Educational Goals
Our departmental motto, “ Compassion, Responsibility, Critical Thinking, Innovation, and Practice,” captures what we strive for: nursing professionals who blend humanistic care, professional skill, and practical fluency with digital technology.
Here’s how that comes to life:
- Compassion: You can’t pour from an empty cup. Our students learn to understand and care for themselves first, by building the self-awareness and empathy it takes to truly care for others. From there, they learn to respect cultural diversity and individual differences, deliver whole-person care, and always put patient well-being first.
- Responsibility: We nurture a strong sense of medical ethics and a conscientious approach to every challenge in nursing to ensure that our students deliver safe, high-quality care in every situation.
- Critical Thinking: Through courses such as anatomy and physiology and evidence-based healthcare, along with case analysis, students develop clinical reasoning skills and the ability to quickly analyze and assess complex medical situations, preparing them for a fast-changing healthcare environment.
- Innovation: We champion cross-disciplinary learning, encouraging students to collaborate across fields, boldly propose creative solutions, and push the nursing profession forward.
- Practice: With hands-on, practice-oriented education, students take what they learn in the classroom into real-world clinical settings, strengthening their ability to apply knowledge in the real world. They can turn learning into action and fulfill the nursing mission.
| National Sun Yat-sen University | College of Medicine | Department of Nursing | |
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| Core Values | (AI)2 = Artistic & Inclusive
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Advanced & Innovative |
• Inventiveness & Interdisciplinarity • Compassion & Collegiality • Integrity & Accountability • Persistence & Practicality |
• Holistic Care • Technological Innovation • Humanistic Inclusion • Sustainable Praxis • Global Leadership |
| Our Vision | To become “the Harvard of southern Taiwan,” providing the talent and creativity the Greater South needs in order to thrive. | To develop outstanding medical education and research enriched by both the humanities and technology, thereby raising the quality of healthcare and promoting human health and well-being. |
To become a leading innovator in healthcare: nurturing nursing professionals who deliver holistic care powered by technology, guided by humanistic values. Through cross-disciplinary, evidence-based research and international collaboration, we put our people-centered mission of sustainable health into practice. |
| Educational Goals | Overall Goal:
Cultivate social elites, future leaders, and a think tank for national policy
To become a world-class, all-around university where the humanities and sciences go hand in hand. Targets:
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Our Mission: The College of Medicine will stay the course toward this vision through the following commitments: 1. Promoting broad learning and innovation 2. Bridging clinical experience with basic research 3. Nurturing teamwork and leadership 4. Pursuing excellence in research, learning, and clinical practice 5. Serving as a model for health equity |
1. Cultivate nursing elites who excel in both holistic care and technological innovation 2. Shape leaders with humanistic vision and international competitiveness Educational Philosophy: We cultivate nursing professionals who combine humanistic care, professional expertise, and fluency in applying digital technology.
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