Tokyo Women's Medical University

School of Nursing

Lifelong Development of the Nursing Profession

“Lifelong Development for Nurses" is a unique program established by our University to support the nursing profession through education, research, and practice. Nurses, whose role is to serve people with illnesses and disabilities and their families, continue to grow and develop through their own life-long experiences. For this reason, the bachelor's program defines "career" as "a way of life throughout one's life," and each year from the first year to the fourth year, students take a course on "career development. The central goals of this course are to consider the meaning of undergraduate study in the first year, to explore "living and thinking" in the second year, to learn about the career possibilities of nursing in the third year, and to look at one's own career in the fourth year. In addition, there are interactions among undergraduate students across grade levels and collaborative education with students from the School of Medicine and Waseda University to provide an opportunity for students who have chosen nursing to look at themselves from a broader perspective.　

Subjects

Career Development I (freshman)

In order to understand how careers are viewed, the need to continue learning throughout one's life as a nurse, and to think concretely about one's career from the first year, the three grades of the School of Nursing collaborate in the Nursing Human Relationship program, which provides an opportunity for students to think together. In addition, we provide opportunities for students to think about their careers together with members from different grade levels. In addition, in the cooperative education program with the School of Medicine, students learn about "patient safety studies" from a multifaceted perspective.

Career Development II (sophomore)

In order to learn more about life and death, students participate in a memorial service and its workshop, and learn how to behave as a female medical professional by thinking from various standpoints involved in autopsies, etc. in collaborative education with the School of Medicine. They will play a mid-level role in NHR.

Career Development Theory III (3rd year students)

This course provides an opportunity to think about one's own career through the lives of seniors in order to think more concretely about a career in nursing. Students will take on leadership roles in NHR.

Career Development Theory IV (4th year students)

This course includes bioethics workshops in collaboration with students from the Faculty of Medicine and other faculties, as well as collaborative education with the Faculty of Medicine involving numerous hospital-related professions. Through a variety of interactions, students will develop a concrete vision of their own career in nursing.

Academic Skills Exercise I (freshman)

Students will acquire the concepts and methods for independent learning. Specifically, students will learn the concept of active learning, how to utilize portfolios, and how to write documents using computers. In addition, we offer an overnight program at the Kakegawa campus to deeply learn the founding philosophy of "Sincerity and Love".

Ethics in Healthcare (Sophomore)

Students will acquire basic knowledge of ethics in medicine and understand the structure of ethical issues in the medical field and how to solve them. Through specific cases, students will consider how they should behave as female medical professionals based on an understanding of the differences in values among diverse people.

Faculty

Kumiko Yoshitake
Chizuru Yoshida

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