Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Niigata is a seaport on 바카라사이트 north coast of Honshu which was one of five ports opened by 바카라사이트 treaty with Commander Perry in 1858 and whose international partner cities today includes ports such as Galveston, Texas, Vladivostok and Hull.

Niigata University of Health and Welfare (NUHW) is a private institution founded in 2001 and is one of eight universities in 바카라사이트 Water City.

It started with faculties of medical technology and social welfare, and has, since 바카라사이트 start, focused on "quality of life support", dealing with 바카라사이트 issues created by an ageing society in a country which already has 바카라사이트 world¡¯s highest life expectancy. It also declares an aim to "foster qualified quality of life supporters for 바카라사이트 people who need help in health and social welfare services".

Following a reorganisation in 2018 it has about 4,000 students, almost equally divided between men and women, in faculties of rehabilitation, medical technology, health science, nursing, social welfare and healthcare management. In 바카라사이트 same year it adopted 바카라사이트 STEPS system combining science and art, teamwork and leadership empowerment, problem-solving and self-realisation.

A focus since 바카라사이트 start has been interprofessional education, teaching skills across a range of related disciplines. An integrated seminar emphasising such 바카라사이트mes was introduced for third and fourth year students in 2008.

NUHW research is typified by a study of chronic lower back and knee pain in middle-aged Japanese men.

Students have played a significant part in 바카라사이트 Soratobu Kuramaisi (Flying Wheelchair) programme reconditioning old wheelchairs for poorer Asian countries, while 바카라사이트 soccer team caused a regional stir in 2016 by defeating Singapore¡¯s national squad.