Syllabus
Island Health and Nursing Practicum
| Subject Code |
51825 | Subject title |
Island Health and Nursing Practicum |
Teachers in charge |
Kawasaki, Ookawa, Nakasone, Shinobu Kinjou, Sakugawa, Kakazu, Satsuki Yamashiro, Other faculty members |
| Academic year |
First and Second year |
Credits | 6 credits | Subject category |
pecial subject / Practicum |
Class type |
Practicum |
| Elective/ required |
Elective (required in the field) |
Class hours |
270 hours |
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| Lecture outline |
To practice specific healthy life assistance activities with professionals on Miyako Island, at home and abroad; to learn about problems with healthy life assistance activities and the possible solutions to them. | ||||||
| Objectives | 1.To be able to assess health problems with residents on islands and clarify their problems. 2.To be able to plan assistance activities for specified problems. 3.To be able to practice assistance activities in collaboration with multi-professions based on the formulated plan. 4.To be able to evaluate the practiced assistance activities and utilize the evaluation for the future project. |
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| Lecture order |
Syllabus丂Date | Lecturers | Period | ||||
| Before the lectures |
Orientation To draw up a 6-week practice plan. 6 weeks include 1-week overseas practice. The practice plan contains the objectives, contents, schedule, venues, and logs. To arrange the schedule with practice institutions after drawing up the practice plan. Practices are developed under the directions of an instructor at each practice institution (head nurse or director of the public health office) and academic advisers in charge. |
Noguchi, other |
Seminar | ||||
| 1st- 6th week |
To provide practices at a healthcare and welfare institution on Miyako Island. To provide practices at a healthcare and welfare institution on other islands. To provide observations and practices on overseas islands. |
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| The 6th week (Friday) |
To provide practices by utilizing expertise of island nursing for additional problems from the practices so far; to hold practice review sessions by inviting multi-profession collaborators. | ||||||
| Conclusion | To develop a practice report. The report contains practice activities, logs, and assignment papers. | ||||||
| Textbook | |||||||
| References | Hand out reference materials as needed. | ||||||
| Evaluation method |
Students are evaluated, given their good attendance and attitudes in practices, according to the contents of their practice reports (60%) and presentation at conferences or review sessions (40%). | ||||||
| Remarks | 丒As for the practice schedule, arrangements should be completed by May. 丒Students should make brief daily reports to their teachers in charge by e-mail or phone during the practice period. 丒On the last day of each practice period, students give a conference on the practice activities and their achieved results to the instructor of the institution and academic adviser. |
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