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

Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: PublicLocation: Ehime, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2016
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period: April.01.2017 – March.31.2024）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences
Overview
Ehime Prefectural University of Health Sciences (hereafter, the University), whose
predecessor was Ehime College of Health Sciences, was established in 2004 as a four-year
university with the Faculty of Health Sciences (which consists of the departments of Nursingand Medical Technology) in Iyo District, Ehime Prefecture. Following its reorganization as aPublic University Corporation in 2010, the University established the Graduate School ofHealth Sciences, consisting of the nursing major and the medical technology major, andpresently has one faculty and one graduate school.
After its accreditation review by Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA) in2009, the University has made efforts to improve its educational content and methods by solving
the issues identified in the last accreditation, such as reconsidering practical training on obstetricsand the maximum limit for credit registration per year, improving the syllabus, andimplementing questionnaires for class evaluations. Moreover, in addition to its efforts toimprove harassment prevention on campus, the University has enthusiastically embarked onreforms to improve the research environment and enhance research activities by increasing thefunding allocated to the research budget, enhancing faculty development (FD) trainings, andimplementing evaluations for faculty members’ achievements.
It is recommendable that the University has made efforts towards social contributions
through effective use of its education and research achievements as well as its education
research function, which are important components of its role as a public university. In
particular the University, as part of its social contribution, has established the Regional
Exchange Center, through which the University implements a wide range of cooperation andcontribution activities to the local community.
However, with regard to educational content and methods, the University should set
clear policies on regular examinations; the University has conducted re-examinations despite
its announcement to the contrary, and students have been confused by this practice. Inaddition, some students who have been unable to pass subjects that are required prior toclitical practice and who do not wish to repeat another year at the University have been
allowed to retake these courses through the Open University of Japan. This is not anappropriate credit-granting situation. JUAA hopes that the University will improve this issue.
Notable Strengths
Social Cooperation and Contribution

It is commendable that the University has made efforts to realize its purpose, and since its
establishment has continuously made contributions to the local community by playing therole of mediator between the prefecture and the community. In addition, the University
has made effective use of its education research function and its education and researchachievements. For example, with the Regional Exchange Center as the core, theUniversity has offered a variety of programs on fostering quality healthcare service
workers to public welfare institutions and institutions that train such workers. Also, theUniversity, in cooperation with the municipal welfare office in the Seiyo-shi, has recently
developed a program to nurture human resources for the local comprehensive care systemgiven the situation in the community.

Suggestions for Improvement
Educational Content, Methods, and OutcomeWhile the student handbook and the syllabus clearly state that reexaminations are not3

administered, in reality, reexaminations are often administered. To avoid confusion
among students, a clearer policy should be stipulated.
In order to avoid repeating another school year, those students who failed to pass thesubjects required prior to the critical practice are allowed to take similar courses offered by
the Open University of Japan, and those subjects are counted as the required subjects ofthe University. This is not an appropriate practice and should be improved.