Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Team Medical Care
Acquire a grounding as a medical professional in an environment where you can experience Team Medical Care
In today's medical field, emphasis is placed on "Team Medical Care," where medical professionals from various professions cooperate and demonstrate their expertise. At Itabashi Campus, where the School of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences studies, three medical faculties, including the School School of Medicine and Faculty of Medical Technology, are gathered together, allowing students to learn about "Team Medical Care" in a practical setting. Students will understand the principles of medical professionals and acquire the spirit of Team Medical Care in an ideal educational environment where they can study alongside students majoring in other fields while being aware of their own professional field.
Teikyo University General Medical Education and Research Center (G-MEC)
We support the creation of the foundation for practicing "Team Medical Care"
Teikyo University General Medical Education and Research Center was established with the aim of creating an environment for practical learning about "Team Medical Care," and operates a curriculum that crosses Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Medicine, and Faculty of Medical Technology. It aims to improve introductory medical and healthcare education, including knowledge of bioethics and medical sociology, which are fundamental for medical professionals, and places emphasis on improving communication skills as medical professionals through courses such as "Human Communication."
In the "Human Communication" course in 1st year, students learn together with students from School of Medicine and Faculty of Medical Technology, and through group discussions and experiential learning, they develop not only their communication skills but also their ethics and rich humanity. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences also offers "Pharmaceutical Communication" from 2nd year onwards, aiming to improve the communication skills necessary for pharmacists.
Teikyo University Hospital
Doctors and pharmacists who are active on site participate in the education
Teikyo University Hospital is a regional core hospital that received approval and designation such as Special Functioning Hospital, Trauma and Resuscitation Center, and cancer treatment alignment base hospitals. In the pharmacy department, there are pharmacists who are qualified as pharmacists specializing in cancer, and we also provide advanced anti-cancer drug treatment. It is also a feature of this faculty that practical training can be conducted in clinical site where such cutting-edge medical care is practiced. In addition, the pharmacy department actively participates in pharmacy education by creating original textbooks to understand the profession and responsibilities of pharmacists and providing guidance to faculty students as instructors. Students can acquire not only knowledge and skills but also a comprehensive perspective necessary for medical practice from an early stage.
Communication education in Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Acquire humanity as a medical person and attitude toward medical care through practice
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences aims to train pharmacists who, as medical practitioners, have a strong sense of mission and responsibility to protect people's lives and healthy lifestyles and are rich in humanity. To that end, we have established communication subjects in each year from the 1st to 5th years and provide a comprehensive humanistic and communication education. This allows students to acquire sufficient communication skills to perform their duties as pharmacists in Team Medical Care and community medical care settings.
Overview of communication education
Acquire humanity as a medical person and attitude toward medical care through practice
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences aims to train pharmacists who, as medical practitioners, have a strong sense of mission and responsibility to protect people's lives and healthy lifestyles and are rich in humanity. To that end, we have established communication subjects in each year from the 1st to 5th years and provide a comprehensive humanistic and communication education. This allows students to acquire sufficient communication skills to perform their duties as pharmacists in Team Medical Care and community medical care settings.
The 1st grade: Human Communication
In Human Communication, students acquire basic knowledge and attitudes regarding communication through joint lectures in three faculties, small group discussions, and role-plays, and learn their significance and importance. * There is an introduction of "Human Communication" in the Team Medical Care of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, so please check it as well.
The 2nd grade: Medical communication 1
With the theme of communication with people with physical disabilities and patients, we improve the communication skills learned in "Human Communication". In addition to learning through lectures and videos, students learn how to consider people with physical disabilities and how to convey written messages through experiences such as physical disabilities and welfare facilities for the elderly.
The 3rd grade: Medical communication 2
Students acquire knowledge and communication skills related to "medicine and nutritional guidance" necessary for pharmacists who contribute to self-medication. After getting self-learning knowledge through PBL (Problem-based Learning) , students learn skills to reassure patients and build relationships of trust through role-playing, and take practical tests.
The 4th grade: Medical communication 3
Students learn about Team Medical Care and related multidisciplinary communication. Based on clinical case scenarios, students in three medical faculties/school form mixed teams, hold group discussions and formulate and present treatment and medical treatment plans. After that, students visit a mock conference conducted by the incumbent medical team of Teikyo University Hospital. In addition, they deepen their own thoughts on the "view of life and death" which laies on the extension of medical care, in preparation for practical training in the fifth grade.
5th Year: Medical Communication 4
In order to acquire the communication skills necessary for pharmacists involved in drug therapy with patients, students practically learn a process of information gathering of prescription drugs based on specific cases, prediction of pathological conditions, extraction of problems and medication guidance. In addition, they interview simulated patients and aim to improve their communication skills in order to extract sufficient information from patients.
