Message from the Alumni
| Y.H. Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki |
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| Nagasaki University provides an academic system that enables acquisition of expertise and advanced technology. Specifically, students can easily choose to move on to study a master’s course (Master of Health Science) or a doctoral course (Doctor of Medicine) after acquisition of the bachelor’s degree, and the Alumni Association run by many graduates hosts postgraduate seminars each year offering a place of study for latest topics of interest. Further, now as staff of Nagasaki University, I realize the university offers a wide range of training programs for new staff in each field of expertise, where one can receive guidance on how to construct clinical inferences or on the logic of latest treatment methods from professors and other teaching staff in actual clinical practice. It is in such areas I feel that Nagasaki University stands independently from other universities, and how it attracts me, as one training to become a highly specialized professional in clinical rehabilitation, to be an excellent learning facility. |
| N.M. Rehabilitation facility, Saga |
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| I am currently working in Saga Prefecture. In the facility where I work, we offer rehabilitation to patients of all ages with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities. The job of the physiotherapist comes in many forms. Before enrolling I only had a vague idea that I wanted to become a physiotherapist, however through studying the fundamentals at Nagasaki University, I became interested in pediatric physiotherapy and this eventually led me to where I am now. Although children develop various skills through play and action, children with disabilities are short of such experiences and therefore often show slow development. It is my job to offer such experiences to the children to help them make progress. There are some who are severely disabled both physically and mentally, and every day we work hard with professionals of various areas to improve the patients’ lives. This job bears a heavy responsibility that is the future of children, however to see their beaming faces when they have gained new skills gives me great joy and confidence that I have made the right choice of work. |
| H.Y. Clinic specializing in respiratory disorders, Nagasaki |
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| I currently work as a physiotherapist in a clinic specializing in respiratory disorders, where I offer respiratory rehabilitation to inpatients and outpatients as well as ambulatory rehabilitation patients. Respiratory rehabilitation is a type of physical therapy that involves performing exercise therapy on respiratory disorder patients so as to ease their daily breathing difficulties. Respiratory conditions of patients are prone to change quickly from stable to serious with one infection, therefore it is extremely important not to overlook the slightest signs and to maintain strict risk control. The work is demanding and requires responsibilities and an abundance of knowledge compared to that of student days. Sometimes the challenges nearly overwhelm me, but on the other hand, when I see relief or improvement in the patients, the joy I feel is indescribable. It is for this reason I will continue to devote myself to making the patients’ lives better. |
