Specialists in the Front Line of Medical Care
In recent years, a number of changes have been taking place on the medical scene. First of all, the technology for medical care has become progressively more specialized and sophisticated. Second, as exemplified by the term “team medicine,” each patient is diagnosed and treated by a team of medical specialists, who bring together their expertise to produce the best results. Furthermore, increasingly varied medical services are demanded. These changes in the background are inevitably redefining the roles of healthcare workers.
Against this backdrop, the School of Health Sciences is dedicated to training students to be competent healthcare specialists equipped with not only expert knowledge in medical care and computer skills for medical processing but also communication skills to interact with patients as well as the team spirit essential to team medicine. Emphasis is also placed on being empathic and humane in the forefront where they face patients and other people needing care.
Four Departments in Health Sciences
Department of Nursing
The fundamental role of nursing as well as medical care is to help patients strengthen their self-efficacy and will to live. Students learn how to fulfill such a role while nurturing team spirit and interpersonal skills, training to scientifically analyze and solve problems, and acquiring the computer skills necessary for performing administrative work.
Department of Clinical Engineering
Essential to the operation of clinics and hospitals are clinical engineers who operate and maintain advanced medical equipment such as life-support machines. Students acquire the necessary knowledge and skills through lectures delivered by fully experienced teaching staff as well as extensive training in well-equipped facilities on campus and in real hospitals.
Department of Physical Therapy
Physical therapists help those who are physically impaired as a result of sickness or injury to recover their physical abilities under the doctor’s supervision. Students learn how to massage, perform exercise therapy, and assist patients in rehabilitation, while honing their computer as well as communication skills.
Department of Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy refers to therapy that uses music and handiwork to accelerate recovery of the ability to do physical work in daily life and in the workplace. Students learn the basic theories of how the brain and nervous system works and the skills needed to conduct training in sketching and painting, woodwork, and other handiwork, while nurturing medical perspectives.
