Faculty of Rehabilitation and Care

Educational Policy

Rehabilitation aims to help people with mental or physical impairments regain their basic mobility and/or social adaptation skills to the greatest extent possible, in order to lead an active and independent life.
To equip students with these skills, the Faculty of Rehabilitation offers two programs: the Physical Therapy Program and the Occupational Therapy Program.

Admission Policy

The Faculty of Rehabilitation trains physical therapists and occupational therapists armed with compassion and dependable expertise, through a course of study designed to foster a penchant for health, medicine, and welfare. With this in mind, we hope to welcome students with the following aptitudes and abilities:

  1. Students with a strong sense of purpose
  2. Students with determination
  3. Students with practical skills
  4. Students who are curious
  5. Students who are humane and compassionate

Curriculum Policy

  1. To nurture students who are humane and compassionate and have strong social skills, we offer a program of general studies seminars in the first year. We also provide small-group experiential learning classes focusing on medical practices and social issues to foster the attitudes, ethical perspectives, and sense of responsibility needed to explore problems and develop solutions from multiple perspectives. Further to this, we offer small-group English classes taught by native English speakers to foster interest and understanding in other cultures and equip students with global communication skills.
  2. Through basic courses in their chosen specialty, students acquire the basic knowledge required to be able to analyze physical and mental impairments scientifically, and explore them in an academic way. Moreover, through group discussions and presentations conducted in seminars and practical sessions, students acquire a keen interest in medicine and an active learning attitude, while developing their powers of insight and judgment.
  3. Importance is placed on the thinking process by which students appreciate the significance of impairment structures, focus on activities of daily living (ADL) and living environments, and connect these dimensions with quality of life (QOL). Moreover, we have developed a curriculum that focuses on integrated community care systems to equip students with the expertise needed to provide support in everyday life. In addition, students develop the ability to think scientifically about impairments through research methodologies.
  4. In our specialized education, we equip students with the practical skills they will need as a member of a rehabilitation team in the domains of medicine, health, and welfare, through lectures, seminars, and practical sessions focusing on physical and mental impairments in physical and occupational therapy. Our courses also incorporate presentations where necessary to help students develop the ability to create flexible and original physical/occupational therapy programs and the ability to communicate well as a medical practitioner.
  5. The culmination of this program of study is off-campus training and graduation research, for which we provide fine-tuned individualized guidance, and feedback on results, to help students translate the knowledge, expertise, research methods, and scientific thinking skills they acquired at the University into success.

Diploma Policy

Seijoh University aims to nurture specialists with sound knowledge and skills and a spirit of humanity and compassion. Equipped with the practical abilities, research expertise, and a solid educational grounding, our students will go on to play leading roles in society. To accomplish this objective, students are required to obtain the following aptitudes and abilities and earn the required credits prior to graduation in order to graduate with a degree:

  1. Basic ability to respond flexibly and appropriately--and with humanity and compassion--to wide-ranging demands in the health, medicine, and welfare domains
  2. Expert knowledge, high-level skills, and sense of professional duty as a member of a rehabilitation team in physical or occupational therapy
  3. Ability to identify problems in the domains of health, medicine, and welfare, conduct surveys and research, and present and apply the results appropriately

Physical Therapy Program

Educational Goals

  1. To train physical therapists with strong social skills and empathy for others
  2. To train physical therapists who understand the science of disabilities and can practice team medicine
  3. To foster a determination to improve patients' quality of life (QOL) by focusing on activities of daily living (ADL) and living environments with the goal of supporting livelihoods
  4. To equip students with the aptitudes and abilities and problem-solving skills needed as a practitioner
  5. To cultivate scientific thinking and practical skills
  6. To equip students with the qualities of an educator

What Is Physical Therapy?

Physical therapists help people with physical impairments regain basic mobility in their daily lives, through therapeutic exercises and other maneuvers as well as physical stimulation using electricity, heat, and massage treatments.

At Seijoh University, students consider how different physical impairments are related, and how physical functioning is related to mobility impairments, thereby deepening their understanding of disabilities.

Exercise Therapy

Students perform various exercises designed to expand the range of motion in joints where mobility is impaired, combat muscle weakness, and maintain/improve physical strength.

【筋力増強トレーニングおよび検査】

【歩行訓練と分析】

【徒手的訓練および検査】

Physical Stimulation

Students learn to ease pain and improve mobility using energy sources such as electricity, heat, water, and light.

【低周波治療】

Practice in Activities of Daily Living (ADL)

We provide advice, instruction, and training on the basic movements involved in daily living, including getting up, sitting down, standing, and walking.

Occupational Therapy Program

Educational Goals

  1. To train occupational therapists with strong social skills and a well-rounded education
  2. To equip students with the specialized knowledge and communication skills needed to practice a team approach
  3. To equip students with practical skills for analyzing and assessing lifestyles and disabilities in a scientific way and providing treatment and support
  4. To foster creativity that can enrich the lives of patients
  5. To give students the research skills that will enable them to contribute to society
  6. To equip students with the qualities of an educator

What Is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapists help people with physical, developmental, or mental impairments as well as the elderly regain and develop daily living skills both for getting around and adjusting to society through medical treatment, guidance, and advice. At Seijoh University, we train students to be occupational therapists equipped with medical knowledge and high-level technical skills, together with the ability needed to judge the physical and mental states of their patients.

Definition of Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy is treatment, guidance, or support provided in areas such as medicine, health, welfare, education, as well as workplaces with the goal of promoting human health and well-being.

The focus is on activities, or "occupations," that bring meaning or purpose to the lives of the individuals, groups, or communities involved.

Notes on the definition:

  • The basic principle and academic basis for occupational therapy is the idea that, "People achieve health and well-being through occupation."

  • Occupational therapy may be provided to individuals or groups who are experiencing, or are expected to experience, difficulties in their occupations due to physical, mental, developmental, or later-life impairments or inability to adapt to environments.

  • Occupations include activities that people undertake in daily life--including activities of daily living, housework, work, hobbies, play, interpersonal relationships, and rest--as well the physical and mental activities necessary to perform them.

  • Occupations encompass individual goals and values, such as the tasks that people want to, need to, or are expected to achieve.

  • Practices that focus on occupations include use of occupations as a means of regaining or maintaining physical and mental functions, or preventing their decline; use of occupations for the purpose of practicing and achieving the occupation itself; and modification of environments so that these goals can be achieved.

Approved at the Ordinary General Meeting of Employees, May 26, 2018

【超音波診断装置を用いた血管検査】

【手指の関節可動域測定】

【子どものバランス能力練習】

【電気刺激による上肢機能練習】

【自動車運転時の脳血流量計測】

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