare systems. Furthermore, we aim to develop management and integrative diagnostic skills through postgraduate clinical research and continuing education.
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Comprehensive community care education program (required)
< Program officer >
Yasuhiro Nagata (Center Director, Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education)
< Eligible students >
1-6 year medical students, 1-4 year modern welfare students
< Training period >
6 years
< Curriculum >
| Required courses : | Medicine and society (medicine and living), clinical training (community care course) |
| Elective courses : | Advanced clinical training, community medical care seminars, medical seminars |
< Student requirements >
| 1) | Participate as a member of a team, and be able to describe the structure of the medical team and each member’s responsibilities and coordination of roles. |
| 2) | Recognize limits, and be able to ask for help from other medical staff as necessary. |
| 3) | Understand the socio-economic trends surrounding medical care, contribute towards the advancement of community medical care, and collaborate with the local health care, medical care, welfare, nursing care and governments. |
| 4) | Describe the regional comprehensive care system. |
| 5) | Understand the elderly, and describe the characteristics of elderly medical care and welfare. |
| 6) | Continue their career regardless their gender, and continue a lifelong self-education. |
[Capacity / The number of the people of study]
| Target person | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | The total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | ||
| Medical student | 0 | 0 | 500 | 544 | 620 | 620 | 620 | 2360 |
| Student of the welfare subject | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 120 |
| The total | 0 | 0 | 530 | 544 | 650 | 650 | 650 | 2480 |
Comprehensive community care coeducation program (required)
< Program officer >
Yasuhiro Nagata (Center Director, Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education)
< Eligible students >
Medical students, School of Health Sciences and Nursing School majors, Physical Therapy majors, Occupational Therapy majors, Pharmacy students, School of Dentistry students, Nursing Care students, Social Welfare students
< Training period >
2 years
< Curriculum >
| Required courses : | Education seminars, medicine and society |
| Elective courses : | NICE (Nagasaki Intercollegiate Credit Exchange) Campus Nagasaki |
< Student requirements >
| 1) | Understand and respect the concept of medical and welfare systems. |
| 2) | Describe the importance of team work during problem extraction and solving processes. |
| 3) | Take on appropriate leadership or followership roles in medical and welfare system teams. |
[Capacity / The number of the people of study]
| Target person | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | The total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | ||
| Medical student | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 720 |
| Other subject students | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 560 | 560 | 560 | 1560 |
| Student of the welfare subject | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 |
| The total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 830 | 830 | 830 | 2490 |
Basic diagnostic skill training program (required)
< Program officer >
Yasuhiro Nagata (Center Director, Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education)
< Eligible students >
1-6 year medical students
< Training period >
6 years
< Curriculum >
| Required courses : | Medicine and society, clinical training |
| Elective courses : | Advanced clinical practicum, community medical seminars, medical seminars |
< Student requirements >
| 1) | Possess practical skills to perform an integrative medical evaluation of the whole body based on the student’s combined knowledge, ability and attitude. |
| 2) | Possess basic communication skills to perform medical consultations. |
| 3) | Ability to listen, organize and sift through information obtained from medical history. |
| 4) | Possess basic medical examination skills such as visual examination, palpation, percussion, auscultation and blood pressure measurement. |
| 5) | Make a differential diagnosis and medical plan based on medical history and medical findings. |
| 6) | Understand the principles of the ultrasound device and utilize for basic diagnosis. |
| 7) | Ability to provide basic life support measures. |
[Capacity / The number of the people of study]
| Target person | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | The total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | ||
| Medical student | 0 | 0 | 660 | 544 | 660 | 660 | 660 | 2640 |
| The total | 0 | 0 | 660 | 544 | 660 | 660 | 660 | 2640 |
Initial clinical training
Hospital-based family physician courses
< Program officer >
Yasuhiro Nagata (Center Director, Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education)
< Eligible students >
Initial clinical residents
< Training period >
2 years
< Curriculum >
| Required courses : | General clinic, emergency center, psychiatry, dermatology, internal medicine, orthopedics, pediatrics, community medicine, regional comprehensive care, management and education |
| Elective courses : | Obstetrics and gynecology, healthcare and welfare administration |
< Student requirements >
| 1) | Possess integrative diagnostic skills to examine the patient from a broad perspective. |
| 2) | Understand their role as a member of the medical team, and collaborate with members from different specialties such as health care, medical care, welfare and nursing care. |
| 3) | Understand the patient from a holistic point of view, and establish a good relationship with the patient and family. |
| 4) | Understand the importance of the social aspect of medicine, and its contribution to society. |
