Report: International Symposium
Survey Comments: at Main Campus and Miyako Satellite
30th October 2010 (Saturday)
Ⅱ-1.Report: Development of Advanced Nursing Specialists in Islands Nursing （Fiscal Year 2008 - 2010)
Very Good
・It was easy to follow.
・I could learn the GP Plan for the last 3 years.
・I did not know much about the GP, so that it was nice to hear about it this time.
・I could learn some details of the GP.
・I could understand the content and objectives of the program well.
・I could understand overall activities for the last 3 years.
・I could understand the objectives.
・I could learn about island nursing practices in broad international contexts.
・She explained well about what has been taking place in developing (advanced nursing specialists).
・It is possible to construct educational surrounding even at remote islands.
・It (the project) will contribute to the future development of nurses. Provides me with broad view.
Good
・I could learn about the content of GP.
・I could learn about the content of program.
・It was a bit difficult for the "introduction" (of the symposium).
・The content was good, but I was shocked by the fact that I - as an undergraduate student, not in a graduate program - did not know about the practices of our graduate school. The school should provide setting to inform undergraduate students about this.
・I found the system which allows you to study at a remote context is good.
・I could learn what our graduate school has been doing in island nursing.
Moderate
・It could have been summarized in about 10 minutes. Handouts would have been nice.
・I am familiar with this; providing us with outcome would have been nice.
・It was hard to catch what she said; the sound was scattering.
Poor
Ⅱ-2.Keynote Speech: Development and Future Prospect for Advanced Practitioner Leaders in Island Nursing
Very Good
・I could learn about characteristics of remote island nursing.
・It was easy to follow.
・The presentation was easy to follow and simple.
・I could understand well that the school is trying to develop high quality nurses, and it made me want to meet the expectation of this school.
・I could learn the actual situation of islands.
・I could learn the idea which turns the minus factors into plus factors of island contexts.
・Her presentation gives me energy. I feel it gives me a tip for my research.
・I could understand characteristics of island nursing and an overview of developing leaders.
・Island nursing takes advantage of what is in an island, then assists for the weaknesses of the island. With presented examples of island nursing doing this, I could think of issues and prospects.
・I was happy that what I have been doing and thinking of was presented in words.
・I learned that perceptional change is important.
・I could see for what OPCN is trying to do in particular.
・I could see how to establish island nursing by knowing/understanding strength and weakness of islands, which further leads to development of advanced practitioners.
・Development of advanced practitioner leaders is necessary to provide island people with high quality nursing practices.
Good
・I strongly felt potential of island nursing.
・About to discover outcomes.
・I could learn research report/results of GP.
・I could learn that community based island nursing is important.
Moderate
・It was difficult.
・It was hard to read the slides (font size, layout, etc…); Ⅱand Ⅲー４ could have been put together?
Poor
N/A (Blank)
・Graduate students' research
・I could learn about the contents of nursing in the world.
Ⅲ-1.Developing Nurse Leaders in Pacific Islands
Very Good
・I agree with importance of developing critical/evaluative thoughts.
・APNLC activities were very interesting.
・It was a rather long presentation, but it was nice to hear concrete stories about Guam.
・"Islands" had reminded me Miyako and/or Yaeyama. However, in "islands" such as in USAP where everyday life is about survival, nurses are working under difficult situations which are different challenges than what we face in Japan.
・I was very interested in each story of Guam, Tinian, Australia, and Japan.
・It made me think about leaders and managers.
・I could absorb very good things since I could learn about current situations not only in Japan but also the world.
・I felt importance of nurse leadership.
・I appreciated the organization with long history, dedicated for development of nurse leaders.
・In Japan, I do not feel necessity of cultural knowledge, but under the contexts of islands in abroad, I could understand importance of cultural knowledge.
・An impressive part (of the presentation) was where she said that "without money, material supports will be cut, but connections between people will not be."
・I could understand objectively that we have such roles to take.
・I could learn about the concrete situations of GP abroad; directly ask about it.
・I learned activities of APNLC as a council and concrete ways to develop nurse leaders.
・It broadened by view.
・I could understand well about Guam and other Pacific regions.
・Development of leaders is a source of my worries.
・I leared challenges in developing leaders in Pacific islands.
Good
・I learned characteristics of nurse leaders.
