Center for Advanced Research and Education
The Translational Research Center in the Center for Advanced Research and Education offers lectures for researchers that help validate
data obtained in research activities. The lectures include Ethical Guidelines, Research Ethics, and On Intellectual Property, reinforcing
ethical education in clinical research to help avoid academic dishonesty and deepening
researchers’ expertise in clinical research. The Translational Research Center also
stimulates research activities within the university and promotes basic research anduniversity-supported projects, and strongly supports the Hokkaido base for theTranslational Research Network Project and patent applications.
The Research Center is composed of the Central Laboratory for Research andEducation, the Animal Laboratory for Medical Research, and the Laboratory forRadioactive Isotope Research.

Animal Laboratory for Medical Research

Joint-Use Facilities
Information and Communication Technology Center
The internet enables us to not only stay connected with the world and collect up-to-date academic information but also convey
information about our university to the world. Asahikawa Medical University Campus Information Network (AMEC-Net) is composedof the four subsystems (medical and nursing research subsystem, information processing education subsystem, library informationsubsystem, and network administration subsystem).

The information and communication technology center serves to provide

undergraduates with information literacy education, support students and faculty searching for academic information, and convey theinformation about our university worldwide.

Clinical Simulation Center
The Clinical Simulation Center aims to help students to attain the following:
1. To learn basic clinical skills during preliminary training in pre-medical education and during clinical training − for undergraduates
2. To learn general clinical skills in post-graduate clinical training − for interns
3. To acquire advanced clinical skills and maintain continuing professional development − for doctors, nurses and co-medicals
4. To develop new teaching materials

Summary of Clinical Simulation Center in 2019
Actual Use (hours)

Number of Users

Computer Assisted Laboratory

736

3,213

Clinical Skills Laboratory for Diagnosis of Sense Organs

329

1,130

Basic Clinical Skills Laboratory

784

1,783

1,131

2,596

Hand-washing Laboratory

565

1,635

Teaching-materials Creation Room

261

780

Clinical Skills Laboratory for the Heart–Lung Function and Emergency Medicine

Support Center for Staff Returning to Work, Staff Wanting Assistance withChild Rearing, and Nursing Care (Nirinso Center)Working Environment Friendly to Parenting Doctors and Nurses

Nirinso Center is the support center to help our staff keep their work-life balance in a good
shape by making the working environment better. It helps staff returning to work aftermaternity leave, child-care leave, and nursing-care leave.
It is composed of the four components (back to work support training, carrier support,child-care and nursing-care support, and sick and convalescent child nursing). The center
also provides services such as educational programs, various kinds of seminars and lectures.

Room for sick and convalescent children, Nonno

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