Japanese

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Medicine Program of Health Sciences Division of Nursing
Lecture Code	I3175016	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	卒業研究
Subject Name （Katakana）	ソツギョウケンキュウ
Subject Name in English	Graduate thesis
Instructor	NASU KATSUMI
Instructor (Katakana)	ナス　カツミ
Campus	Kasumi	Semester/Term	4th-Year,  First Semester,  Year
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(Year) Inte
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (simultaneous interactive)
			discussion, student presentation, writing instruction
Credits	3.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	4 : Undergraduate Advanced
Course Area（Area）	27 : Health Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	04 : Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences
Eligible Students
Keywords	Nursing, Older adults, Dementia, Cancer, Family caregiver, Transitional care, Long-term care, End-of-life care, Palliative care
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Conducting research and improving logical thinking and critical thinking
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Nursing （Comprehensive Abilities） ・Ability for study and self-study power
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Students will understand the basic process of scientific inquiry and acquire the basic skills for writing papers by clarifying the issue to be pursued in nursing, and going through the process of substantiating/proving hypothetical or equivalent original ideas with data and literature.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Orientation lesson2 Lecture on “What is Nursing Research” lesson3 Literature search lesson4 Literature search lesson5 Critical reading of literature lesson6 Critical reading of literature lesson7 Literature review lesson8 Literature review lesson9 Setting a research question lesson10 Setting a research question lesson11 Drafting a research plan lesson12 Drafting a research plan lesson13 Data collection lesson14 Data collection lesson15 Data collection lesson16 Data analysis lesson17 Data analysis lesson18 Data analysis lesson19 Summarizing the backgound lesson20 Summarizing the backgound lesson21 Summarizing the results lesson22 Summarizing the results lesson23 Summarizing the discussion lesson24 Summarizing the discussion lesson25 Writing the main text lesson26 Writing the main text lesson27 Writing the main text lesson28 Writing the abstract lesson29 Writing the abstract lesson30 Review and submission of the paper
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Gray, J.R. & Grove, S.K. Burns and Grove’ｓ The Practice of Nursing rewsearch 9th Edition-Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence. Elsevier Japan, 2023. Minami, Y. & Nojima, S. Research in Nursing 2nd Edition.  Japanese Nursing Association Publishing Company, 2017. Adachi, H. Nursing Research Support Book 5th edition. MEDICUS SHUPPAN, 2022. Ooki, S. Literature Review from Basics. ISHIYAKU PUBLISHERS, 2013.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, Microsoft Teams
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Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Fieldwork / Survey
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Please work proactively and systematically on the thesis.
Requirements
Grading Method	The thesis is going to be evaluated comprehensively from the perspectives of the coherence of the argument, research methods, description and interpretation of results, discussion, and contribution to nursing practice.
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	The cource is supervised by faculty with experience in field research and clinical research related to gerontological nursing and oncology nursing.
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