Moderate
・I would have liked to know concrete realities of nurse leaders development. The explanation about the regions was rather long.
・Critical・●●・Index were good. More concrete explanation would have been nice.
Poor
・I could not catch up with what she said.
・Concrete plans of development were missing. Although critical thinking is an idea, by showing how to reach a goal, to develop logics/theories, concrete applications and case studies, it would have been easier to provide an image of the idea.
N/A (Blank)
・To develop individuals to be leaders. If we can get over language barriers, education will advance.
Ⅲ-2.Health Issues and Nursing Functions on the Island of Tinian
Very Good
・I could learn about various activities of nurses in Tinian.
・I could see challenges from the presented situations and photos.
・I thoughts there are many similarities to health issues in Okinawa; it was easy to think (of the case of Tinian) with comparable examples (of Okinawa).
・I had thought that obesity, diabetes and hypertension are issues only in developed countries, but learned that they are not. I thought it is her great accomplishment that she popularized many activities at Tinian where there was no such thing as culture of exercise.
・It was an interesting story that how NP actually began to provide services in the island.
・Many photos helped me understand the current situation.
・It was nice that I could learn the current situation (of Tinian) such as high rate of obesity, which is similay to the Japanese situation.
・I could learn about the commonalities involved in issues in Okinawa (and Tinian) and solution strategy.
・Only 15 medical staff take care of 3500 people's health; I felt that the job must be worthwhile.
・I was surprized that the health issues (in Tinian) are similar to the ones in Japan. Despite (the fact that Tinian is) an American territory, I was impressed that public health is implemented and activities are run well.
・I learned that roles (supposedly) of health nurses are taken by nurses.
・I learned that she is working in challenging environment.
・For several years, I am also involved in a blood pressure/health workshop for local villagers. I gained a lot (from her presentation) since I have been concerned and struggling to figure out how to involve the targets, who are not willing to participate, in the program.
・Activities as a NP were well presented.
・I could listen to her speech as an issue not far from myself and empathized with it.
・Nurses cope (with patients) with understanding of local culture and people's characteristics; I understood that in any regional context, the role of nurses for health issue is same.
Good
・I would have liked to know more about public health.
・Her speech was too fast, so that the tempo with an interpreter was a little off.
・I thought it is great that NP and RN are mobilized for island nursing where doctors are scarce.
Moderate
・I had already known (what she presented).
・It was somehow easy to follow.
・I would have liked to hear more about roles and issues from (her) concrete practices （e.g. roles of the targeted and supporters）.
・I could not hear due to a sound system condition.
Poor
N/A (Blank)
・Health issues in Tinian are same as current health issues in Okinawa; many to learn from the Tinian case.
・I thought that understanding of island characteristics leads us to nursing which is familiar to people.
Ⅲ-3."Remote Health" the New Challenge
Very Good
・I could learn about remote health in Australia.
・The presentation was well made. Her talk was also easy to follow.
・I learned that although there are not many islands in Australia, there are distinctive issues and strategies (of nursing at the remote setting).
・I learned that knowing local custom is the most important. I understood that nursing which overcomes cultural and language differences are necessary.
・I felt it is powerful that (the organization) came up with a strategy to hold a conference where there are plans to enalbe students' participation, and then to let them be interested in remote nursing.
・It made me think of again challenges and difficulties of nursing where there requires cultural respect, as well as of a position as a nurse.
・It was good that I could learn about (nursing) practices at remote areas, such that about Aborigines.
・I felt that (in Australia) the environment (system) of remote health is well established.
・I could learn about the current situation of remote health (in Australia).
・I could learn that communication is difficult since there are many Aborigines languages. I found that the CRANAplus course is very good.
・I could learn about importance to respect Aborigines culture (other culture).
・It was good that I could understand how they cope (with remote health issues).
・I learned about current situations of staff training and remote nursing in Australia.
・training as a team; upcoming issues
・リモートヘルス実践の修士や教育コースが充実させ、発展させ専門性を発揮できる看護と自らが挑戦により実績を作っていることがすごい
・I was surprized that what still remains an issue in Japan is already 日本における課題が実践レベルで進んでいることに驚いた
・The system was interesting, and there are much to learn from; since Japan is moving towards NP (Japanese version).
