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Psychooncologist Course
| Name of University | Division of Health Sciences , Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kanazawa University | ||||||
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| Course Name | Psychooncologist Course(Regular Graduate Course) | ||||||
| Target Occupation | Registered Nurse,Certified Psychologist | ||||||
| Length of Study (Period) | 2 years | ||||||
| Human Resources to be Trained | Focusing on the needs of patients who are caught between multiple medical specialties and systems as a result of the diversification of cancer pathologies and treatments, we train specialists who can provide total care and support for connecting medical specialties, alleviate the difficulties of living with life events, and prevent the recurrence of cancer. The program also trains specialists who can provide appropriate care for psychological and psychiatric reactions such as insomnia, anxiety, grief, depression, and delirium caused by cancer symptoms, treatment, and the difficulties of living as a survivor, as well as psychosocial care to prevent the isolation of patients by supporting their decision-making and improving the quality of their lives. To train personnel who are capable of providing psychosocial care that does not isolate the patient. | ||||||
| Cooperation with Professional Qualifications Related to Cancer | None | ||||||
| Characteristics of Educational Content | This is the first psychooncologist training course for nurses, and it combines expertise in nursing, psychology, and psychiatry. The course combines e-learning, face-to-face lectures, and on-site exercises to ensure accessibility and professionalism. | ||||||
| Guidance System | The affiliated hospital is a prefectural base hospital for cancer treatment, and specialists and nurses in oncology and psychiatric liaison team are active in the hospital. The graduate school’s full-time faculty and on-site oncology nursing and liaison psychiatric nursing specialists collaborate in providing instruction, enabling education from the perspective of psycho-oncology to be strengthened. | ||||||
| Career Path of Graduates | By taking this course, students can acquire a master’s degree and a specialized perspective on psychooncology, and are expected to have a career path as a counselor for cancer patients or survivors, or as a coordinator of cancer treatment and care. In addition, many oncology hospitals already have certified nurses in oncology nursing, and this course is expected to help them obtain a master’s degree and brush up their psychosocial care skills, which may lead to cross-organizational activities and independent positions. |
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| Number of Students Accepted | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Acceptance Goals | With the goal of assigning at least one psychooncologist to each of the four prefectural cancer treatment base hospitals in the Hokushin region and the four regional cancer treatment base hospitals in Ishikawa Prefecture, eight psycho-oncologists will be trained over the next five years. In addition, based on the number of graduate students who wish to pursue research themes related to cancer nursing in the past, one to two students are expected to take the course each year, so the target number of students to be accepted is set at eight. | ||||||
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