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https://www.med.shimane-u.ac.jp/medicine/https://www.med.shimane-u.ac.jp/kango/22At the School of Medicine, our focus is the cultivation of excel-lent medical professionals who will pave the way for the medical studies and medical care of tomorrow. Based on a rich sense of humanity, a wide-ranging education, and high moral values, our students develop cooperation, leadership and deci-sion-making skills, in addition to an international perspective and an inquiring mind that stimulates progression into undis-covered research territories. Course OutlineFrom the early stages of their university education, students receive a regional-based education that fosters in them a sense of vocation and a strong interest in regional medical care. Also, by receiving education in medical English and being provided with opportunities to study overseas, they can develop an in-ternationally-framed way of thinking. Students also get to train their inquisitive minds by engaging in research experience. Fur-thermore, tutorial-style education enables students to develop their problem-solving, information-gathering and cooperation skills by participating in small groups. Prior to the start of clini-cal training, implementation of CBT (Computer-Based Testing) and OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) tests take place. During their clinical clerkship, students experience real medical care under the supervision of a supervisory doc-At the School of Nursing, our focus is on developing a compe-tency in nursing that forms the foundation for progressing through a lifelong career specializing in the nursing profession. Through the acquisition of skills and knowledge, our students develop the capacity to administer nursing care appropriate to varying health conditions, from health maintenance and pro-motion, to recovery from illness and end-of-life issues. We endeavor to develop in our students a broad perspective and rich sense of humanity that will enable them to cooperate with other specialists in the fields of health, medicine, and welfare. Course OutlineThe first year of nursing studies involves acquiring the knowl-edge necessary for functioning as a working adult and creating a foundation of knowledge for their nursing studies. Through-out the first and second years, the students study how to practice nursing through the subjects of human understanding, the ethics of caregiving, basic medical knowledge, and scientif-ic evidence. From the second semester of the second year, the focus becomes more specialized, with studies encompassing the areas of adult nursing care, pediatric/maternity/gerontolog-ical nursing care, psychiatric nursing, regional care and home nursing. In the third and fourth years, students strengthen their nursing skills and knowledge while training in real nursing care tor, acquiring basic clinical capabilities. Through this clinical clerkship, which is being utilized at approximately seventy medical care facilities and hospitals within the prefecture, in addition to the University Hospital, students learn about pri-mary care and regional medicine. situations. In the fourth year, students complete their com-prehensive nursing practicum and research before graduation, which is the culmination of their university stud-ies. School of MedicineSchool of Nursing