We carry out cooperation with the region in the medical field
We provide a place where children and parents who are informed of their parents' cancer can feel at ease.
At Koala Cafe®, volunteers with medical professional qualifications working in hospitals and universities receive the training necessary to accept their children's feelings and implement a support program for children who are informed of their parents' cancer. At the same time, we care for parents and their spouses who have the common experience of raising children while suffering from cancer. We aim to reduce anxiety about cancer and future life of children and parents.
What is Koala Cafe®?
Koala Cafe® is a support program for school-aged (elementary school) children and their parents who are informed that their parents have cancer. The aim is for children to have the correct knowledge of cancer and its treatment so that parents can cope with the changed lives of cancer and control their own emotions. By sharing that feeling with colleagues who have the same experience, you are expected to be free from the feeling of loneliness. In addition, parents themselves have a common experience of raising children while suffering from cancer. By sharing the experiences and worries with parents, it is expected that the feelings will be stable and the child will be able to live calmly.
Program purpose and flow
program
Purpose
1. The starting ring
It's time to recognize that this program (Koala Cafe®) is a safe and special place where you can freely express your feelings and thoughts. Check the rules while participating in the program at this time.
2. Activities for making friends Free play
It relieves the tension and anxiety of children and creates an opportunity for children to interact with each other. In addition, through play, we aim to express our emotions that cannot be expressed in words and to have the experience of being heard, so that we can positively grasp ourselves and adjust our feelings and emotions.
3. Story time
This is a time for children to gain knowledge about the disease called cancer, how to treat it, and to deepen their thoughts on life by using picture books, picture-story shows, and videos. After that, one of the purposes is to set up a place to talk about one's experiences and feelings and share them to realize one's feelings.
4. End ring
It's time to switch feelings to get back to everyday life from the program.
Program for parents
Koala Cafe® also offers programs for parents and their spouses as well as children. (Free participation) It is important for children to have a stable feeling for their parents. This program focuses on "speaking" and provides a place for parents and their spouses who have the common experience of raising children while having the illness of cancer to gather and share their worries and experiences. Sharing your own thoughts and experiences will give you an opportunity to come into contact with various ideas.
Inquiries
Koala Cafe® Office Teikyo University Faculty of Medical Technology Department of Nursing, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605 TEL: 03-3964-1211 (Main) On-campus mobile: 8773 Email: koala@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp (Click here to apply) The latest information is posted on the original website.
At Itabashi Campus, we are working on the "Cancer Professional Training Foundation Promotion Plan" as part of inter-university collaboration, and are also holding "Harvard Special Session." Through collaboration between universities in the medical field, we are committed to nurturing human resources involved in medical care and related fields.
Cancer Professional Training Infrastructure Promotion Plan
As part of Graduate School education, this project aims to build a foundation for cancer education and research and promote reforms in cancer education, with a focus on training cancer treatment specialist doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical physicists, and others, ultimately aiming to advance cancer care. A group consisting of Teikyo University, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Kyorin University, and Komazawa University was selected for this project (2012-2016). These four universities implemented a program called "Practical Education for Human Resources Responsible for Urban Cancer Care Collaboration."
Harvard Special Session
Itabashi Campus has been affiliated with Harvard University since 1993, and has contributed to the development of public health in Japan by hosting student and faculty exchanges, joint symposiums, seminars, etc. Five world-renowned authorities in various fields from Harvard University will visit Japan and each give eight special lectures (Harvard Special Sessions). This special lecture is attended by students from the United States and Asia, allowing students to study in a truly international atmosphere. We believe this lecture will be an opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge in five fields: not only epidemiology and biostatistics, but also behavioral science, health administration, and environmental health, while also gaining cutting-edge knowledge.
Agreement concluded with Kita-ku and Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, to further strengthen Community Engagement
Itabashi Campus has signed an agreement with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Kita Ward and Itabashi Ward regarding cooperation with the local community. The university and each ward will work together to utilize their respective strengths and promote plans to further contribute to the local community.
Build deeper cooperation
In 2012, our university signed agreements with Kita Ward and Itabashi Ward in Tokyo. We will work to further deepen our collaboration with each local government in areas such as medical care, disaster response, education, and regional development. In addition, upon signing the agreement, Teikyo University and Itabashi Ward established the "Itabashi Ward, Tokyo/Teikyo University Educational Corporation Community Engagement Council" to promote this collaboration in a planned manner.
Agreement and memorandum concluded between our university and Kita Ward, Tokyo ■ Comprehensive Agreement on Collaboration between Kita Ward, Tokyo and Teikyo University ■ Agreement on cooperation in the event of a disaster between Kita Ward, Tokyo and Teikyo University ■Memorandum regarding the utilization of the former Fujimi Junior High School site
Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding concluded between our university and Itabashi Ward, Tokyo ■ Basic agreement on Community Engagement with Itabashi Ward, Tokyo
It is also used as a place to develop the skills necessary to work as emergency medical technician
Students from Faculty of Medical Technology Department of Sport and Medical Science of Medical Technology, Emergency Medical Technician Course, regularly provide first aid training and volunteer medical assistance to local residents.Since 2009, at the request of Itabashi Ward, we have been supporting participating runners as medical volunteers at the Itabashi City Marathon (formerly the Tokyo Arakawa Citizens Marathon), which is held annually on the banks of the Arakawa River. At the 2019 Games, in order to quickly grasp the overall situation of relief activities and to communicate information more quickly, mobile phones were previously used, but they could only be communicated one-to-one and there were cases where the connection was not established. Therefore, in search of a faster means of communication, SNS was introduced as a means of communication for the first time, and it is also being used as a place to explore more accurate and faster methods of relief activities. In addition, by interacting with a wide range of people in the community, from small children to the elderly, students are able to learn how to communicate, and they also use their experiences in volunteer work as a place to develop the skills necessary to work as emergency medical technician.
We support women's health and local child-rearing
As part of a collaborative project between Teikyo University and Itabashi Ward, the Department of Pathophysiology in the Faculty of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Sciences is collaborating with Itabashi Ward Children's Centers to send students from the university to children's centers in the ward to hold "Parenting Support Classes" approximately 10 times a year. Although the event could not be held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it began in 2016 and this year marks its sixth year.
【Implementation content】Talking about women's health and making aroma hand cream Students belonging to the laboratory will use their own posters to convey in a skit format on themes such as female hormones, proper weight, and bone health. In addition, you can actually use the experimental equipment and experience making aroma hand cream. Children sometimes participate together, so it's a very peaceful atmosphere. It is a meaningful time for students as a place to directly interact with the inhabitants of the ward.
While deepening exchanges with the community, we are making efforts to popularize cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The ACLS Study Group of the University holds a cardiopulmonary resuscitation course for local residents who are members of the Itabashi Ward Board of Education Youth Healthy Development Council. If someone suddenly collapses or collapses in their daily lives, those around them can provide first aid, and if necessary, CPR / AED can be used promptly. It is important. To that end, the dissemination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the general public has become an important issue for healthcare professionals. In this CPR class, you will be divided into multiple groups to mainly learn chest compressions (heart massage) and how to use AEDs.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Teikyo University School of Medicine, Itabashi Campus has been lighting up the campus grounds since 2021. The illuminations, which are meant to express gratitude to the university's medical staff, students aspiring to become medical staff, everyone involved in medicine, and the local community adjacent to the School of Medicine Hospital, add color to the winter scenery.
More than 100 people participated in the lighting ceremony, including local residents, children from Teikyo Kindergarten, students and faculty of our university, and medical professionals.
