[2009/04/01]  The Shuseiki Center has now officially become the Endowed Center for the Advancement of Pregnancy, Perinatal and Infant Care (CAPPIC); our NPO activities will be handled by the Organization for the Advancement of Pregnancy, Perinatal and Infant Care (OPPIC). Please click on the links below to access our new websites: ・Endowed Center for the Advancement of Pregnancy, 　Perinatal and Infant Care (CAPPIC)　http://www.cappic.net/ ・Organization for the Advancement of Pregnancy, 　Perinatal and Infant Care (OPPIC)　http://www.oppic.net/

[2009/03/31]  2008 K-cappic SUMMARY(PDF)

[2009/03/31]  Shuseiki Center Annual Summaries available (PDF). 2006 2007 2008

[2009/03/29]  ALSO-Japan Provider Course for Medical Students, 2nd half (Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine) (PDF). (Pictures 1, Pictures 2)

[2009/03/23]  2nd Annual K-CAPPIC Core-group Graduation and Plaque Presentation Ceremony held (featured in Hokkoku Shimbun Newspaper and Kanazawa Television’s BibiMitsubachi).

[2009/02/12,23 2009/03/09,23]  Dr. Yoshioka Tetsuya, director of Keiju General Hospital’s Center for Family Medicine, conducts 4-part “K-CAPPIC Family Medicine Seminar”.

[2008/12/20-21]  2008-09 K-CAPPIC Winter Seminar held: Primary course in Neonatal CPR and introductory course to ALSO. 15 5th- and 6th-year Shuseiki students and 2 Chiba Medical University students participate.

[2008/12/6]  3rd Ishikawa Fetal Heart Echocardiogram Conference held at Keiju General Hospital in Nanao, Ishikawa. Lecture by Kanagawa Children's Health Center Dr. Motoyoshi Kawataki. Approximately 35 participants from in and outside Ishikawa. Associate Professor Dr. Takanari Arai, representative facilitator.

[2008/11/22-24]  Under Shuseiki Program auspices, the first ALSO (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics) Provider and Instructor courses held in Japan at Kanazawa University. 23 teachers and students from Japan and the United States attended. Participants (Ob/Gyn, Family care, and residents) practiced primary care emergency situations using role plays and mannequins. Please go to photo library for pictures from course. Click here for more information about the ALSO program.

[2008/11/09]  16th Annual Family Care Continuing Education Workshop in Osaka. Associate Professor Dr. Takanari Arai presented in the Ob/Gyn session, introducing participants to ALSO and the Shuseiki Center’s work

[2008/10/30]  Shuseiki Center receives “Specified Nonprofit Corporation” (NPO) status. From 2009 Shuseiki Center will operate as “The Endowed Center for the Advancement of Pregnancy, Perinatal and Infant Care”

[2008/10/15]  Shuseiki Center and research-based Keiju General Hospital found the Center for Family Medicine and initiate a resident training program as well as a collaborative program for future educational research projects.

[2008/10/09]  Kanazawa Television’s evening news show BibiMitsubachi airs a program on 5th year K-CAPPIC students who participated in August’s rotational training.

[2008/08/18-29]  Rotational training for 5th year students begins. 10 students at participating hospitals: Keiju General Hospital, Noto General Hospital, Wajima Municipal Hospital and Suzu City General Hospital.

[2008/08/11]  Japan Family Medicine Conference/Student & Resident Panel: 20th Annual Family Medicine Summer Seminar for students and residents held in Niigata Prefecture. Presentation by Associate Professor Takanari Arai (introduction to Shuseiki Center efforts); also attended by K-CAPPIC resident Dr. Satoshi Dohi.

[2008/8/2,3]  Ishikawa Fetal Heart Echocardiogram Conference. 2nd Lecture by Kanagawa Children's Health Center Dr. Motoyoshi Kawataki. Approximately 50 participants from in and outside Ishikawa. Dr. Arai, representative facilitator. 3rd lecture scheduled for December 6-7.

[2008/06/10]   2008 K-CAPPIC Symposium (July 24)

[2008/05/30]   Artist collaboration project featured in Hokkoku Shimbun Newspaper

[2008/05/08]   1st Annual Shuseiki Center-Noto Regional Health Care Cooperation Meeting inaugurated at Keiju Hatogaoka Hospital: Talks held to build a cooperative framework between Noto regional health care providers and Shuseiki Center

[2008/05/06]   6th year students Hiroto Saito and Yuki Yamashita begin 2-week clerkship at University of Michigan Medical School Japanese Family Health Program

[2008/05/05]   6th year student Tatsuya Tarui begins 4-week clerkship at University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

[2008/04/14]   2008 Shuseiki Center Clinical Clerkship begins. 14 6th year students participate in rotational training

[2008/04/07]   6th year student Noriko Kanno begins 4-week clerkship at SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York

[2008/04/5-6]  First Annual Ishikawa Fetal Heart Echocardiogram Conference. Lecture by Dr. Motoyoshi Kawataki, Kanagawa Children’s Health Center. Attended by Dr. Arai as representative facilitator.

[2008/03/31]   6th year student Kyosuke Kagami begins 4-week clerkship at Tu Du Women’s Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City