- SHOWA University Fujigaoka Rehabilitation Hospital
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Departments and Specialties
Rehabilitation Medicine
Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Ophthalmology
Our Department was established in 1976 at the same time as Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital. We relocated to Showa University Fujigaoka Rehabilitation Hospital in 2009 and have been here since then. The social conditions have changed dramatically during this time, and the medical environment has also changed completely since I took the post. However, our “commitment to providing patients with better medicine,” which is one of the three pillars of our University Hospital clinical practice, research and education, remains unchanged. In general, it is said that people obtain 90% of their information from vision, among the five senses (vision, taste, hearing, smell and touch). Thus, the eyes are critically important in our daily life. In order to protect the eyes, we strive daily to provide advanced medicine.Clinical practice
In clinical practice, we aim to provide medicine with explanation and understanding. We carefully and clearly explain matters to worried patients who visit our hospital, without using technical jargon, until they fully understand. We provide detailed explanations using video, etc. especially to patients who will be undergoing surgery.
Research
Each medical staff selects a theme and conducts research under the instructions of a senior doctor. In recent years, we have developed a technical aid for cataract surgery and made it possible to conduct safe and minimally invasive surgery even when the cataract case is intractable. We have also improved and developed an ultrasonic oscillation device for cataract surgery by using clinical data and a simulated anterior chamber to repeat numerous basic experiments, thus contributing to the development of safer surgery devices. We are also working hard on the development and evaluation of an intraocular lens to be used in cataract surgery.
Education
Education is broadly classified into that for students, that for medical interns, and that for medical staff. For students, we prepare electronic materials and explain the basics in an easily understood manner. For medical interns, a medical advisor is assigned to each intern to give detailed instructions on ophthalmic care and surgery. For medical staff, we provide thorough practical training to become a surgery assistant. When staff actually operate on patients, the scope of operation is expanded gradually as an assistant, with the medical advisor checking a detailed itemized skill checklist and watching a video of the operation at a later date to confirm against the checklist. We try to make sure that they master the techniques one step at a time.