The “Japan-China International Nursing Symposium ∼ Japan-China Nursing Interaction for the Future ∼”

<p>　On June 22^nd 2019 we successfully finished the “Japan-China International Nursing Symposium ~ Japan-China Nursing Interaction for the Future ~”. This included a commemoration ceremony, poster sessions and the symposium at the auditorium and the foyer of Building A, which was newly completed in December 2018, to celebrate the 180 years anniversary of Juntendo University and the 120 years anniversary of its Nursing Education.</p><p>　There were 21 participants from China, including 4 guest speakers and 17 teachers and nurses from China’s leading universities such as Peking University, China Medical University, the Fourth Military Medical University, Sichuan University, China-Japan Friendship Hospital. And also from Japan, as many as 448 participants including nurses from 6 Juntendo University affiliated hospitals, teachers and students from Juntendo University Faculty of Health Care and Nursing, Juntendo University Faculty of Health Science and Nursing, and Juntendo University Graduate School of Health Care and Nursing attended the ceremony and the symposium.</p><p>　In the commemorative ceremony held in the morning, Hideoki Ogawa, CEO of Japan-China Medical Association and CEO of Juntendo University, delivered a ceremonial speech as an honorary chairman of the ceremony. In the speech he referred to the history of Juntendo and interactions with China. Currently, Juntendo University has expanded its horizon of exchange in the field of medical nursing with China’s leading universities. There are now active exchanges and interactions between both sides in the field of nurse training.</p><p>　In the symposium, top leaders of the hospital nurses and the professors who teach at universities in China gave their presentations. This symposium consisted of 2 sessions. The themes of 2 sessions were on “History and Management of Nursing Education” and “Opening up the future of Japan-China nursing education”. In first session, all of lecturers focused on the historical transition in nursing styles and activities at each university and hospital. And in second session, several efforts which have been done from the perspective of how to develop nursing in the future were introduced. In both sessions, they had time for questions and answers until the last minute.</p><p>　In the poster sessions, there were 24 submissions altogether, 9 of them from China. Those presentations were performed in English, and the themes covered 6 areas which are “Nursing Education, Cancer Nursing, Nursing Management, Clinical Education, Maternity / Pediatric Nursing, and Home / Psychiatric Nursing” with many questions and answers.</p><p>　We are convinced that Japan-China exchanges on the levels of nurses, teachers and students are leading to the fruitful results to understand each other and advance interactions with Japan and China.</p>