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From Director of YLP |
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Young Leaders’ Program (YLP), initiated in 2001 by Japanese
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, had
started in 3 universities - National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies (GRIPS), Hitotsubashi University and Kyushu University, respectively
providing courses of Administration Politics, Business, and Law. In
2003, two additional YLP courses, Medical Administration and Local
Government Policy, were established in Nagoya University and Kobe
University respectively.
The main purposes of YLP are 1) to provide an educational opportunity
for promising young individuals expected to become national leaders
in Asian countries, 2) to develop a human network under the understanding
of Japanese culture and systems, and 3) to establish the friendship
among Asian countries, which strengthens the functions of effective
policy making to solve many difficult problems in Asian countries.
The goal specific to YLP at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
is in line with the above YLP general purposes; to establish a human
network to promote collaborative actions in the field of medical administration
politics under mutual understanding. The actions include not only
national strategies against infectious diseases, illegal or hazardous
substances and national medical health care including medical treatment
policy, but also national medical economic policy including programs
of medical insurance and medical care for pensioners. Collaboration
is essential for any country to overcome difficult health problems.
More effective governmental/non-governmental support to developing
Asian countries will be possible through the human network cultivated
in our YLP.
In Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, we have many departments
related to social medicine. This YLP program of medical administration
and politics covers many related subjects in social medicine, such
as international health, community health, environmental/occupational
health, epidemiology, ethics, hospital management, legal medicine,
pharmacy management, and health information systems. These subjects
will be useful for the participants to develop their balanced knowledge
and skills in the field of public health at large and will be one
of the most important tools to become the leader of medical policy
making in each country.
Although we have several courses for master and doctor degrees, YLP has uniqueness as its official language is English. Among many medical graduate schools in Japan, our YLP program may be the first one in which English is the official language. In Japan, the academic courses concerning medical administration are limited in terms of number and contents. We are, however, aiming to make it as the best program in Japan. In addition to the YLP stuff, the faculty members of social medicine in Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine are trying their best to support YLP as education staffs as you can find it in the following content.
We are greatly pleased to share the time with the promising YLP participants, and hope that all the participants will enrich their life in Japan, as well as their study through this challenging program. Although the history of our YLP program is yet young, graduates who went back to their countries are already working as the leaders and contributing to the health and wellbeing of their people. It is indeed our pleasure and honor to have this fruitful program with many promising students and contribute to the further development of their countries through the course.
Finally, I would like to send my best regards to Alfresa Holdings Corporation Fund, and Mr. Futsohi Yokoi, especially, who kindly agree with the purpose of our program, and greatly contribute to this Young Leaders' Program.
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June 19th, 2007
Junichi Sakamoto, MD PhD
Professor of Young Leaders’ Program |
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