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

Aichi Medical University

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Aichi, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2013
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period:April.01.2014 – March.31.2021）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Aichi Medical University
Notable Strengths
Education and research organizations
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It is commendable that Aichi Medical University (hereafter, the University) has
taken measures to improve and reform its medical education. In order to achieve its
purposes, the Medical Education Center was established in 2004 and began to hire
full-time faculty members in 2007. Currently, the Medical Education Center has
four divisions: Management of Examinations, Faculty Development, Promotion
Support, and Curriculum. The Center has worked in collaboration with nearly sixty
regular faculty members to improve the quality of internal examinations, to design
and implement Faculty Development workshops, and to provide career
consultation and counseling with the involvement of students’ guardians. In
addition, in 2012, the University adopted medical interviews as well as diagnosis
and procedure practicums as part of official practical training.

It is commendable that the Nursing Practice Research Center has realized theUniversity's purpose of contributing to the local communities. This center wasestablished in 2008 in the College of Nursing in order to improve nursing practices
and provide good quality nursing care to society. It consists of three divisions:Certified Nurse Education, Post-Graduation Training and Research, and Local
Cooperation and Support. It carries out certified nurse training for specific nursing
fields, supports education and research for the improvement of nursing practice,and supports lifelong education and the general health of local residents.

Social cooperation and contribution

It is commendable that the University has implemented activities that areconsistent with the founding spirit of the University—"to serve local medicalpractices." In 2012, the University signed comprehensive cooperation agreementswith the City of Nagakute and the City of Kitanagoya with the purposes ofenhancing local medical services and personnel exchanges and promoting
community developments. Given this agreement, which focuses in particular on
the problem of unevenly distributed doctors in local medical practices, theUniversity sends its own doctors into the communities. The University makes its
educational and research results available to the communities by holding open
lectures and health “festivals” (events) for local residents and offering child-rearing
consultations.

Suggestions for Improvement
Mission and purposeThe purpose of fostering persons of talent and that of education within each schooland each graduate program should be clearly defined in the University regulations.

Faculty and faculty organization
The School of Medicine does not clearly state the criteria for hiring faculty

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Educational content, methods, and outcome
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The School of Medicine, the College of Nursing, and the Graduate School ofMedicine do not define the requirements for completing the programs in theirdegree granting policies. The appropriate requirements should be set according to
the purpose of education, and made public.

The Graduate School of Medicine has not offered any original workshops toimprove educational content and methods. It should offer such workshops.

The Graduate School of Medicine has not clearly stated the criteria for examining
degree-seeking thesis. Also, the Graduate School of Nursing has not clarified thecriteria for examining degree-seeking thesis for its students. These criteria should
be clarified in the student handbook or the course bulletin and made public.

In the Graduate School of Medicine, a research advisor for the doctoral students
serves as the main examiner of their dissertations. From the perspective ofobjectivity and fairness, this should be improved.

Enrollment
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The average ratios in the last five years of enrolled freshmen to the freshman
admission cap is high at 1.02 and the ratio of enrolled students to the student
enrollment cap is high at 1.04 in the School of Medicine.

Area of Serious Concern
Educational content, methods, and outcomeIn the Graduate School of Medicine, a research guidance plan has not beenformulated. The plan should be formulated so that students can follow it.