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Shiga University of Medical Science strives to cultivate excellent
medical professionals, conduct outstanding medical research, and
practice high-quality "holistic medicine" as “the university which is
supported by its local community, contributes to the community
and plays an active part in the world.” In our undergraduate
education, we cultivate physicians, nurses, midwives, and public
health nurses. Our graduates are active in the field of medicine and
nursing from local communities to the global arena. In our graduate
school, we focus to foster clinical scientists with a research mind
who will be new generation of leaders in charge of high-quality
research in medicine and nursing.
In the School of Medicine, students acquire a wide range of
knowledge, sufficient expertise and sophisticated clinical skills in
the curricula of liberal arts, basic medicine, and clinical medicine.
The Research Physician Training Program is provided for students
who aspire to be a physician scientist, where they can undertake
research early in the undergraduate education and earn PhD earlier
than in standard doctoral courses. Graduates of the School of
Medicine will be engaged in early clinical practice for two years in
designated training hospitals and many of them will further take the
medical specialist course.
In the School of Nursing, liberal arts and specialized subjects are
integrated into a curriculum organically. We also offer joint lessons
with the School of Medicine and extensive nursing practices.
Students can apply for a program for becoming a public health
nurse or one for becoming a midwife in the 3rd year or later.
At the University Hospital, we exert all efforts to provide advanced
medical treatment and to train physicians including general
practitioners and specialists, with the cooperation of affiliated
hospitals. A new system for advanced medical treatments has
organized, where cutting-edge medical technologies such as a
robotic surgical device "Da・Vinci", a PET-CT and a hybrid operating
room are used. Since the heliport has been constructed in our
hospital, we can respond to the wide-area emergency medical care.
We contribute to community healthcare as a local base medical
institution and the sole university hospital in Shiga Prefecture.
We have a high reputation for our unique research activities such
as neurodegenerative disease research, biomedical research using
cynomolgus monkeys and international epidemiological research
on non-communicable diseases. We aim to lead development
of medical science and medical care in the new era, promoting
reliable high-quality clinical research centering on our Center for
Clinical Research and Advanced Medicine.
Shiga University of Medical Science is located in the blessed
environment with beautiful nature and rich culture, including Lake
Biwa, and has produced many excellent medical professionals.
Aiming for a healthier society, we continue making efforts to solve
problems, and contribute to society in the fields of medical science,
nursing and medical care.
滋賀医科大学の三大使命３C
Our 3 missions
Creation
優れた医療人の育成と新しい医学・看護学・医療の創造
優れた研究による人類社会・現代文明の課題解決への挑戦
医学・看護学・医療を通じた社会貢献
Challenge
Contribution
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