Attended the seventh preliminary committee to the formation of the Japan Association for Interprofessional Education (JAIPE) at the Tokyo campus of the Niigata University of Health and Welfare (Watanabe)

An interview by the University Education and Research Co. (Watanabe, Abe, Yomoda)

A lecture by Dr Takako Yasukawa, a part-time lecturer of the distinct GP program
Title: Collaboration with the World Health Organization
Date: 12 September (Fri) 2008, 15:00-15:30
Venue: The big conference room
 (Please note that the lecture will be delivered at the beginning of the third training guidance meeting)

The third meeting for training guidance in FY08 will be organized as follows.
Academic staff of the Faculty of Medicine involved in teamwork training is invited for the meeting. 
Date: 12 September (Fri) 2009, 15:00-17:00
Venue: The big conference room

A Visit to the World Health Organization/WHO (Geneva, Switzerland) (Watanabe, Koizumi, Tozato, Hayashi, Makino, Yasukawa, Ito)

A total of seven JIPWEN members, namely six from the Gunma university and one from the Niigata university of Health and Welfare, visited the WHO. They met with staff of the Human Resources for Health (HRH) department, discussed the health workforce crisis prevailing all over the world and measures to cope with the crisis, obtained information on the strategies and endeavors of the international community, and exchanged opinions on roles of the JIPWEN. Through a series of intensive discussions, WHO recognized the values and possible contribution of the JIPWEN to WHO activities. At the end of the visit, a plan of collaborative activities between the HRH and JIPWEN was developed for the next two years (2009-2010).

＊ The pictures show meetings with the staff of the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) and staff of divisions of the HRH department. There is also a commemorative photo with the Dr Hiroki Nakatani, Assistant Director General of the WHO, after the meeting with him. (Permissions were obtained on taking pictures prior to meetings.)