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Day 2, MorningThe second day was held at the Fujii Memorial Hall from8 : 30 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2018 (Saturday). President Dr. SumihareNoji also participated in the ISW. Opening Remarks was provided byDr. Minoru Irahara, Dean of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences,Tokushima University, and the Welcome Address was given byProf. Sachi Kishida, the Head of the Department of Nursing,Tokushima University.The Keynote Address was presented by Dr. Michael Joseph S.Diño, Director of Research from Our Lady of Fatima University,Philippines on the topic “Research, Technology, Education, andScholarship in the Fourth Industrial Revolution : Influences on theHealth Science”. The plenary presentation by Dr. Hideki Otsuka,Professor of the Department of Radiological Sciences, Faculty ofHealth Sciences was on the subject of “Clinical Imaging Technologyand Diagnosis in Patient-Centered Interdisciplinary Care”. This wasfollowed by the plenary presentation of Dr. Tetsuya Tanioka,Professor of the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Scienceson the topic, “Nursing and Rehabilitative Care of the Elderly UsingNursing Robots ”.

Day 2, AfternoonThe luncheon plenary presentation and Oral presentations washeld at the Nichia Medical Hall.

Dr. Sheila Bonito, Dean of the College of Nursing, University ofthe Philippines presented on the topic “Virtual Clinical Environmentin Nursing Education” Thereafter, nearly 50 oral presentationswere provided at the three venues at Nichia Hall. The intimateaccommodation within the three venues, also provided the bestopportunity for camaraderie and networking activities. Participantscould freely move from one room to the next, given the breadth ofthe scientific content of topics presented.

Day 3, Morning

On the third day, Aug. 19, 2018, (Sunday), almost 40 posterpresentations were exhibited at the Nichia Medical Hall from 9 : 00am to 10 : 00 am. A unique 1-minute oral description of posters byeach presenter was hailed by the participants as innovative andcreative, giving the presenters an opportunity to describe andexplain their posters to all the participants. Thereafter, participantsdid the active discursive exchange of opinions with the presenters.The Discussion and Workshop followed as lead by Dr. Locsin (Seeoutcomes of the workshop). The awards ceremony followed inwhich five oral presenters and three poster presenters wereawarded best in these categories.

Picture1 : Day 1, Opening Plenary Presentation, and Welcome Reception

Picture2 : Day 2, Keynote Address and Plenary Presentations

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OUTCOMES OF THE WORKSHOP

The discussion and initial workshop was conducted by Dr. Locsin.Discussed were research topics focused on : (1) Mental healthcare and tele-health focused on psychiatric mental health carepractices, (2) Psychiatric and mental health care in the communitysettings using technologies such as mobile apps, (3) High-fidelitysimulation teaching strategies towards effective patient care satis-faction, and the consequences of simulation use in teaching towardspatient care quality from the patients’ perspective. And reliabilityand validity of various instruments to evaluate the theory ofTechnological Competency as Caring in Nursing (TCCN) andpossibility of use with the Health Sciences, including translationand use in various languages, e.g. Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, andFilipino.Moreover, as a way to develop TCCN theory the following sug-gestions were addressed for possible implantation/application : (1)Open online course for TCCN-platform through the auspices ofDr. Sheila Bonito and the University of the Philippines OpenUniversity Program (2) Webinars as suggested by Dr. MichaelJoseph Dino, (3) Facebook Page, although existing will needadministrative manager to foster online presence, (4) FacebookGroup Discussion page needs to be created and hosted, and (5)Informatics Group addressing passive online courses and create aKnowledge Management System addressing the taxonomy orcommon language of TCCN and the Health Sciences.

DIRECTION OF FUTURE ACTIVITIES“The ultimate purpose of technological competency as caring is toknow persons more fully as persons.” This statement embodies thetheory of Technological Competency as Caring, particularly inNursing. It is in ‘knowing persons more fully as persons’ thathealing and caring can be realized as evidences of quality humanhealth care.The person is not simply a composite of human parts. He/she isalways whole. Take for example a human being who has no arms orno legs, is this human being a person? Such example substantiatesthe perspective of persons as always whole even with missingparts. In healthcare, persons are continuously known through theirparts as it is the conventional way. Nevertheless, the summation ofthe anatomical, physiological, and psychological aspects of beinghuman as a reprise of the “composite of parts” description do notmake the person ‘appear’ whole, rather, the person as a humanbeing is always whole and continuously remains whole frommoment to moment.Technologies in the health sciences are abundant, and in situ-ations and conditions such as described above, the practice ofTechnological Competency as Caring becomes foundational to

advancing the theory of Technological Competency as Caring,particularly in Nursing (3).This ISW embodied and illuminated the value of ‘technologicalknowing’ as the use of technologies to express the theory inpractice, to realize and recognize that various technologies inhealthcare, those that make things efficient, are truly the processesthrough which persons are known as wholes from moment tomoment. It was hoped for in this conference that in the sharing andparticipating, the goal of advancing caring science in the healthsciences was realized. “Knowing persons as caring” is the ultimateprocess that disciplinary knowledge in the health sciences can beprofessed by magnifying the recognition of Technological Compe-tency as Caring, as the facilitation of human caring in human healthcare.While the first ISW had about 50 participants, the Second ISWhad over 130 national and international participants presentingapproximately 50 oral presentations and nearly 40 poster presenta-tions. Furthermore, at this the Second ISW, Co - host universitieswere invited and joined, sending participants from their corre-sponding universities.It is thereby planned that future ISW on Technological Compe-tency as Caring in the Health Sciences will be held in alternativevenues such as in the co-hosting universities in other countries.

CONFLICT OF INTERESTThere is no actual or potential conflict of interest that exist in thismanuscript.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe Organizing Committee would like to express our heartfeltthanks to all who have helped make this Second ISW as offered bythe Rozzano Locsin Institute for Advancing the Theory of TCCN asuccess. Our special gratitude to the Keynote and Plenary speak-ers, and to all the Chairpersons for sharing their expertise andtime in moderating the presentation sessions. To all the Oral andPoster presenters, thank you very much. We offer our boundlessgratitude to all the members of the Abstract Selection, Scientific,and Planning Committees (Department of Nursing OutcomeManagement and Department of Art, Science, and Caring) whohave tirelessly shared their scholarship and time for the ISW to besuccessful. To the Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Collabo-rators and Volunteers from Tokushima University and TokushimaBunri University, we thank you all for your support and coopera-tion. Without your untiring efforts, the conference would not havebeen possible.

Picture3 : Day 3, Seminar Workshop

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