This course is designed to cultivate research and development capabilities and an ability to promote industry-academia collaboration. In order to conduct excellent research in oral sciences, it is necessary to know the situations of research institutions that have achieved many developments, gain a broad perspective and creative ideas, and be able to cooperate with other institutions for research. In this course, students will acquire diversified research and development capabilities through learning in companies related to oral sciences and discussion with other students.

Medical institutions routinely use electromagnetic waves, radiation, various drugs and medical devices that may affect the human body. Both healthcare professionals and patients are always at risk of infection. In addition, issues such as long working hours and shortage of human resources are prevalent in the entire healthcare industry. Since healthcare professionals are required to have a high risk management capability in addition to the knowledge about these things that may lead to occupational accidents, this course aims at learning basic occupational hygiene systems and laws, etc., and covers the 13th Industrial Injury Prevention Plan, which stipulates the government's priority actions to reduce occupational accidents, so we can deepen understanding of various problems that must be considered in terms of occupational hygiene.

In organizations, many people and many departments work toward common goals. In medical institutions, in particular, healthcare professionals with various qualifications cooperate to face each patient. In doing so, it is desirable to fully demonstrate not only expertise of each healthcare professional but also capabilities of the team to realize the organizational philosophy and achieve their goals. This is primarily facilitated by effective human resource management, such as how to secure, develop, and utilize human resources. In this course, attendees will learn knowledge and technologies necessary for human resource management and deepen their understanding about career development.

In organizations, many people and many departments work toward common goals. In medical institutions, in particular, healthcare professionals with various qualifications cooperate to face each patient. In doing so, it is desirable to fully demonstrate not only expertise of each healthcare professional but also capabilities of the team to realize the organizational philosophy and achieve their goals. To learn the foundations for creating a strong organization and to effectively move the organization, attendees will learn the knowledge and theories necessary for operating the organization including medical institutions, such as organization structures and functions, leadership theory, decision-making, and risk management.

This course is designed to understand research contents in oral science and to cultivate a broad perspective as a researcher beyond issues of attendees' interest. They will understand the current state of research in the seven research areas: Basic health science, Health science education, Health science policy, Oral function recovery, Advanced oral health science, Oral materials, and Advanced oral engineering. They will consider how oral science research should be conducted to leverage results in their own research.

This course is designed to acquire knowledge on research guidance and to develop skills to play a leading role in oral science research. Attendees will learn teaching guidelines for students with little research experience to select a research theme and plan a research, as well as how to support and advise them. Faculty members who supervised researches in dental medicine and oral science will provide knowledge based on their actual experience, so attendees can learn points to consider in teaching and psychological aspects of students.

This area is comprised of researches in "the basic health science area" to learn and explore epidemiology in oral health and basic dental medicine in the Graduate School of Health Sciences (Master's program), "the health science education area" to learn and explore undergraduate student education related to dental care, and "the health science policy area" to learn medical care with a particular focus on dental care, health science and welfare, and discuss about the dental health care system. Attendees will be engaged in multifaceted research both in oral health science among dental hygienists or oral engineering among dental technicians.

This area is comprised of researches in "the Oral function recovery area" to learn oral function decline and responses and discuss oral function recovery including multidisciplinary collaboration, and "the Advanced oral health science area" to study new dental care and oral function management and discuss about oral health management by dental hygienists.

This area is comprised of researches in "the oral material area" to study new dental materials and discuss methods of processing and applying dental materials, and "the advanced oral engineering area" to study new biomaterials and technologies in dental engineering and discuss how to process oral devices through dental engineering.