Hello. My name is Keisuke Yoshizawa. I report the first pre SGLI online chat whose topic was Are you floushing? This meeting mainly discussed about Covid in my country.
First, Japanese woman who were a member of 2017 SGLI, talked that because of Covid, she had depressed for a long time. Because she could not meet her friends and instability of online lessons on the university. However, she could use much time for what she had wanted to do. So that, she was very satisfied with use her time useful.
Second, I want to focus on our remarks. Ono kun said he had been spending his school life basically unchanged. Hanashima kun said that he could spend his life comfortably because Japanese government regulations were not so strict. Moreover I said that we will be soon able to live a normal life because Vaccines have begun to spread.
We were able to attend this meeting for 20 minutes due to the opening hours of the school, but it was a wonderful experience for me. Thank you for everyone.
Hello, this is Aruto Ono. We would like to inform you that we had a pre-meeting for SGLI with high schools in Japan participating on June 1st. Six schools joined in this conference and talked with 18 students. Each member introduced himself and discussed health. All the participants were cheerful and fluent in English, and it was a very valuable experience.
Next, I will explain about the self-introduction. Divided into three groups of six, we introduced our high school, explained our career, and shared interesting facts about themselves. Many of my group have moved from foreign countries such as Germany, the United States, and the Philippines, and they were very friendly.
After that, another 6-member group discussed health problems and how to improve them. In my group, there are problems such as lack of sleep, lack of exercise, and disordered eating habits due to the stress of studying. Improvements such as keeping fruits in your room were discussed, and we had a fun discussion.
After that, we announced the opinions expressed by the group. Among them, the idea of keeping a dog was epoch-making as a measure against stress and lack of exercise.
At this meeting, I got to know excellent and friendly Japanese members, and it was a nice practice for debates in the future.
Hello. This is Keisuke Yoshizawa.
We would like to report on the new videos. An English translation version of the videos about masks and The Three Cs has been completed. Much work went into editing and matching the sounds. Please take a look.
Mask video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE2iFwH8v0g
The three C video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85aL7Ptv1aY
This is the end of the SGLI 2020 activities. We would like to thank Mr. Okada, Mr. Battley, the OBs, pharmacists, public health nurses, insurers, Gakushuin High School and members of Fukui Senior High School attached to Fukui University of Technology as well as the many others involved for their help and advice.
Hello, my name is Rio Hanashima. Please call me Rio. I am a 2nd year (Grade 11) high school student at Keio Shiki Senior High School; an all-boys school with approximately 750 students. I am passionately interested in literature. My favorite book series is those of Sherlock Homes whose tricks are fantastic and elaborate. I also enjoy basketball. Among basketball players, I like James Edward Harden (presently playing for the Brooklyn Nets). His steps to pass defenders is very attractive to me. Additionally, I spend much time with my desk as if it were my girlfriend. However, I sometimes take a walk or run around my neighborhood to be healed by the nature. I love talking with people and sharing various ideas about whatever the topic may be. This year I am one of three students representing our school for the 2021 SGLI program. I am very much looking forward to meeting and learning from all involved in the SGLI program.
Thank you.
こんにちは、花島利旺です。「リオ」と呼んでください。私は男子校の慶應義塾志木高等学校(総生徒数約750名)の2年生です。文学に強い興味があり、探偵小説のシャーロックホームズなどを愛読しています。スポーツではバスケが好きでお気に入りの選手は華麗なドリブルで有名なジェームス・エドワード・ハーデンです。家では大抵、自分の学習机に座って趣味に興じたりして過ごしています。ときどきは近所を散歩やランニングをして気分転換もします。人と色々な話題でお喋りすることが大好きです。今年、僕は2021年度SGLIプログラムで慶應義塾志木高等学校を代表する3人の1人になりました。このSGLIを通じて知らない人と出会い、交流の機会を持てることがとても楽しみです。
Hello. My name is Keisuke Yoshizawa and I am in the third grade (Grade 12) in Keio Shiki Senior High School. I belong to the skiing club and I practice most days. I often go on skiing trips and take part in skiing competitions. I am usually placed in the top ten in events and recently I made it into the top five. I also enjoy reading books and watching movies (mainly science fiction).
Last year as well, I participated in the SGLI program; however because of COVID-19 all activities were restricted to domestic only. We interviewed a number of people and considered the 2020 theme “Health”. This year too, the theme is health, and I am really looking forward to communicating with many other high school students from around the world. Through discussions, study and research with all involved in the 2021 SGLI program, I hope to share many ways of thinking and it is wonderful to be able to deepen my understanding on the issues of health. I would like to consider what we ourselves could do to help prevent the spread of COVID-19
I will do my best to cooperate with my team members and all involved in the program.
Hello, my name is Aruto Ono a 3rd year student (Grade 12) at Keio Shiki Senior High School. I am a member of the student council which represents the student population and acts as an intermediary between students and faculty. I am also in the table tennis club and really enjoy my time with the club. In my first year of high school, I also participated in a student exchange program with Finland which was a very rewarding experience.
From the age of one to the age of five I lived in New York. Even though I was still rather young it helped me become quite confident with English. My English skills have greatly helped when studying about the varied cultures and history of Europe and America.
In this SGLI program, I am very much looking forward to studying many aspects of health, including everyday life, and the countermeasures against the spread of COVID-19. In many developing countries, there are problems such as the shortage of clean water, and medical care. Through study and research, we can perhaps find not only the advantages but also the disadvantages of various cultures.
