University Accreditation Results(Results for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation for University)

Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: PrivateLocation: Tokyo, JapanAccreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2022
Accreditation Status: accredited（Accreditation Period: April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2030）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing
Overview
Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, founded on the spirit of the Red Cross
fundamental principle of “humanity,” sets forth the education policy of “nurturingindividuals who will strive to protect the dignity and rights of people and realize theRed Cross philosophy of ‘humanity’ through nursing.” The College also defines its
purpose as “teaching and researching a broad range of knowledge and highly
specialized arts and sciences based on the humanitarian ideals of the Red Cross;cultivating human resources who can play an active role in the healthcare field byenhancing their intelligence, morals, and applied abilities; and contributing to thedevelopment of nursing science as well as human welfare.” To achieve its foundingspirit, educational policy, and purpose, the College has formulated the Third Japanese
Red Cross Academy-Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing Medium-term Plan
(hereafter, the “Third Midterm Plan”) for the five-year period from AY2019 with theobjectives of promoting international exchanges, enhancing its education that
includes disaster nursing, and reorganizing its overall organizational andmanagement structures, including the establishment of the Faculty of Nursing atSaitama. Under the Third Midterm Plan, the College is working to advance faculty
development (FD) and staff development (SD) activities to improve its educational
content and teaching methods pointed out in JUAA’s AY2015 certified evaluation
and accreditation results.
Regarding internal quality assurance, the College has examined theappropriateness of its internal quality assurance system and reviewed the Intraorganizational Quality Assurance Policy following the expansion of its organization.
In AY2021, a new internal quality assurance system was developed after theestablishment of various regulations, with the Joint Management Meeting positioned
under the president as an organization responsible for college-wide internal quality
assurance to revise the Self Evaluation Regulations and establish the Intraorganizational Quality Assurance Promotion Regulations. The College-wide SelfStudy Meeting was also formed as an organization promoting internal quality
assurance. Each faculty, graduate school, and center conducts self-study activities
every academic year and compiles the results in a standard form for submission to
the College-wide Self-Study Meeting. The meeting identifies key issues to help the1Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing

Joint Management Meeting make college-wide reviews and clarify issues, thereby
quickly implementing improvement and enhancement measures. The College plansto review the internal quality assurance system based on the analysis by the IR
Committee to make further improvements, with positive outcomes expected in the
coming years.
As for education, the College has established a diploma policy for each
degree to be awarded as the Graduation and Degree Awarding Policy for the faculties
and the Course Completion and Degree Awarding Policy for the graduate school,with the curricula appropriately designed based on these policies. To monitor andevaluate student learning outcomes, the College conducts course evaluation surveys
by students and graduates. Portfolios have also been introduced to the faculties andgraduate school to visualize the learning outcomes, with explanations given during
semester guidance as well as before and after practical training to encourage students’
self-directed learning. The graduate school in particular clarifies the progress of its
students’ learning and research in Gantt charts, and creates items for self-assessments
and action plans to acquire the skills stated in the diploma policy in order to visualize
the student learning outcomes at the times of enrollment and completion in radarcharts. The College’s original portfolios are used in conjunction with researchguidance and allow supervisors to provide students with specific guidance andadvice, thereby encouraging communication and students’ self-reviews. These areoutstanding approaches that help students maintain their motivation at graduate
school and actively develop their career plans, and are expected to bring educational
benefits other than monitoring student learning outcomes.
In terms of student support, the College has set up suggestion boxes on
campus and its website, holds opinion exchange meetings with students, andintroduces student picks of library books. It is highly commendable that the College
actively listens to students and reflects their voices in improving its education andlearning environment. As part of its social contribution activities, the College
designated the 2020 coronavirus pandemic as a “disaster” and launched a disaster
response task force on campus to respond to requests for support. The College swiftly
responded to the needs of the Saitama City Public Health Center and otherorganizations by providing continued healthcare support. It is highly commendable
that the College takes advantage of its experiences gained through disaster nursing toextend its social contribution efforts in line with its education policy.
In the years ahead, the College is expected to promote self-study activities
led by the College-wide Self-Study Meeting and appropriately operate the internal2

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quality assurance system under the Joint Management Meeting to address variousissues, thereby enhancing its distinctive activities.
Notable Strengths
Educational Program and Learning OutcomesThe graduate school has adopted portfolios to clarify the progress of its students’learning and research in Gantt charts, and created items for self-assessments andaction plans to acquire the skills stated in the diploma policy in order to visualize
the student learning outcomes at the times of enrollment and completion in radarcharts. The original portfolios are used in conjunction with research guidance
for supervisors to advise students on the progress of their research as well as
specific guidance and advice on the skills necessary for careers based on data.
As many students are working nurses, the portfolios help them maintain theirmotivation at graduate school and actively develop their professional careerplans. It is commendable that these approaches are expected to bring educational
benefits other than monitoring student learning outcomes.

Student Support
To improve student support, the College actively listens to students’ voices invarious ways, such as understanding their needs through self-directed activities
aimed promoting library use, setting up suggestion boxes on campus and its
website, and regularly organizing opinion exchange meetings with students.
Student opinions are addressed at meetings of the Student Life and Employment
Support Committee formed separately by the faculties and graduate school to
implement such measures as purchasing library books and improving theconvenience of training facilities. It is commendable that the College is providing
motivated students with learning opportunities in line with the Student SupportPolicy.

Social Cooperation and Contribution
In response to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the College promptly set up adisaster response task force on campus to develop a support system, clarified its
policy under the president’s leadership, and carried out support activities to3Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing

respond to requests from the relevant authorities. Specifically, the Faculty ofNursing at Saitama, which aims to cultivate nursing professionals responsible forcommunity-based care, helped the Saitama City Public Health Center step up its
operations by dispatching numerous faculty members to the center for a long
period of time when the College had no classes. The College’s response tocommunity requests is commendable as an activity linked to the education policyof nurturing individuals striving to realize the Red Cross philosophy of humanity
through nursing.

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