Educational Philosophy
The environment of the health and medical sciences in the 21st century has transformed dramatically-advances in medicine and the life sciences, the changing structure of disease, and rising awareness for the need to manage and promote health have all contributed to the new, modern face of health care. To deal with this massive change, the health sciences need specialists who are well-versed in areas such as pregnant education, humanities, and advanced medical topics.For this reason, the Faculty of Health Sciences was established at Okayama University Medical School in October 1998, and the Graduate School of Health Sciences Master's Course was established in April 2003. Along with the Doctoral Course that was established later, this plan aims to foster specialists with advanced knowledge and expertise that can act as leaders in practice, research, and education in the health sciences.
The medical sciences must establish a foundation of comprehensive study and research into topics including health, medicine and welfare, emphasizing the dignity of human life. In doing so, researchers and educators with advanced special knowledge and expertise will be essential. Accordingly, the Graduate School of Health Sciences Doctoral course aims to produce researchers and educators with extensive backgrounds in the programs, systems, machines and techniques necessary for effective health care, welfare, nursing, and effective use of radiological and medical technology. In the Doctoral Course, health promotion based on interprofessionalism is realized by independent researchers.
"Interprofessionalism" refers to cooperation and collaboration between professionals from different fields. Because the concept of health promotion is the process of managing and improving individuals' own health, it is crucial to provide effective health support. In particular, it is important to establish interaction and cooperation among a wide variety of health professionals in order to establish health promotion practices that fully integrate health, medicine and welfare. The interprofessional nature of the Doctoral Course aims to develop professionals with skills such as creative research and education, interdisciplinary cooperation with various specialties, and effective use of their own specialties. In realizing this goal of health promotion from the viewpoint of interprofessionalism, it is possible to develop the originality of Graduate School of Health Sciences being composed of 3 fields.
In the Graduate School of Health Sciences Doctoral Course, each of these three fields incorporates interprofessionalism into the core curriculum. Students having varied educational backgrounds, majoring in areas such as Nursing, Radiological Technology, Medical Technology, Medicine, Welfare, Engineering, Science and Sociology, learn the significance of and methodology behind interprofessional cooperation among specialists by completing learning inquiry assignments and working together for the common objective of health promotion. These efforts aim to educate students with diverse backgrounds, logical creative thinking, and novel ideas without limiting them completely to their chosen fields.
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