Xavier Ateneo, St Mary’s College in Japan strengthen partnership on nursing education

Health Professions Education, and MS in Health and Hospital Management.

Upon the invitation of the president of St Mary’s College, Dr Saburo Ide, XU president Fr Roberto C Yap SJ visited the Japanese college from 26th to 28th August 2018. Accompanying Yap were College of Nursing dean Dr Ramona Heidi C Palad and Office of International Cooperation and Networking (OICN) director Elisabeth B Enerio.

Among the host party were St Mary’s College president and chief executive officer Dr Saburo Ide, chancellor Dr Nobu Ide, dean Prof Michiyo Ando, Prof Tsuyako Hidaka, associate professors Eric Fortin and Tamaki Hatano, and lecturer Yuichiro Ide. St Louis College (Bangkok) president Dr Chitr Sitthi-amom also joined the said visit.

During the discussions, Xavier Ateneo’s College of Nursing also shared their best practices as one of the top nursing schools in the Philippines. For eight consecutive Philippine Nurse Licensure Exams (PNLEs), the college has maintained its streak of garnering a 100% passing rate.

Dean Palad also shared how they send their students to communities for outreach and how they hold their curricular duties at the Maria Reyna - Xavier University Hospital.

Both XU and St Mary’s College are Catholic educational institutions whose BS Nursing courses feature a Service Learning Program.PR