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In response to the global trend of population aging, Yuan Ze University actively expanded international collaboration in healthcare education and smart health research. The University recently held a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony for the “Japan-Taiwan Elderly Care and Talent Development Cooperation Program.”
The collaboration aimed to combine Japan’s extensive practical experience in elderly care with YZU’s research strengths in artificial intelligence, information technology, and biomedical engineering, deepen professional exchanges between Taiwan and Japan, and jointly explore opportunities for collaboration in smart health, innovative care technologies, and interdisciplinary talent development.
The signing ceremony was held at Yuan Ze University and presided over by Chiuling Lu, Vice President of Yuan Ze University. Hiromichi Matsui, Chairman of Keiai Social Welfare Corporation of Japan, attended the ceremony. Representatives from Taiwan’s business sector included Hua-Fu Pao, Chairman of Fu-Xin Capital Management Consulting Co., Ltd., and Jui-Chen Li, Director of the company. Yun Chen, Dean of the College of Medicine and Nursing at Yuan Ze University; Ying-Hwa Su, Chair of the Department of Nursing; and Associate Professor Ya-Hui Tsai also participated. Through exchanges between academia and care service practitioners, the event established a platform for Taiwan-Japan collaboration in elderly care and smart health.
Yun Chen, Dean of the College of Medicine and Nursing at Yuan Ze University, said that Japan had long faced the challenges of an aging society and had accumulated extensive practical experience in areas including health management for older adults, dementia care, and integrated community care, providing valuable insights for Taiwan. She said the collaboration would begin with actual care needs and bring together professional exchanges, academic discussions, and interdisciplinary research. By integrating Yuan Ze University’s research and development capabilities in artificial intelligence and smart health, the partnership would explore innovative applications of technology-assisted health management and elderly care, creating new possibilities for future models of care.
Chen further noted that as demographic structures changed and smart healthcare developed rapidly, nursing professionals needed not only solid professional knowledge and clinical skills but also global perspectives and interdisciplinary integration capabilities. She said that the College of Medicine and Nursing and the Department of Nursing would draw on Japan’s practical experience in elderly care to gain a deeper understanding of frontline care needs from healthcare and nursing perspectives. They would also integrate the University’s research resources in artificial intelligence, computer science and engineering, and biomedical technology to promote interdisciplinary collaboration in smart healthcare, health management, and innovative care technologies. These efforts would help cultivate a new generation of healthcare professionals equipped with nursing expertise, technological literacy, and humanistic compassion.
Ying-Hwa Su, Chair of the Department of Nursing, said that the department had continued to promote professional nursing education and interdisciplinary learning while actively expanding its international collaboration network. She expressed hope that the partnership would provide faculty members and students with opportunities to learn from Japan’s practical experience and innovative approaches to elderly care, broaden their global perspectives, and gradually deepen collaboration in faculty and student exchanges, academic research, and talent development, bringing new momentum to nursing education and the advancement of smart healthcare.