・There are many aspects applicable to us; I reminded myself again that it is necessary to keep up my effort to develop my knowledge and skills everyday. It is good that it is already systematized (in Australia).
Good
・It led me to further learn about supports for targets with diverse cultures.
・It was easy to follow about the background of Australia and human resource development.
・Some parts were helpful as reference. They have same issues as in island nursing.
・It was good that I could hear about current situations and issues of remote area nursing in Australia.
・Remote health and island nursing share common challenges.
・I learned well about challenges in the large area.
Moderate
・It was too long. She should have kept it in time.
・It was hard to picture the image; as the scale was too large.
Poor
Ⅲ-4.Excellence and Issues for Clinical Practice Based on Community in Island Nursing
Very Good
・I could learn about important points of health nursing practices and issues of developing health nurses.
・I could see the potential of local health nursing.
・It stimulated my thought about the fundamental feature of nursing - totality - to the extent that I felt the time went too fast. It was the content to which I would have wanted to listen in a focused session with longer time.
・It was good that I could learn about practices of Japanese island nursing based on her own research. Her presentation also functioned as a roundup of the symposium.
・New insights were involved, and I could see future directions. There was professional attempt for organization and ●● (synthesis?).
・Seeing many letters (on the screen) was challenging, but I felt it was very detailed.
・It was easy to understand current situations and issues in Japan.
・I was very motivated because, after all, demands for total nursing and NP started in Japan.
・It was good that I could learn about stance of health nurses in islands.
・離島における看護職の確保が難しく、ここ沖縄では比較的に行いやすい
・I could learn what should be prepared for the duty as a health nurse.
・I had thought island (nursing) was a minor field, but learned that it consists a foundation of nursing.
・It explicated the issues regarding advancement and specialization in Japan.
・I was impressed by the outcome that through local practices in islands, we are able to develop our skills to discover real needs (in the islands).
・The issues in Japan are well clarified.
・I am happy that I have been able to learn island nursing. I would like to make use of (what I have learned) in practice.
・The outcome was easy to grasp. She concluded the presentation well. Good reference.
・It was good that she shed light on what I had taken for granted. By "advanced practice," I had assumed that we would have needed to make new attempts.
・From today's symposium, I learned that there is nothing special about ****. What's important is to practice normal things with normal ways.
・Since it was based on her research, it was easy to follow.
・By taking initiative to publicize (their knowledge/information) and cope with organizational development, locally embedded nurses and health nurses (and local people) can grow together; to the extent that they can make difference in administrative policy.
Good
・It was difficult.
・Since she used difficult expression, it was a bit difficult to comprehend (the content).
・By learning about island nursing, as a nursing practitioner, I appreciate more about the nursing job.
・I did not understand the meta-(synthesis) research process. Could it be convincing without evaluation of case(s)?
Moderate
・It was difficult.
・I felt the content was a bit difficult.
Poor
Ⅳ.Feedbacks on Project Handling
・It was an international as well as local symposium; it was good. Best regards for those faculty members and administrative staff who prepared the symposium.
・The international interpretation was good.
・I would have liked to see reports and/or introduction of remote nurses/health nurses who work hard at clinics. I would like to know the situation in Okinawa as well.
・Discussions were worthwhile. Thanks for planning.
・Having question/answer sessions - not just listening to the presentations - made me happy. It was inspiring. Thanks for providing me with space for precious experience.
・I was very interested in it. I am looking forward to the next symposium again from global perspective. Thank you.
・I learned a lot from the question/answer sessions.
・More promotion/advertizement (of the symposium) would have been good; no?
・Very interesting and handled well. Thank you.
・It was the symposium which stimulated my inspiration.
・It was worthwhile that I could participate the international symposium. Thank you.
・Voices of the speaker and the interpreter were heard at the same time, so that it was hard to hear.
・I would have wanted to see the schedule of keynote speech and symposium (presentations) on the poster.
・I would have wanted to see English slides as well.
・Being at the Miyako island, it was nice that I could learn about nursing at various (island / remote) areas.
・It was financially helpful that I could listen to the presentations at Miyako through remote communication. It was a very long symposium. Thanks for precious presentations.
・I cannot see the indication of pointer, so that I want it to be indicated in a different method.
・I think it would have been easier to hear the presentations if only interpreter's voice had been connected (through remote communication system?).