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

Kansai University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Hyogo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2012
Accreditation Status: accredited (Accreditation Period: April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2020)

Related Links
Kansai University of Nursing and Health Sciences: http://www.kki.ac.jp(in Japanese)

Full Text of the Accreditation Results (in Japanese):
http://www.juaa.or.jp/accreditation/university/result_2012.html
Accreditation Standards, Process and other related information (in English):http://www.juaa.or.jp/en/accreditation/university.html

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Results
for the Kansai University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Notable Strengths
Educational content, methods, and outcome

It is commendable that the Kansai University of Nursing and Health Sciences has
devised measures to enhance the quality of educational activities for students. In thedemand to nurture and secure medical professionals for Awaji Island, the Kansai
University of Nursing and Health Sciences aims to nurture students’ attachment tothe local community and cultivate nurses who would remain on the island to serve
the community after graduation. The university and the local community join
together to call for educational supporters called Nursing Education Volunteers(NEV). Senior citizens from the local community participated in nursing training
sessions as mock patients or local people.

Social collaboration and contribution
The university contributes to society through cooperation with hospitals and local
governments by conducting various activities in the local community and offeringcontinuing education for nurses after graduation. In particular, the university iscommended for its unique efforts to make social contributions. For example, onAwaji Island, which has a high percentage of senior citizens, the local government
and university have cooperated to offer courses open to the public, and theuniversity sends its faculty and staff to the Regional Public Health Office. The
network formed through these activities has been used to improve educationalmethods.

Suggestions for Improvement
Educational content, methods, and outcome

The policies for awarding degrees do not state learning outcomes at the time ofprogram completion. Learning outcomes should be appropriately set following theuniversity’s educational purpose and made public.

The syllabi vary in their specifications. In some classes, several weekly lesson plans
are put together as a single item. Improvement is needed so that students canprepare for classes.

Enrollment
In the last five years, the average of ratios of enrolled freshmen to the freshman
admission cap is high at 1.20. This should be improved.

Education and research environmentThe university needs to improve the library, since the necessary quality and quantityof books, academic journals, and electronic media resources are insufficient. For
example, the library has only a few foreign academic journals. Its for-fee retrieval
engines do not focus on foreign materials and sources.