Accreditation Results(Accreditation Results for School of Veterinary Medicine)

Kitasato University
School of Veterinary Medicine Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2019
Accreditation Status: Accredited（Accreditation Period: April 1.2020 – March 31.2027）

Accreditation Results for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Undergraduate Program), School of Veterinary
Medicine, Kitasato University (hereinafter referred to as the “Faculty”), in line with theuniversity’s principles and purpose, states as its goals for human resource development“to nurture individuals with advanced veterinary knowledge and skills, a richpersonality, and appropriate problem solving skills, who can contribute to the health andwelfare of both animals and humanity.” In order to achieve these goals, the Faculty has
established the following educational and research objectives: “To create a foundationof basic and applied science in a broad range of areas, such as (i) animal bioscience, (ii)diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of various animal diseases, (iii) advanced,
cutting-edge medical treatment for companion animals, (iv) public hygiene, including
zoonosis and food safety, and (v) wildlife and environment conservation, and to attainthe truth in those fields.”
The above purpose has, by and large, been achieved. The Faculty’s main
distinctive endeavors include the following: students are taught professional knowledge
from an early stage in order to develop their qualities as veterinarians; students
participate in visits and training programs to experience what being a veterinarian,
whose mission is to save lives, actually involves; students are granted credits forparticipating in a variety of on-site training programs, including internships held atoverseas veterinary educational institutions, with numerous students participating every
year; and the establishment of the Small Animal Medical Center, an organization
affiliated to the university and the only place in Japan where cutting-edge cancer
diagnosis and treatment is performed based on nuclear veterinary medicine. These arecommendable endeavors.
However, the Faculty should work on improving the areas below.
Regarding the curriculum and learning outcomes, there is no system in placethat enables students to raise objections to the assessment of academic achievement.
Such a system should be established as soon as possible. An appropriate number ofsmall animals are not used in pathological education, pathological dissections are not
performed on birds, and pathological dissections are not conducted in Veterinary
Pathology Laboratory I, which is part of the pre-clinical educational program. The
situation should be improved.
As for the School’s faculty, the fields of specialization, positions, and ages of2

full-time faculty members are appropriate, but the ratio of the number of female faculty
members to the total number of faculty members is low. This should be improved.
With regard to the education and research environment, Kitasato University
Veterinary Teaching Hospital has the necessary full-time faculty members and otherstaff to conduct participatory clinical training and everyday diagnosis and education.
However, an excessive burden is placed on the members of faculty and staff, and noveterinarians or pharmacists are assigned to manage the pharmaceuticals. A bio-security
manual should be prepared for medical treatment at the hospital.
We hope the Faculty continues to engage in self-study activities in order toimprove its program, creates a mechanism that will enable improvement and reform
based on the self-study results, and ensure and enhance the quality of its veterinary
curriculum (undergraduate program), so that it can expand and develop its distinctive
features even more.

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