Report on the Second International Seminar and Workshop on Technological Competency as Caring in the Health Sciences 2018

J Med Invest. 2019;66(1.2):54-57. doi: 10.2152/jmi.66.54.

Abstract

The Second International Seminar and Workshop (ISW) on Technological Competency as Caring in the Health Sciences was offered by the Rozzano Locsin Institute for Advancing the Theory of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing, and held from August 17- 19, 2018 at Tokushima University in Tokushima,Japan. The ISW was envisioned to provide a platform for sharing research and scholarly works into innovative design and developments on studying and applying the theory of Technological Competency as Caring in the Health Sciences. This ISW was founded on the theory of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing (TCCN) (Locsin, 2005). The ISW, as aimed broadened the influence of theory, research, and practice through the advancements in technology, caring, and nursing, as espoused in the theory of Technological Competency as Caring particularly within the Health Sciences. This report illuminates the contents of the ISW and its outcomes, and reveals the direction of the theory, its development, and future implications through formalized activities. J. Med. Invest. 66 : 54-57, February, 2019.

Keywords: Caring; Health sciences; International Seminar and Workshop; Nursing; Technological competency.

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Technology*
  • Empathy*
  • Humans
  • Nursing Care*
  • Nursing Theory