Navigate the World with College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Ranked No. 1 Nationally in Nursing Subject, Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

Shanghai Jiao Tong University recently announced the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, ranked no. 15 globally in the field of Nursing and no. 1 nationally with impressive performance.

Dean of College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Kuei-Ru Chou stated that the research energy of the college has been climbing continuously in recent years under the leadership of the university with outstanding performance. Taipei Medical University has rich clinical resources from five of its affiliated hospitals, and it provides an excellent research environment for its faculty and students to demonstrate the teamwork spirit and compete as a team instead of individuals for greater research achievements.

There are four indicators for the field of nursing evaluation in this year's ARWU, including the number of papers published in top journals (TOP), the percentage of internationally collaborated papers, the citation percentage of papers (CNCI), and the number of academic papers published (PUB). The grading indicator focuses mainly on research. College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, published many papers in top international journals in recent years and its research achievements were internationally recognized.

Dean Kuei-Ru Chou stated that this honor belongs to the entire faculty and students of the College of Nursing and the Nursing Department staff of three affiliated hospitals. The cooperation and unification of the group allow the teaching innovation, practice advancement, research quantity and quality of College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University to increase continuously. In response to the trend of global population aging, the college plans to offer the Master's Program in Gerontology Health Management next year and actively cultivate the long-term care professionals required by the society.

Director of the School of Gerontology Health Management Chiu-Fen Lin stated that the school plans to enroll graduate students to the Master's Program in Gerontology Health Management and formulates the curriculum in three major fields using meritocratic education cultivation method, including care management, health promotion, and entrepreneurial innovation. The curriculum will conduct discussions on relevant topics from the aspects of day-to-day life, physical and psychological care, social participation, and environmental support, so it offers professional knowledge of elders and integrates with society to apply in the future aging society and the elderly medical care industry.

College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, has been paying close attention to Taiwan aging society health issues for a long time. The college founded the first School of Geriatric Nursing and Care Management in the nation 10 years ago (renamed to School of Gerontology Health Management) and founded the Master's Degree Program in Long-term Care, the first postgraduate nursing school in the nation, in coordination with the national policy of “Aging Locally, Aging Successfully, and Aging Actively” to cultivate more nursing and gerontology health management interdisciplinary professionals. The college is cooperating with the Taiwan Long-term Care Nursing Association and planning to establish a comprehensive elderly medical care service system in the future, so the domestic nursing manpower workforce can be utilized more effectively and even alleviate the manpower workforce shortage predicament.

College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, is at the forefront of the society. College of Nursing opened the most advanced Smart Simulated Ward this year and introduced various teaching cases, so students felt like they are on various medical scenes. The Smart Simulated Ward also utilizes various new technologies, such as wearable devices and nursing-care robots, so that nursing staff can learn the vital signs of patients without entering the ward. The Ward “upgrades the walking style nursing in the past to tech nursing” and improves the stereotype of sweatshop healthcare and excessive working hours. Step-by-step, the faculty and students of the Taipei Medical University College of Nursing strive to become no. 1 in the nation, lead Asia, and honor the world.