CASTALIA’S MOBILE LEARNING PROJECT IN TANZANIA TO BE FEATURED AT THE 25TH ANNUAL ISFTeH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN JAPAN
Invited lecture by Professor Yoko Shimpuku of Hiroshima University, the sole Japanese among the “100 Outstanding Women, Nurse, and Midwife Leaders”
Professor Yoko Shimpuku of Hiroshima University will make a presentation regarding the mobile learning initiative for midwives in Tanzania, a joint project with Castalia, at the 25th annual ISFTeH (International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth) International Conference in Japan which takes place online February 11 thru 25, 2021.
Slide to be used in the ISFTeH conference presentation (snippet)
The project uses an app based on “Goocus”, a mobile learning platform developed and operated by Castalia. The app, which carries information on WHO’s sanitary standards, the latest childbirth guideline, and midwifery knowledge including research results accumulated by Professor Shimpuku and her team by gathering hands-on opinions from women, is dedicated to midwives in Tanzania. The project aims to realize high-quality remote education with the convenience of a smartphone, improve the quality of midwife care and eventually lower the high death rate of expectant and nursing mothers, which have been issues in the said country.
Professor Shimpuku will make a presentation on the details of this project as well as the result of the feasibility study conducted in February 2020, in the “Health Support Challenges Through Telenursing” segment of the third international symposium within the 25th annual ISFTeH International Conference held online February 11 thru 25, 2021.
The 25th annual ISFTeH International Conference (English Page)
http://www.gc-support.jp/jtta2020/03_program.php
Professor Yoko Shimpuku’s page on the “100 Outstanding Women, Nurse, and Midwife Leaders” website
In addition, Professor Shimpuku became the sole Japanese selected among the “100 Outstanding Women, Nurse, and Midwife Leaders”, highly acclaimed of the establishment of the first midwifery Master’s program in Tanzania and other efforts on the improvement of childbirth environment in the said country such as the implement of an educational smartphone app for midwives.
“100 Outstanding Women, Nurse, and Midwife Leaders”
https://yonm.org/nominees/yoko-shimpuku/
She was also featured on TSS-TV Shin-Hiroshima’s TSS Prime News with her selection among the “100 Outstanding Women, Nurse, and Midwife Leaders” as well as her project in Tanzania.
TSS-TV Shin-Hiroshima footage (Japanese language only):
“There were things I realized only after I became pregnant myself.” – A “midwife in Hiroshima” selected among the 100 outstanding leaders
https://www.tss-tv.co.jp/tssnews/000008779.html?fbclid=IwAR0Px5HQaQqgWazbS_nNqfAkdos1OvsuH01US1-EFjqHkKqYgPBmq5ymQo4
[Professor Yoko Shimpuku]
Professor, Global Health Nursing, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
After graduating from the former St. Luke's College of Nursing (the current St. Luke's International University), Dr. Shimpuku worked as a midwife and then completed her studies at University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, where she acquired her doctorate. In 2011 she was an intern at World Health Organization Office for South East Asia, and the following year an assistant professor at St. Luke's International University School of Nursing.
Dr. Shimpuku's career has garnered a number of honors and memberships; she won the 2012 inaugural Symbols of Tomorrow Award in Nursing and Healthcare. She had the honors of lecturing the Princess Akishino of the Royal Family of Japan in 2014 and 2015. In 2017, she became the specially appointed member of the 23rd term of Young Academy of Japan within Science Council of Japan, where she was appointed Vice-Chair in the 24th term and Chair of the International Branch Meeting. Since 2018 she has been a member of the Gender Equity Branch Meeting at Science Council of Japan. Furthermore, she is also a member of Global Young Academy, an international society of 200 young scientists from around the world, where she has also been selected an Executive Committee.
In 2018, Dr. Shimpuku was appointed Associate Professor, Family Nursing, Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University. In 2020, she has become Professor, Global Health Nursing, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University.
https://researchmap.jp/yokosh