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25th Anniversary of the Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care¡ªThe Next 25 Years | Kaori Yagasaki, Assistant to the Dean of the Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care

Publish: February 10, 2026

This year, 2026, the Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care celebrates its 25th anniversary. Centered around the planning committee established two years ago, we have been steadily making preparations. The long-awaited day is finally approaching.
Twenty-five years ago, this faculty was established with the goal of "cultivating human resources who will be leaders in nursing." Since its opening, the many graduates we have sent out have been active in various fields as public health nurses, midwives, and nurses in hospitals, medical institutions, communities, and home care settings both in Japan and abroad. In recent years, an increasing number of graduates have gone on to graduate school to become advanced practice nurses, such as Certified Nurse Specialists or Nurse Practitioners (NP), or nursing administrators. They are leading nursing by playing pioneering roles in promoting health, supporting medical treatment, and improving Quality of Life. Furthermore, they are contributing to society in diverse ways, such as starting businesses using their knowledge of nursing and medical care or pioneering new fields. The 25th-anniversary projects currently under preparation aim to provide a place where graduates, current students, and faculty and staff can interact across generations. I hope this occasion will be a powerful step toward the next 25 years. To all our graduates and current students, please do come to the venue. Over the past quarter-century, society and the environment surrounding nursing and medical care have changed and developed rapidly. I wonder how the faculty appears today to the professors who worked so hard at the time of its establishment. I would like to hear their candid opinions on how close we have come to their original expectations and aspirations.??

Recently, I find myself thinking more often about "the next 25 years." I am pondering how the world will change and how nursing and medical care will develop. There is no doubt that our graduates, current students, and those who will enroll in this faculty in the future will lead society and nursing care as the next generation of leaders. Within that context, my personal interest lies in the coexistence of generative AI and humans. Just the other day, a headline in the newspaper (Nikkei, February 1, 2026) caught my eye: "The 'Poison' of Mass-Produced AI Scientific Papers." It pointed out the increase in "low-quality papers" allegedly written using AI and noted that AI is beginning to influence human intellectual activity. In the future, AI will likely be utilized at an accelerating pace in various medical situations. How will nursing and medical care change over the next 25 years? No matter how much technology advances, I believe that AI will never surpass the essence of nursing: the skills, knowledge, and above all, the warmth, kindness, and human touch provided by human hands. Rather, I believe that by having AI intelligently support busy and complex medical settings, we will be able to focus even more on care that only humans can provide. I look forward to and sincerely hope for the arrival of such an era in the next 25 years.