2015 Volume 61 Issue 5 Pages 476-477
A group including 7 students and 2 faculty members from Indiana University visited Juntendo University Faculty of Heath Care and Nursing on June 10, 2015. First of all, the chairperson of the international relations committee, Prof. Shinobu Sakurai gave a welcoming speech and this was followed by brief, mutual self-introductions. Then Indiana students attended several different lectures such as Chinese language and the Clinical Medicine lecture. In addition, we held an exchange conference with 16 students from Juntendo University and the students had lunch together. There was a welcoming address by the Dean of the Faculty of Health Care and Nursing, Dr. Jun Ueki prior to the meeting. In the conference, an Indiana University nursing school student talked about studying nursing in their university, and the 3rd year students of Juntendo University gave a talk on their school life and the 4th year students gave a presentation on nursing status in Japan (Figure-1). This talk mentioned the social status of nurses and nursing education (Figure-2) and working and balance (Figures-3 & 4). After the presentations, the students of both universities exchanged several comments and questions. Then visitors went on a campus tour of Juntendo. Finally, the students enjoyed mixing, conversing and making friends with their young nursing counterparts.
