Summer Programsin Portland and Seattle
2019.8.21～2019.8.30

Since 2012, Nihon Institute of Medical Science (NIMS)
has provided the annual Summer Program in Portland,Oregon for students. The purpose of the program is togive students opportunities to learn and understandhistory, culture and medical settings in foreign countries.
In 2019, 46 students applied to the program and weredivided into 2 groups. Thirty students of the Departmentof Nursing and the Department of RadiologicalTechnology visited Portland, Oregon. The other 16
students of the Department of Rehabilitation visitedSeattle, Washington.

Pre-program Preparation
Before the program started, students attended preprogram preparation classes to learn English conversation,
Medical English and gestures to develop theircommunication skills with foreign people.

Day 1 August 21, 2019
The program participants gathered at Narita Airport to leave
for Portland and Seattle on 21st August. During the program,participants visited Portland stayed at Portland State
University accommodation, and the others visited Seattle
stayed at Washington University accommodation.

Day 2 August 22, 2019
Portland, Oregon

Seattle, Washington

Participants visited Meals onWheels People, a lunch
center, which is a non-profit
organization providing mealdelivery service for older
adults in their community.

Participants visited theSnoqualmie Falls and theHarbor View Medical Center.
At the medical center,Dr. Koichiro Nandate, ananesthesiologist, gave NIMS
students a lecture on the
medical system and the
medical business in U.S.

Day 3 August 23, 2019
Participants visited theProvidence St. Vincent
Medical Center andparticipated in a hospitaltraining.

Participants took part in a
guided tour of the Boeing
factory and then visited theMuseum of Flight in Seattle.

Day 4 August 24, 2019
Portland, Oregon

Seattle, Washington

Students had a free day. In
downtown Portland, there
were famous brands’ headoffices, such as Nike andColumbia, so many students
enjoyed shopping.

Students visited Bastyr
University and attended a
special lectures on humananatomy and herbal medicine
by Dr. Masahiro Takakura, who
is working for the MLB Seattle
Mariners team as a medicalpractitioner.

Day 5 August 25, 2019
Participants visited several
sightseeing spots in theCentral Oregon, the Mount
Hood, the Trillium Lake andthe Timberline Lodge, where
they enjoyed majestic natureand views.

Four local university students
guided NIMS students toSeattle city. They took thesubway and looked aroundfamous spots in Seattle.

Day 6 August 26, 2019
Portland, Oregon

Seattle, Washington

Participants visited Oregon
Health & Science University
and the Cedar Sinai Park,
which is a facility providing
residential and communitybased care to older adults.

NIMS students attended alecture by Dr. Motoki Oshima,
who is working for the MLB
Seattle Mariners team as atrainer, at the Masa IntegrativeClinic. They also visited Seattle
Children‘s Hospital.

Day 7 August 27, 2019Students tried the Dragon
Boat paddling with breast
cancer survivor boating teammembers and visited thePortland office of the Susan
G. Komen, a breast cancer
foundation. After that, they
visited Oregon Health &Science University andattended a lecture by Dr.
Daisuke Yamashita. Students
learned the difference of
medical treatment between
the U.S. and Japan.

Students had a free day. theyspent the day walking around
Washington university campus
and going to downtown forshopping. Some students went
baseball stadium to watch abaseball game.

Day 8 August 28, 2019
Portland, Oregon

Seattle, Washington

Participants visited
University of Portland, andparticipated in a clinicalnursing simulation using thelatest human body model.
In the afternoon, they
moved to Warner Pacific
University. Local university
students took NIMS
participants around thecampus.

Participants visited Northwest
University. They took a campus
tour guided by nursing faculty
members.

Day 9-10 August 29 & 30, 2019
Both groups of participants left for Japan on 29th August andsafely arrived in the next day.