Syllabus
Island Health and Nursing Special Theory I
| Subject Code |
Subject title |
Island Health and Nursing Special Theory I | Teachers in charge |
Noguchi, Maeda, Kamizato, Touyama, Tamashiro, Ouwan, Ishikawa, Part-time instructors |
| Academic year |
First year, First semester |
Credits | 2 credits | Subject category |
Special subject /Theory |
Class type |
Lecture |
| Elective/ required |
Elective (required in the field) |
Class hours | 30 hours | ||||
| Lecture outline |
To understand the characteristics of health problems with the people living on islands from broad perspectives of geography, history, culture, society and economy, and lifestyle regulated by culture; to learn methods to assist healthy life on islands and strategies to solve health problems. | ||||||
| Objectives | 1.To be able to explain the background including the characteristics of health problems on islands. 2.To be able to explain the problems with healthy life on islands. 3.To be able to discuss strategies to solve the problems with healthy life from a wide range of perspectives. |
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| Lecture order |
Syllabus Date | Lecturers | Period | ||||
| First / Second |
Orientation/Geographical and cultural background and health problems on islands - 1 Apr- 11 | Noguchi, | 3rd-4th | ||||
| Third / Fourth |
Geographical and cultural background and health problems on islands - 2 (O-her Pref.) Apr. 12 | Noguchi, Part-timer (Ueda) |
1st-2nd | ||||
| Fifth / Sixth |
Geographical and cultural background and health problems on islands - 3 (O-erseas) June 13 | Noguchi (Ohnishi) |
1st-2nd | ||||
| Seventh | First aid / disaster nursing system on islands May 9 | Noguchi (Sakugawa) |
3rd | ||||
| Eighth | Problems and assistance methods in maternity health nursing on islands May 10 | Tamashiro | 1st | ||||
| Ninth | Problems and assistance methods in infant health nursing on islands May 30 | Maeda | 3rd | ||||
| Tenth | Problems and assistance methods in community / mental health nursing May 30 | Touyama | 4th | ||||
| Eleventh | Problems and assistance methods in adult health nursing (cancer / end-of-life) on islands  May 31 |
Kamizato | 1st | ||||
| Twelfth | Problems and assistance methods in adult health nursing (lifestyle diseases) on islands  May 31 |
Ishikawa, Noguchi |
2nd | ||||
| Thirteenth | Problems and assistance methods in old-age health nursing on islands June 13 | Ouwan | 3rd | ||||
| Fourteenth /Fifteenth |
Development of nursing activities utilizing island characteristics June 14 | Noguchi (Ishigaki) |
1st -2nd | ||||
| Textbook | Hand out reference materials as needed. | ||||||
| References | Hand out reference materials as needed. | ||||||
| Evaluation method | Students are evaluated based on their participating attitudes in class (40%) and the contents of their papers (60%). | ||||||
| Remarks | Students are notified of any change to part-time instructors’ class schedule in advance as needed. In principle, lectures are given on Saturdays and Sundays. | ||||||