Course Details (Graduate School of Health Sciences)
The Graduate School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University offers master's and Doctoral programs for two
speciality fields that involve Nursing, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy in more than 20 research areas.
The Graduate School of Health Sciences established Master’s programs in Nursing, and Physical Therapy and
Occupational Therapy in 1998, and established Doctoral programs in Nursing in 2007, and Physical Therapy and
Occupational Therapy in 2000.
For more detailed information and degree requirements, please contact the following graduate program coordinators
:in 2011
Graduate Programs for Nursing
Master program for Nursing
This program consists of two courses, which are the master thesis course and the Certified Nurse Specialist course.
The Master thesis course provide 8 research areas for bright nurses who aspire to become researchers and educators.
The Certified Nurse Specialist course provide 3nurse specialist areas for nurses who intend to become the Certified
Nurse Specialist which certified by Japanese Nursing
Association (JNA), which is the largest nursing professional organization in Japan.
- Research areas of the thesis courses in nursing
- Women's Health Nursing
- Child Health Nursing
- Community Health Nursing
- Adult Health Nucrsing
- Geriatric Health Nursing
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Nursing Education
- Nursing Administration
Research areas of the thesis courses in nursing （PDF形式:37.8KB)- Research areas of Certified Nurse Specialist course in nursing
○Child Health Nursing
○Psychiatric Nursing
Doctoral program for Nursing
This program has three major research fields in 7 specialized research areas.
- Research fields and areas in Doctoral program for Nursing
- Special Topics of Nursing Education
- Special Topics of Clinical Application Nursing
- Women's Health Nursing
- Child Health Nursing
- Adult Health Nursing
- Geriatric Health Nursing
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Special Topics of Community Health Nursing
Graduate Programs for Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
The Graduate Programs for Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy involve master program and Doctoral program.
These two programs are in close cooperation with each other to promote research. This program has three major
research fields in 17 specialized research areas for health sciences related to physical therapy and occupational
therapy. All of three research fileds have master program and doctoral program. This program contributes therapists
and health providers who aspire to become researchers ,educators, health providers and also clinicians who are able
to provide health services based on academic and scientific skill.
Research fileds and areas in Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
- Developmental disabilities & Biological Sciences fields
- Advanced Physical Therapy for Neurological Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities
- Sensory Integrative Dysfunction
- Physical Science
- Occupational Science
- Applied exercise sciences fields
○Biomechanics
○Hand Therapy of Rehabilitation
○Orthopedic Physical Therapy
○Sports Physical Therapy (Cardiac physical therapy included)
○Internal Disorder Physical Therapy
- Health and Life Sciences fields
○Human Activities and Therapeutic process
○Neurophysiology for physical and mental function
○Psychiatric rehabilitation
○Community and older adult's health science
○Community and Human Life Science