2019 Volume 39 Pages 254-260
Objectives: The study conducted to reveal the situation of the globalization in nursing graduate school in Japan that may contribute to promote globalization in it.
Methods: An anonymous questionnaire sent to the 156 graduate schools have a master course in December 2015. It contains (1) acceptance of foreign students and teachers, (2) study abroad and overseas training of Japanese students, (3) International research and educational circumstances of teachers, and others. Data were analyzed descriptively. Study approval was given by the Nursing Research Ethics Review Board of University of Kochi.
Result: Seventy-two out of 73 responses were analyzed. About ten to twenty percent of schools accepted foreign students, but only one school had a credit exchange system with overseas universities. In addition, only half were actively communicating with overseas universities. Faculty members did not progress in joint research and international conference participation because of their language skills and heavy workload.
Conclusion: In Japan’s nursing graduate schools, the importance of corresponding to globalization has widely been recognized, and various attempts have been made, but further strategies to enhance the faculty’s language ability and overseas experiences are required.
