Our Research Unit promotes various global initiatives that are not bound by existing frameworks. International, interdisciplinary and various global activities are practiced.
Enhancing individualized care with Technology
in Postgraduate Higher Education
The Department of Nursing and Health Care Administration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu in Finland and the Department of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine have signed an international academic agreement. Between 2017 and 2019, with the aim of learning strategies to actively infuse the use of digitization and technology into the healthcare sector in graduate education, the Finnish National Agency for Education funded a graduate education grant to offer the "Digital Health Module in Postgraduate Higher Education" in both countries.
The aim of the project was to develop, implement and evaluate an evidence-based Digital Health Module in Postgraduate Higher Education curriculum in Finland and Japan.The scope of digital health in the project includes mobile health (mHealth), health information technology (IT), wearable devices, telehealth and telemedi-cine, and personalized medicine. Digital health promotes finding healthcare solutions, efficient healthcare delivery, personalized client care and promotes health and wellbeing in the population.
The joint project answered the educational needs within the Finnish and Japanese healthcare institutions and the national needs of governments for deeper knowledge about the latest developments in digitalization and international expertise.
*Visit the DHM website at Oulu University
Osaka University and University College London (UCL) have been launching a joint project since 2019 in order to create a comprehensive research hub for the prevention, treatment and care of dementia.
This project is an interdisciplinary approach that build on the strengths of both universities, and our research Unit is part of one of the projects.
The counterpart is Dr Nick Tyler, a researcher in urban engineering at UCL, who is also an invited professor at our research unit.
PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory)web site here.
Developing human resources for ageing Asia.
Postgraduate and undergraduate students from four sister schools in Asia take part in this older people care summer programme every year. We have varied contents includes chances to exchange and practical training and a large number of students participate in this programme.
Fundamentals of LTC in a Rapidly Aging Society provide the principle and scope of LTC in order to develop LTC system in a community
Japan has experienced the fastest older people population growth rate in human history. Now, the other Asian countries are expected to have even faster growth rate. This 2-week program offers an overview of comprehensive LTC system Japan has developed over the past three decades. By the end of this course the participant will understand a basic demography, scope of LTC, older people care, and management of LTC facilities. The course helps to prepare the participant for an interdisciplinary career in LTC.
Fundamentals of LTC care in a rapidly aging society aim to introduce the principles and scope of LTC and LTC-related development strategies.
Promoting evidence-based practice
'Ensure that the evidence accumulated through research can be used in practice.'
We always consider our contribution to practice. Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), a not-for-profit international research organisation, based at the University of Adelaide in southern Australia, promotes EBN (Evidence Based Nursing). EBN is like a nursing version of the Cochrane Collaboration Programme well-known as the promotion of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM). It began in 1996 and now has affiliated centres in more than 40 countries, with members in more than 90 countries using its Information services. Our research unit supports The Japan Centre for Evidence Based Practice (JCEBP), JBI's first affiliated centre in Japan. It currently operates as a non-profit organisation.
JBI (ⅰ) conducts Systematic Reviews (SR), which identify evidence by searching and collecting research articles from around the world and analysing and integrating research findings, (ⅱ) prepares materials (e.g. evidence summaries) for use in practice, and (ⅲ) database and information dissemination and (ⅳ) supports the lifelong learning of nurses and co-medical staff who learn about the use and evaluation of evidence at conferences and seminars.
Click here for information on JCEBP activities.
https://note.com/jcebp_office/n/n51af958d5b74）
JCEBP's JBI Headquarters page.
https://jbi.global/global_reach/collaboration/jbc_entity?collaborator_id=177
The book on implementing the evidence is out in 2020!
