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Master’s Overview

Admission Policy

The Graduate School of Nursing aims to instill both basic and applied theories in the field of nursing from a broad perspective, as well as train individuals capable of developing activities useful in supporting health while pursuing the unique expertise of the nursing profession. For this reason, we are seeking those with the will to develop their own specialized knowledge, practical skills, and research abilities in nursing.

Master’s Program – Research Course

  1. Those with the will to acquire research skills to link awareness of problems in nursing practice to qualitative improvement of nursing care;
  2. Those with a wide range of basic academic skills and knowledge of the desired field of study;
  3. Those aware that their nursing skills have been nurtured socially and who possess the will to contribute to society.

Master’s Program – Practitioner Training Course

  1. Those with a foundation in the basic science of nursing and an inquiring mind to have concern for others, excellent communication skills, and advanced practical skills;
  2. Those interested in the current state and systems of local communities and willing to logically consider a variety of issues through scientific evidence, knowledge, and theories;
  3. Those desiring to become future leaders in public health nursing, working with residents to realize a community in which people’s dignity is maintained and their aspirations are actualized.

Curriculum Policy

The Graduate School of Nursing aims to train nursing professionals who can develop activities useful for supporting health while pursuing the depth and breadth of nursing science in order to revitalize community-based nursing and create better nursing care.

The General Subjects in the Master’s Course are positioned as common subjects in order to solidify a foundation of education and research as well as to broaden perspective in relation to specialized subjects. Three of these subjects are required as necessary for the pursuit of nursing science: Nursing Theory, Nursing Research Methodology, and Nursing Ethics.

Master’s Program – Research Course

The Research Course includes two fields of study: Fundamental Nursing Studies, to enhance the ability of nurses to theoretically and practically develop their unique expertise in the areas of health, medicine, and welfare in an aging society, and Applied Nursing Studies, to improve nurses’ abilities to lead through an understanding of real-world conditions and structural analysis of problems in nursing practice.

In Specialized Research, students are guided by a faculty advisor in the selection of a field and necessary procedures for research. Students receive regular guidance from their advisor in writing a Master’s thesis. During the process, students may receive guidance from multiple members of faculty.

Master’s Program – Practitioner Training Course

The Practitioner Training Course consists of three subject areas: Specialized Subjects I, Specialized Subjects II, and General Subjects shared with the Research Course.

Specialized Subjects I is a group of subjects covering educational content as indicated in the regulations for training public health nurses (PHN), enriched with graduate-level content, including Community Diagnosis Theory and Nursing Policy Theory.

Specialized Subjects II include Special Theory of Public Health to strengthen a foundation of public health nursing, Basic Practicum III (Continuing Support Practicum), and Developmental Practicum II (Public Health Nursing Management & Health Crisis Management Practicum), to evaluate students’ own involvement in and changes to the community in order to strengthen practical skills. In Practical Research, students are required to extract research questions from local issues, conduct research, and complete a thesis.

In addition to subjects necessary for nursing research and thesis writing, General Subjects include Advanced Epidemiology & Health Statistics, Administration & Organization, and Social Research Methods, which are social science subjects capturing the structure of the regional society as a whole.

Diploma Policy

In the Master’s and Doctoral courses, students who have earned the required credits based on course regulations, received the necessary research guidance, and passed the examinations of their Master’s thesis in the Master’s Course and Doctoral thesis in the Doctoral Course within the allotted period specified by the Graduate School will be granted completion of the program. In addition, the abilities below must be acquired for degree conferral. The Graduate School aims to develop nursing practitioners, educators, and researchers who will continue the development of nursing science, contribute to health and medical welfare, and possess the abilities of evidence-based practice and an inquisitive mind for research.

Master’s Program – Research Course

  1. Fundamental research skills to contribute to the development of nursing science;
  2. Logical ability to analyze phenomena related to nursing practice and education from multiple perspectives;
  3. Advanced practical nursing skills to cooperate and collaborate with other professionals based on nursing expertise;
  4. Ability to carry out nursing practice and research with high ethical standards;
  5. Ability to demonstrate excellent leadership and guidance in practice.

Master’s Program – Practitioner Training Course

  1. Communication and collaboration skills to build trusting relationships with residents and stakeholders;
  2. Ability to quantitatively and qualitatively diagnose the community with regard to social conditions;
  3. Ability to understand individuals and families living in the community from multiple perspectives and utilize social resources to support the continuation of healthy lifestyles;
  4. Management ability to continuously develop health activities based on the PDCA cycle with a sense of ethics and mission as a public health nursing professional;
  5. Ability to establish a community care system that contributes to the realization of a community aimed at improving health and quality of life, as well as the ability to develop related projects and policies;
  6. Fundamental research skills to pursue expertise specific to public health nursing.

Master’s Thesis Evaluation Criteria

Research Course

  1. There is a nursing science approach to the problem.
  2. The problem has been thoroughly examined from the approach to the research objectives.
  3. There is a literature review based on sufficient critique of the research question.
  4. The data are appropriate and reliable for the research purpose.
  5. The data analysis and interpretation are reliable and valid.
  6. The research objectives, methods, results, and discussion are described in a logical manner.
  7. The research has been conducted ethically.
  8. The results are meaningful to nursing science.

Practitioner Training Course

  1. The problem statement is related to public health nursing based on personal nursing practice, interests, and questions.
  2. The problem has been thoroughly examined from the approach to the problem to the research objectives.
  3. There is a literature review conducted in accordance with the research question.
  4. The thesis is logically based on evidence.
  5. The research has been conducted ethically.
  6. The results are meaningful to public health nursing.