Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences (Master’s Course)
Lecture Code TB001501 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 医療政策・国際保健概論
Subject Name
(Katakana)
イリョウセイサク・コクサイホケンガイロン
Subject Name in
English
Seminar on Health Policy & Global Health
Instructor KUBO TATSUHIKO,ROSENBERG MEGUMI,YUMIYA YUI,CHIMED OCHIR ODGEREL,FUKUNAGA AMI,SAKAGUCHI TAKEMASA,TAHARA HIDETOSHI,MATUMOTO MASATOSI,AKITA TOMOYUKI
Instructor
(Katakana)
クボ タツヒコ,ローゼンバーグ メグミ,ユミヤ ユイ,チメド オチル オドゲレル,フクナガ アミ,サカグチ タケマサ,タハラ ヒデトシ,マツモト マサトシ,アキタ トモユキ
Campus Kasumi Semester/Term 1st-Year,  First Semester,  1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Thur11-12:Online
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)
Lesson1 and lesson2 are face-to-face classes. The location is Lecture Room2 in the Basic Lecture Building.
The other lessons are on-demand.
Please submit all lecture reports by the end of June. If you have not submitted or cannot them by the deadline, you will not be able to earn credits. For more information, check in Moodle. 
Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area(Area) 27 : Health Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 01 : Medical Sciences
Eligible Students
Keywords Health policy, Global health 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Students will learn to promote health of the society (rather than individuals) through public health efforts. We will learn the underlying concept of justice behind health and longevity. We will provide comprehensive ways (e.g., prevention, epidemiological, and policy building perspectives) to promote health in society and communities. We will also demonstrate political and economical perspectives related to health and medicine in medicine, pharmacology, and dentistry to help students understand histories of certain policies and systems.  
Class Schedule lesson1 (Apr. 10th)Global Health -Global Burden of Disease-Part1 (face-to-face)
lesson2 (Apr. 17th) Global Health -Global Burden of Disease-Part2 (face-to-face)
lesson3 (Apr. 24th) Application of Statistical Models in Mortality Trends and Policy Assessment (on-demand)
lesson4 (May 8th) Infectious disease crisis response in Japan (on-demand)
lesson5 (May 15th) Emerging/ Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (on-demand)
lesson6 (May 22nd) The Role of the WHO in the Global Governance of Health and Disease (on-demand)
lesson7 (May 29th) Community Medicine (on-demand)
lesson8 (Jun. 5th) Contribution of Life Science in Healthcare Policy (on-demand) 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Recommended texts:
Social Determinants of Health by Michael Marmot (Oxford University Press)
Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine by Geoffrey Rose (Oxford University Press)  
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
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Learning techniques to be incorporated Post-class Report
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
Consider your role in the society based on your real-life experiences related to health. 
Requirements None 
Grading Method Level of active learning based on Attitude toward class participation and reports will be evaluated.
You are required to submit all lecture reports by the end of June, otherwise the credit cannot be earned. Delays cannot be toralated. 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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