Noriko Fukuda, Head of Nursing Major Program
Spirit of Practical Learning Guiding New Challenges in Nursing
Exploring new approaches to healthcare, medical care and welfare, the nursing major program provides post-graduate education for cultivating leaders in nursing. Nursing education began in the master’s program as a specialist course in the Graduate School of Health Management in April 2005, and in 2007, the doctoral program was established. Marking the 20th anniversary of its founding, in 2018, it had evolved into a new nursing major program and produced many graduates.
One of Keio University’s educational principles is the “spirit of jitsugaku” (practical learning). Exploring and developing nursing as a science, we have aimed to cultivate researchers, educators and practitioners capable of meeting challenges in times of change. We prioritize cultivating the ability to solve diverse issues in people’s health and lives by discovering them for ourselves, establishing hypotheses and verifying them. Based on what they have learned at graduate school, graduates are active in a wide range of areas, encompassing medical institutions, communities, administrative institutions and global health.
As a feature of the master’s program, students can select from among 14 diverse specialized fields according to their specialization in nursing, and work on their master’s theses based on individual areas of interest. Also, as an advanced nursing practice education program, we provide specialist nurse training in the four areas of cancer nursing, psychiatric and mental health nursing, geriatric nursing and genetic/genomic nursing. In addition, the Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care offers a five-year integrated program enabling students to complete certain master’s level courses during their fourth year, allowing them to earn a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in five years.
In the doctoral program, students develop the ability to carry out high-level research independently. We provide an environment for deeper learning through globalized learning opportunities, in the form of instruction on research methods by invited foreign lecturers and overseas study programs.
Furthermore, organic collaboration and cooperation with the Public Health, Sport and Health Sciences major of the Graduate School of Health Management is also an important strength of this major. Wouldn’t you like to explore new challenges in nursing from the interdisciplinary and global viewpoints through mutual interaction with students and faculty members with diverse backgrounds and specializations?