Special Course of Midwifery

Educational Philosophy of the Special Course of Midwifery

The Special Course of Midwifery aims to produce midwives who:

1. 1.Possess the specialized knowledge, judgement, and skills that can be utilized for women and families, mainly during the perinatal period, in order to support a healthy life related to reproductive health and rights.
2. 2.Possess a sense of responsibility towards life, a rich sense of humanity, and the ability to provide care with empathy.

Message from the Director

To support the power of women's "living will"

In order to educate highly skilled midwives with advanced expertise and techniques, our university established a separate department specializing in midwifery in April of 2023.

Midwives provide midwifery care based on their own judgment throughout women's lifecycle, however, the maternity cycle focusing on childbirth being is the stage where women and mothers need midwives the most and where midwives can provide their expertise prominently. In the midwifery department, students learn specialized knowledge for this purpose and develop the observational, diagnostic, and practical skills necessary for midwifery care.

Furthermore, students learn deeply care for women and families throughout the lifecycle, especially on the perinatal period, and learn to support the "life" and "livelihoods" of women and families.

Midwives involved in matters of "life" are required deep affection for humanity and high ethical morals. We will educate midwives who can continuously self-learning and improve their specialty, who is independent as professional, and who can support the woman lives comprehensively for that woman can safely and confidently childbirth and upbringing for future generations.

Educational Philosophy of the Special Course of Midwifery

In the Special Course of Midwifery, we aim to cultivate midwives who:

1. 1.Respect life, be compassionate to people, and acquire the ethical sensitivity necessary to respect the autonomy of women in their care.
2. 2.Possess specialized knowledge and skills based on scientific evidence, and be able to acquire safe, reassuring, and effective maternity care skills.
3. 3.Possess advanced skills in women’s healthcare, in order to provide lifelong aid in their patients’ endeavours to live full lives.
4. 4.Demonstrate expertise as a midwife and as a member of perinatal care teams, and acquire the practical skills of a midwife that can contribute to the improvement and development of the healthcare, medical care, and welfare of women, young and old, in Fukushima, by cooperating with various professions and institutions.
5. 5.Study midwifery with clinical thought, and acquire specialized, autonomous skills that lead to self-improvement as midwives.

Special Course of Midwifery Overview

The Special Course of Midwifery was established in April 2023 to cultivate high quality midwives, providing them with high level knowledge and technical skills. This is done with the aim of making Fukushima Prefecture a place where children, our future, can be born and raised, as we proceed with restoration following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Here, students can receive high quality education from our six full-time faculty members, who have vast clinical and educational experience. During the one-year study period, students acquire qualifications that make them eligible for the National Midwifery Examination, perform hands-on midwife duties in the local community as work-ready professionals, actively assume important roles related to the healthcare of mothers and children, which is the core of midwifery. In addition, we train students so that they will be able to provide autonomous midwifery care, which not only increases the satisfaction of mothers but also helps to improve their own abilities, and play a role in identifying issues and proposing solutions in their clinical environment by exercising their critical thinking skills.

Curriculum Characteristics

We seek to train midwives who can contribute to the healthcare of mothers and children, so that children can be born and raised safely, as we proceed with the restoration of Fukushima Prefecture. The Special Course of Midwifery at our university envisions its graduates to be midwives possessing the diagnostic and technical skills necessary to practice midwifery with a strong sense of ethics and passion to contribute to the promotion of good health and well-being among the local community. Our curriculum consists of the three fields of Fundamental Midwifery Studies, Practical Midwifery Studies, and Advanced Midwifery Studies.

Curriculum Tree

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Midwives possessing midwifery diagnostic skills and technical skills necessary to practice midwifery while maintaining a strong sense of ethics and passion to contribute to the promotion of good health and well-being in the local community.

1. 1.Able to practice midwifery care with high ethical standards and a rich 1 sense of humanity as its foundation
2. 2.Possess the necessary midwifery diagnostic and technical skills for women and their families at each stage of the maternity cycle, and able to engage in optimal midwifery care
3. 3.Able to provide support that responds to women’s health at each 3 stage of the life cycle.
4. 4.Able to link and cooperate with various professions and institutions, 4 and to be able to autonomously work as part of a tea
5. 5.Able to address midwifery issues from a research perspective