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The Model Core Curriculum for Medical/Nursing Education in Japan lists Communication (CM) and Interprofessional Collaboration (IP) as basic qualities and abilities. CM and IP are closely tied to each other for health professionals. They need to establish good relationships not only with patients and their families but also with medical, health, welfare and nursing care professionals.
Wakayama Medical University offers a class called “Understanding of Human Beings and Nursing,” which is one of the required fundamental nursing classes for first-year nursing students. This class uses a textbook titled Basic Nursing Skills and Techniques I. According to this textbook, in order to bring about patient-centered approach to nursing treatment, it is important to communicate among interprofessional teams; asaashon (アサーション, “assertion”) and enpawamento (エンパワメント, “empowerment”) are keys to enhanced communication skills for team-based care. As the presenter pointed out in a presentation given at the 28th JASMEE Conference, when using enpawamento in connection with sutorengusu (ストレングス, “strength”) in the sense of mental health nursing, it denotes that care providers respect patients’ powers and help patients develop their skills and abilities. However, it seems to possess a slightly different meaning in terms of team-based care communication.
This poster presentation clarifies the meanings of enpawamento as well as asaashon and considers how to provide better healthcare by cooperating and collaborating in health professional teams.