| 5) | Effectively provide a broad range of comprehensive and flexible medical care to the elderly. |
[Capacity / The number of the people of study]
| Target person | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | The total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | ||
| Initial medic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| The total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Advanced clinical training
Regional general physician training course
< Program officer >
Yasuhiro Nagata (Center Director, Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education)
< Eligible students >
Late-stage clinical residents
< Training period >
1-3 years
< Curriculum >
| Required courses : | General clinic, emergency center, psychiatry, dermatology, internal medicine, orthopedics, pediatrics, community medicine, regional comprehensive care, management and education |
| Elective courses : | Obstetrics and gynecology, healthcare and welfare administration |
< Student requirements >
| 1) | Participate in academic activities and practice a continuous and comprehensive healthcare, medical care and welfare medicine by valuing the connection with community residents. |
| 2) | Ability to provide regional and community care. |
| 3) | Ability to provide patient-centered and home-oriented medical care. |
| 4) | Achieve the qualification of an integrative diagnostic specialist. |
| 5) | Ability to train. |
| 6) | Take on a leadership role in coordination with other specialists. |
[Capacity / The number of the people of study]
| Target person | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | The total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | ||
| Latter term medic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| The total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Graduate school (Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) training
Postgraduate course for research of Comprehensive Community Care systems
< Program officer >
Yasuhiro Nagata (Center Director, Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education)
< Eligible students >
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences majors
< Training period >
4 years (PhD)
< Curriculum >
| Basic courses : | |
| Life and medical science seminars, introduction to life and medical sciences, advanced life and medical sciences | |
| Subjects of comprehensive community care medical researcher course : | |
| Advanced community comprehensive care, community comprehensive care seminars, community comprehensive care practicum, home and community medicine practicum, hospital practicum in remote island or places, comprehensive community care related subject that is specified in the graduate course, comprehensive community care related subject that is open in the graduate course | |
| Main courses : | |
| Courses opened to affiliated majors | |
< Student requirements >
| 1) | Be research-oriented for addressing the fluctuating medical needs of an aging society. |
| 2) | Conduct clinical research that contributes to the improvement and advancement of medical care. |
| 3) | Collaborate with other specialists, and create mindsets and guidelines for education and community care. |
[Capacity / The number of the people of study]
| Target person | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | The total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | ||
| Graduate student | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| The total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Continuing education
General physician and regional comprehensive care continuing education seminar
< Program officer >
Yasuhiro Nagata (Center Director, Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education)
< Eligible students >
General practitioners
< Training period >
1 year
< Curriculum >
| Required courses : | Seminars (community medicine, community welfare, community healthcare, community nursing, integrative medicine, home medical care, community rehabilitation, medical ethics, community healthcare and public administration) |
< Student requirements >
| 1) | Participate in academic activities and practice a continuous and comprehensive healthcare, medical care and welfare medicine by valuing the connection with community residents. |
| 2) | Ability to provide regional and community care. |
| 3) | Ability to provide patient-centered and home-oriented medical care. |
| 4) | Achieve qualification as an integrative diagnostic specialist. |
| 5) | Take on a leadership role in coordination with other specialists. |
[Capacity / The number of the people of study]
| Target person | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | The total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | ||
| Employment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| The total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Comprehensive community care education SD and FD
< Program officer >
Yasuhiro Nagata (Center Director, Center for Comprehensive Community Care Education)
< Eligible students >
Comprehensive community care related professionals
< Training period >
1 year
< Curriculum >
| Required courses : | Basic training theory, basic training method, foundation of coaching, challenges and solutions related to student and resident training |
< Student requirements >
| 1) | Understand the fundamental issues and methods of training, and their applications. |
| 2) | Understand the training program of medical students and able to interact with students and residents. |
[Capacity / The number of the people of study]
| Target person | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | The total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | The number of the people of study | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | Acceptance target | ||
| Employment | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 80 | |
| The total | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 80 | |