2025Years12Month16On Tuesday, students from Hyogo Prefectural Mikikita High School who wish to enter the nursing and medical fields attended the Kansai International University. Miki CampusThey visited the school and participated in a high school-university collaborative class run by the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
This was a valuable day for students aiming to become future medical professionals to experience specialized learning at university and to more concretely map out their own career paths.
Strengths not found at other universities: Global perspective and disaster nursing
beginning,Professor Toyoko Yoshizawa, Dean of the FacultyThe lecture explained the "strengths" of our university's nursing department compared to other universities, and emphasized that modern nurses not only need specialized knowledge but also the ability to treat patients with diverse backgrounds.Language skills and multicultural understandingemphasized that this is essential.Nursing Global Major" aims to train nurses with a global perspective, and all students areDisaster prevention" qualifications,Disaster nursingHe enthusiastically introduced the environment that allows students to learn deeply.Multi-layered support system for national examinationsHe also introduced the university's multi-layered support system, which provides systematic support from enrollment to graduation and qualification acquisition.
Campus experience: A tour of the latest facilities and a message to nursing professionals
In the next program, Professor Yoshizawa andProfessor Nobuhito SakuraiThe students were given a campus tour guided by a professor. They were able to see the latest practical labs and facilities used by actual nursing students, giving them an opportunity to get a firsthand feel for what it's like to study at a university.
In addition, Professor Yoshisetsu Hatagave a "Message to all those aspiring to become nurses," and the students looked on intently at the passionate encouragement, which included a perspective from the field.
Student Opinions: From the Survey
A follow-up survey revealed that participants gained many profound insights not only into technical aspects, but also into the essence of nursing, namely, "communication" and "compassion."
- The surprise of seeing nursing as a "science" "There are many barriers to communication, and communication can only be established once these barriers have been overcome.The things we do unconsciously in our daily lives actually involve many steps.That was a surprise.”
- Practical awareness of putting yourself in someone else's shoes (Through sensory restriction work) "I was a little afraid to drink water. When I asked him to choose a snack, I learned that instead of just putting it on the palm of my hand, I could bring it close to his nose (to convey the scent) so that he could understand it better."How to be there for moments that cannot be put into wordsI realized the importance of such ingenuity."
- My own challenges and ambitions for the future "I'm not the type to speak very clearly, but after listening to this lecture,Communication that emphasizes facial expressions and how people are touchedI learned to look at my own characteristics in a positive way, realizing that I should cherish them."
- Confidence in one's future "I was able to see what actual nursing students are like and really understood what I was learning at university. I became interested in the fact that nursing requires a multifaceted perspective, such as how to incorporate psychology into conversations."
Future prospects
Through this experience at the Miki Campus, the students were able to gain a concrete understanding of the depth of the job of "nursing" and the image of "global, disaster-resistant nurses" that our university aims for. Kansai University of International Studies will continue to deepen its ties with local high schools and strongly support the dreams of ambitious young people.
