This Faculty strives to develop individuals who can acquire logical and practical knowledge and take action accordingly and who can provide equitable and just health care to all people with diverse values, traditions, and lifestyles.
To that end, our mission is to develop capable individuals who can communicate globally, mainly in English, so that diverse people can enjoy a healthy life in terms of medical care as well as in the community, regardless of language and cultural differences.
The Institute of Global Nursing was established by the Faculty of Global Nursing, and the purpose of the Institute is to realize the mission of Otemae University, which is “the regional cooperation through research and education, the devotion to develop the local community, and the contribution to the international community”. More specifically, our goals are to conduct specialized research to contribute to the health of the public, to collaborate with the local community, and to contribute to the local and international community in other words, to act as a platform to “Think globally, act locally.”
Headquartered in Australia,
the Institute is an international collaboration of researchers, scientists, and medical professionals.
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At this facility, overseas researchers and clinicians collaborate to improve education in the latest basic research.
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This journal widely publicizes the results of education and research that contribute to the development of nursing science.
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History of the establishment of
the Institute of Global Nursing and its expected role
the Institute of Global Nursing and its expected role
We first met Professor Emiko Suzui, first Dean of the Faculty of Global Nursing, when she was studying in the U.K.（Thames Valley University Graduate faculty）under Professor Dr. Lesley Page, the first in the U.K. to receive a doctoral degree in midwifery. Dr. Alison Kitson, the current Vice President of Flinders University（former Dean of The Faculty of Nursing at the University of Adelaide）and the founder of the ILC, was introduced to Professor Suzui by her former teacher. Professor Alison Kitson then introduced Dr. Alan Pearson to Professor Suzui, who shared his qualities and ideas as a researcher as well as a common understanding of ILC’s philosophy and social activities through international activities and research exchange. These connections have led Professor Suzui to become an ILC member and a JBI member, and she has enthusiastically reported the results of international collaborative research.
Professor Suzui, who is also committed to fostering future generations, is involved in disseminating philosophy on the latest research directly to the benefit of patients in Japan, as well as passing on the joy of collaboration with world-class researchers to future generations. She established the Institute of Global Nursing, which encompasses the ILC and JBI, at the same time she assumed the position of Dean of The Faculty of Global Nursing, and entrusted the Institute to Professor Naoko Nishimura, the first director of the Institute.
Currently, there are more than 70 centers in 40 countries around the world, and this center that opened in March 2019 became the fourth branch in Japan to begin operations. The centers work to ensure that decisions to implement the best possible health care to the target population are evidence-based.
Annually, a seminar entitled the Comprehensive Systematic Review Training Program（CSRT）is held with the aim of training researchers and clinicians who can conduct systematic reviews to generate evidence. Additionally, a 6-month course for implementing evidence in clinical practice called the Evidence Implementation Training Program（EITP）is offered in collaboration with a variety of medical institutions.
Since 2008, an international conference has been held once a year at which medical institutions and universities in Europe, including the United Kingdom and Denmark, have collaborated to utilize this framework in actual medical settings to improve the quality of care. Measures enacted to improve care are reported at the annual conference.
The Institute of Global Nursing is working with overseas researchers to improve basic nursing education while utilizing the latest knowledge.
Journal of the Institute of Global Nursing at Otemae University aims to broadly publicize the results of education and research that contribute to the development of nursing science to fulfill the mission of the Institute, which is to conduct professional research that contributes to the health of the public, and which contributes to the local and international communities through cooperation with the local community.
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Members of the Institute attend JBI and ILC.
Comments from the staff who attended the conferences.
Tomiko Toda
I learned through the whole comprehensive systematic review course online held at a university in the UK and progressed to also online course from the University of Adelaide, which means that anyone wherever you are can learn from JBI, share our experiences and opinions, challenges, and sights, and broaden our horizons!
I assure you that you can develop your nursing expertise and transform your nursing care with evidence, at the latest global standard, as you sail together on this new journey.
Satoshi Takatani
Through these experiences, I have recognized once again that FoC is an important concept that serves as the basis of nursing care, and at the same time, I have learned that FoC has various aspects in other countries.
In terms of FoC, we would like to reexamine nursing education in Japan and explore what we, as nursing educators, can do, what nursing students should learn, and what health outcomes will be achieved for the patients through the activities of ILC.