Asahikawa Medical University
Other name | AMU |
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Motto | "Improvement of health and welfare in the local community" |
Type | National university |
Established | 1973 |
President | Akitoshi Yoshida |
Administrative staff | 1,025 |
Undergraduates | 842 |
Postgraduates | 141 |
Location | , Japan 43°43′41″N 142°23′10″E / 43.7281°N 142.3862°E |
Campus | Urban, 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) |
Mascot | None |
Website | www |
Asahikawa Medical University (
History
[edit]The precursor of Asahikawa Medical University was the Karahuto Medical College (
After the rejection, the Hokkaido government planned to form medical schools in both Asahikawa and Kushiro in order to address the shortage of physicians in Hokkaido. In 1973, Asahikawa Medical College (
Presidents
[edit]There were two presidents of the Karahuto Medical College.[3] There have been seven presidents of Asahikawa Medical University, including the current president, Professor Akitoshi Yoshida, who has been in office since 2007.[4]
Karahuto Medical College presidents
[edit]Name | From | Until |
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Takumi Ochi | 1943 | 1944 |
Eiji Arima | 1944 | 1946 |
Asahikawa Medical University presidents
[edit]Name | From | Until |
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Morihide Yamada | 1973 | 1981 |
Kazuhide Kuroda | 1981 | 1987 |
Akihisa Shimoda | 1987 | 1991 |
Tetsuya Shimizu | 1991 | 1997 |
Yoshihiko Kubo | 1997 | 2003 |
Nao Yachiku | 2003 | 2007 |
Akitoshi Yoshida | 2007 | present |
Campus
[edit]The campus is located in Asahikawa. The campus is divided into four areas: lecture and practice area, clinical lecture area, laboratory area, and hospital area. Each areas are connected by a hallway enough so people travel between the areas in cold weather.
Asahikawa Medical University Hospital
[edit]The Asahikawa Medical University Hospital was founded in 1976 as a teaching hospital for AMU. It has 602 beds, and becomes one of the core hospitals in the northern and southern area in Hokkaido.[5]
There have been eight presidents of the AMU hospital, including the current president, Professor Takeo Matsuno, who has been in office since 2007.[citation needed]
Asahikawa Medical University Library
[edit]The Asahikawa Medical University library was founded in 1978. It currently has about 160,000 prints of books and journals, and 10,000 digital resources. These resources include not only about medical but also about education, mathematics, and other liberal arts.[6]
Faculties and graduate schools
[edit]AMU has one faculty with two departments and six centers.
Departments
[edit]- Department of Medicine
- Department of Nursing
Centers
[edit]- Center of Education
- Center of University Health
- Center of Parental Care
- Center of Labware
- Center of Data processing
- Center of telemedicine
Partner universities
[edit]AMU has partnerships with eight universities.[7]
- Hokkaido College of Pharmacy
- Kitami Institute of Technology
- Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing
- Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- China Medical University
- Harbin Medical University
- Mahidol University
- Udayana University
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Asahikawa Medical University Hospital" (PDF). Asahikawa Medical University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ Educational philosophies and objectives at Asahikawa Medical College [dead link]
- ^ Hokkaido medical educational news)[permanent dead link]
- ^ presidents of AMU
- ^ AMU hospital official website[permanent dead link]
- ^ "AMU Library official website". Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ^ "Partnership". Archived from the original on 2023-06-27. Retrieved 2010-08-16.