I also wish to compare the COVID-19 pandemic with past pandemics/epidemics. For example, Black Death 1346 – 1353, the Spanish flu 1918 – 1920, and more recently the HIV/AIDS pandemic 1981 - present. Finding similarities and differences may help to better understand what might be done to combat some of the problems society today is facing.
Hi. I’m Hiroki Oda. Recently, we visited Gakushuin High School and joined their school festival which was held on October 31. I would like to share our experience there, and in addition to that, I would also like to share our discussions with the other SGLI members from the other school.
On our post so far, we have talked about some meetings with a number of doctors and professionals. However, this time we shared our opinions and activities with students of the same age. That was a special time for us in exchanging our experiences with other students. Of course, there were some differences between Gakushuin High and Keio Shiki regarding the measures taken against the virus. Moreover, there were some differences regarding ideas between us, and that was really refreshing.
On October 24th, we also had a pre-meeting with the students of Gakushuin and Fukui High School on the Zoom. At first we introduced ourselves and each of our schools. Then, we shared our thoughts and what measures had been taken at each of our schools. We also invited one of our seniors from a previous SGLI year on Zoom. Recently, my school installed a thermography camera as a measure against the virus, but I was surprised and impressed to then find out that Gakushuin and Fukui High School had that already.
On October 31, the three schools showed their school introduction videos, and we shared projects that we haddone. We invited one of the former sponsors of SGLI, Chai Reddy on Zoom, and also our seniors from previous SGLI years. For me, I was impressed in answering and thinking about some questions and problems that were asked, and that we and the students of Gakushuin had some different opinions and ideas. In addition, each of us thought about health from the point of view of the infectious spread of the virus.
Unfortunately, we were not able to gather with some of the professors and seniors, nor with the many students from all over the world in Hawaii. Nonetheless, thanks to many of the teachers and seniors, we were able to do some activities here in Japan and to consider what could be done for the community to address some of the underlying health issues. To all our friends at Gakushuin and Fukui High School, thank you all for the wonderful and rewarding time.
I would like to report on the contents of the meeting which was held on October 19th.
This time, we asked Ms. Muto who works as a public health nurse at Keio Shiki High School to give a lecture. She mainly taught us about the definition of a nurse and the work contents with regards to the law. Also, it was a very good opportunity to study because she answered each of our questions carefully.
First, Ms. Muto explained about the definition of a nurse. Since a nurse has a national qualification, the definition is defined by law from Article 5 of the Public Health Nurse, Midwifery and Nurse Law.
In this law, "nurse" means a person who is licensed by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare and is engaged in providing medical care or medical assistance to the injured or sick.
It is clearly defined as such. For licenses, refer to Article 7, Paragraph 3 of the same law.
A person who wants to become a nurse must pass the national exam for nurses and obtain a license from the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare. It is clearly defined as such.In addition, to become a public health nurse, you must graduate from a nursing university or a public health nurse training course. At university, you have to learn basic education such as chemistry, biology and foreign languages and specialized subjects such as basic nursing and an introduction to nursing.
Next, Ms. Muto explained about the work of a nurse. According to the law mentioned above, the job of a nurse is medical treatment and assistance in medical examinations. Medical care is mainly about the work of the hospital and there are many aspects such as medication management in the inpatient ward and wound care. In addition, assistance in medical examinations mainly includes medically assisting doctors at hospitals, blood sampling, injections and infusions. On the other hand, there are many tasks such as ICU and dialysis.
Moreover, she also taught us about the duties of midwives and public health nurses. Midwives and public health nurses have national qualifications, however their contents are different. Midwives are defined as women whose business is to provide health guidance for pregnant women, puerperal women, or newborns, and provide delivery assistance, puerperal care and newborn care. A public health nurse is engaged in health guidance using the name of her public health nurse, and is engaged in health management work and hygiene management work in schools, communities and companies.
Through this meeting I was surprised to hear that the number of male nurses is much lower than that of female nurses. I think nurses help to keep our health in co-work with doctors. Now fewer males are working as nurses and it should be an important aspect to improve the working environment for the future.
I would very much like to say thank you to Ms. Muto.
Hello. My name is Keisuke Yoshizawa. I would like to report the contents of the meeting which was held on October 5, 2020.
This time, we invited Ms. Morimoto who works as a pharmacist, and held the meeting by using Zoom. She taught us about the work contents of a pharmacist and how to take medicine correctly. Moreover, it was a great opportunity because Ms. Morimoto answered all of my questions thoroughly.
First, she taught us about the work contents with her real experience. At first, I had thought pharmacists work at the hospitals and mix medicines, but it is not correct. For example, dispensing work, the task which prepares patient medicine based on prescriptions and confirms the correct direction for use, injectable drug mixture preparation work, the task which prepares injectable drugs for patients who need care with injections and so on. I have not written all the pharmacists jobs but I realized that they support my health in shadow.
Next, Ms. Morimoto taught us about how to take medicine correctly with actual medicine. For example, in alendronate sodium hydrate, it is said that “When you get up, you should take a medicine with a cup of water (about 180 cc) without biting.” From these things, I learned the basics about the way of taking medicine such as the differences before and after meals, just before meals, medicine should be taken with water or lukewarm water, etc.
Through this meeting, I realized how important it is to take medicine. I didn't really understand it well until now, but I thought that I should take more care in the future. Also, I was able to become more interested in the job of a pharmacist, which I had never been aware of before.
I would like to say thank you to our participants, Ms. Morimoto and Ms. Mutou. Thank you.