International Nursing Forum
Since 1999, our university has sponsored an annual international nursing forum with simultaneous interpretation every autumn in Beppu City, Oita. Every year leading authorities from around the world are invited to speak at the forum on themes that are particularly relevant to nursing and health care practitioners in the community. The International Nursing Forum has been cosponsored by the Oita Chapter of the Japanese Nursing Association since 2003.
The Oita-NHS International Nursing Forum
The First International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, October 9, 1999, 1:00 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: Towards Autonomy in Nursing: Challenge for the 21st Century”
1. “The Nurse Practitioner in Action”
Harriet Feldman (Dean and Professor, Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University, USA)
2. “Costing Nursing Practice”
Jung Ho Park (Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea)
3. “Education for Autonomous Practice”
Madeline Naegle (Professor, College of Nursing, New York University, USA)
The Second International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, October 21, 2000, 1:00 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Aging Society and Nursing”
1. “Aging and Health”
Takeshi Hoshi (Managing Director, Shizuoka Long-life Health Foundation, Japan)
2. “Health Promotion for Chronic Patients”
Eun Ok Lee (Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea)
3. “Integrated Health Care in Denmark - Evidence on Effectiveness of the Skaevinge Project”
Lis Wagner (Associate Professor, The National Hospital of Denmark, Denmark)
The Third International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, November 17, 2001, 1:00 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Women’s Health”
1. “Women’s Health Care in Middle Age”
Nancy Woods (Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University of Washington, USA)
2. “Progress in Managing Mother-Infant HIV Transmission”
Harold Lischner (Professor Emeritus, Temple University, USA)
3. “Women’s Health and the Role of the Nurse-Midwife”
Fumiko Miyazaki (Professor, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Japan)
The Fourth International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, November 23, 2002, 1:00 – 5:00
Venue: Auditorium, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Oita City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Qualitative Approaches to Nursing Research”
1. “Grounded Theory: Paradigm and Application to Nursing Research”
Juliet Corbin (Professor, San Jose State University, USA)
2. “Applying Grounded Theory to Nursing Research”
Shieko Craighill Saiki (Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University of Health Sciences, Japan)
The Fifth International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, May 10, 2003, 1:00 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Nursing and the Nursing Profession in the 21st Century”
1. “Some Developments and Themes in Nursing Policy in Korea”
Mo-Im Kim (President, Red Cross College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea; Former Minister of Public Welfare,
Korea)
2. “Returning to the Starting Point in Nursing”
Kazuko Kodama (Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, Nagoya City University, Japan)
3. “Some Subjects about the Nursing Profession in Japan”
Yayoi Tamura (Nursing Section Chief, The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan)
Yuko Minami (President, The Japanese Nursing Association, Japan)
The Sixth International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, October 30, 2004, 1:00 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Basic and Continuing Education of Nursing”
1. “Nursing Education in Thailand: It’s Shift to the University”
Tassana Boontong (President, Thai Nursing Council, Thailand)
2. “Nursing Education in China: The Present and Future”
Huaping Liu (Associate Dean and Associate Professor, School of Nursing,
Peking Union Medical College, China)
3. “Nursing Education in Japan: On Continuing Education”
Toshiko Ibe (President and Professor, St. Luke’s College of Nursing, Japan)
4. “On the Credentialing System for Nurses”
Keiko Okaya (Director, The Japanese Nursing Association, Japan)
The Seventh International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, November 5, 2005, 1:00 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Advanced Home Care Nursing: Issues and Trends”
1. "Home Care in the United States"
Elizabeth Madigan (Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School
of Nurshing, Case Western Reserve University, USA)
2. “Home Care Nursing in Korea”
Hosihn Ryu (Director & Professor, College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea)
3. “Home Care Nursing in Japan”
Maya Yamazaki (Former Director, The Japanese Nursing Association, Japan)
4. “Japanese Government Policy on Home Care Nursing”
Masako Yamada (Nursing Division, Health Policy Bureau, The Ministry of Health, Labour,
and Welfare, Japan)
The Eighth International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, October 14, 2006, 1:00 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Client-Oriented Nursing: What is Required for the Profession”
1. “Nursing Practice and Autonomy”
Carol Lynn Savrin (Director MSN Program and Associate Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School
of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, USA)
2. “Nursing and the Reform of the Health Care System in Korea”
Euisook Kim (Member, Board of Directors, International Council of Nurses; Professor,
College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Korea)
3. “The Role of Nursing in Health Care and Long Term Care Insurance Reform in Japan”
Yayoi Tamura (President, National College of Nursing, Japan; Former Nursing Section Chief,
The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan)
The Ninth International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Sunday, October 21, 2007, 1:00 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Stress Management for Nurses”
1. “Psychosomatic Response to Stress and Stress Management”
Chiharu Kubo (Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences,
Kyushu University, Japan)
2. “Stress in Medical Personnel: Its Causes, Effects, and Treatment”
Byung Il Min (Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine,
Kyung Hee University, Korea)
3. “The Stress Management of Working Nurses – Through the Activities of a Liaison Psychiatric Nurse”
Yasuko Furukido (Liaison Psychiatric Nurse, Kobe University School of Medicine Affiliated Hospital,
Japan)
The Tenth International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 12:30 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Issues and Trends in On – The – Job Training for New Nurses”
1. “The Present State of Actual Hospital Training Systems for New Nurses in Korea”
Kwang Ok Park (Chief of the Nursing Division, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea)
2. “Program Characteristics of New Graduate Residencies – Washington State and the U.S.”
Kathy Hare (Principle Investigator/ Program Associate, Washington Center for Nursing,
Seattle, Washington, USA)
3. “The 2009 Curriculum Revision and the Systematization of On-The-Job Training
for New Nursing Personnel in Japan”
Yoko Nomura (Nursing Section Chief, The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan)
The Eleventh International Nursing Forum
Date and Time: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 12:30 – 5:00
Venue: International Conference Room, Beppu B-Con Plaza, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
Theme: “Terminally Ill Patient Care”
1. “Palliative Care for Terminally Ill Patients”
Ian Maddocks, MD, FRACP, FAFPHM, DTM&H (Professor Emeritus, Flinders Clinical
Effectiveness, Palliative and Supportive Services Flinders University School of Medicine,
Australia)
2. “Issues and Trends in Hospice Care”
Hyun Sook Kim, PhD, RN (Associate Professor and Chairperson, Department of Elderly Health &
Welfare Chungju National University, Korea)
3. “Caring that Supports those Near the End of Life”
Keiko Tamura, RN, PhD, OCNS (Hospice Nursing Director and Cancer Nurse Yodogawa Christian
Hospital, Japan)
