Syllabus
Island Health and Nursing Seminar
| Subject Code |
Subject title |
Island Health and Nursing Seminar | Teachers in charge |
Nogushi, Maeda, Kadekaru, Kamizato, Touyama, Tamaki, Ikeda, Ouwan, Ishikawa, Part-time Lecturer |
| Academic year |
First year, second semesters |
Credits | 2 credits | Subject category |
Special subject / Seminar |
Class type |
Seminar |
| Elective/ required |
Elective (required in the field) |
Class hours | 60 hours | ||||
| Lecture outline |
To survey health problems and the actual situation in assisting healthy life on Miyako Island and other islands and seek solutions to the problems. To compare health problems and the actual situation in assisting healthy life on islands outside Okinawa with those of Okinawa and consider similarities and differences between them. | ||||||
| Objectives | 1. To be able to take up health problems on Miyako and other islands and seek solutions to the problems. 2. To be able to compare health problems and assistance in healthy life on islands both at home and abroad and describe similarities and differences between them. |
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| Lecture order |
Syllabus Date | Lecturers | Period | ||||
| 1st | Orientation (The way to develop the seminar) Oct. 4 | Noguchi, other | 1st | ||||
| 2nd / 3rd |
Actual situation in health problems and healthy life assistance on Miyako Island Oct. 4 | Noguchi, other | 2nd-3rd | ||||
| 4th / 5th |
Actual situation in health problems and healthy life assistance on Miyako Island Oct. 18 | Noguchi, other | 1st- 2nd | ||||
| 6th / 7th |
Actual situation in health problems and healthy life assistance on other islands Nov. 1 | Noguchi, other | 1st- 2nd | ||||
| 8th / 9th |
Actual situation in health problems and healthy life assistance on other islands Nov. 15 | Noguchi, other | 1st- 2nd | ||||
| 10th | Discussion session on health problems on Miyako and other islands Nov. 29 |
Noguchi, Part-timer (Uncertain) |
1st | ||||
| 11th - 14th |
Problem research through field work at healthcare and welfare institutions (Miyako Island) | Noguchi, other | |||||
| 15th - 18th |
Problem research through field work at healthcare and welfare institutions (other islands) | Noguchi, other | |||||
| 19th - 22nd |
Comparison and discussion session on health problems and assistance methods on Miyako Island and other islands | Noguchi, Part-timer (Uncertain) |
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| 23rd - 26th |
Actual situation in island health problems and healthy life assistance in the Asia Pacific Region | Noguchi, Part-timer (Uncertain) |
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| 27th - 30th |
Discussion session on students’ research problems and action plans for assistance on islands | Noguchi, Part-timer (Uncertain) |
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| Textbook | |||||||
| References | References Hand out reference materials as needed. | ||||||
| Evaluation method |
Students are evaluated based on their participating attitudes in class (20%), presentation (30%), and the contents of their papers (50%). | ||||||
| Remarks | Remarks Students are notified of any change to part-time instructors’ class schedule in advance as needed. | ||||||