An analysis of the English language needs of nurses in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 18K00770
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Simon Capper 日本赤十字広島看護大学, 看護学部, 教授 (90290527)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Porter Mathew 福岡女学院看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (60511475) ; Willey IanDavid 香川大学, 大学教育基盤センター, 准教授 (90403774) ; 奥村 英則 日本赤十字広島看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (50280144)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: Nursing English / Needs Survey / Focus Groups / Nursing / English / Needs / Analysis / Needs Analysis

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

Overall, our achievements were far below our initial aims. Our original intentions were conceived on a grand scale. However, the enduring effects of the Covid pandemic and the ensuing difficulty in recruiting research participants, severely hindered the depth and extent of our enquiry. However, the progress that we were able to make, particularly in carrying out focus group interviews with Japanese nurses, provided invaluable information with which to inform our own teaching, and further our ambitions to elevate the quality of English education for Japanese nurses. In the future we plan to continue to present and disseminate our findings in the hope that, in a more conducive research climate, our goal of proposing a core curriculum of nursing English education may yet be realised.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Assessing the English needs of Japanese nurses through focus group interviews (2021)
  • Author(s): Capper, S., Porter, M., Willey, I. & Watanabe, A.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Medical English Education Volume: 20 Pages: 25-32
  • NAID: 40022737153
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] A Needs Analysis of Nursing English in Japan (2020)
  • Author(s): Capper, S., & Porter, M.
  • Organizer: 4th International ESP Conference, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain. (Conference canceled)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Survey of Nurses’ English Needs. (2020)
  • Author(s): Capper, S., Porter, M., Willey, I., & Watanabe, A.
  • Organizer: Hiroshima JALT (Japan Association for Language Teaching)
• [Presentation] Focus Groups in Nursing Needs Analysis. (2019)
  • Author(s): Capper, S., & Porter, M.
  • Organizer: 22nd JASMEE 全国医学教育学会
• [Presentation] Focus Groups in Nursing Needs Analysis. (2019)
  • Author(s): Capper, S., & Porter, M.
  • Organizer: 全国語学教育学会広島支部
• [Presentation] Focus Groups in Nursing English Needs Analysis. (2019)
  • Author(s): Capper, S., Porter, M., Willey, I., & Watanabe, A.
  • Organizer: 全国語学教育学会JALT2019, 46th International Conference
• [Presentation] The Linguistic and Cultural Challenges of Caring for Non-Japanese Patients. (2019)
  • Author(s): Porter, M., & Capper, S.
  • Organizer: 第4回国際臨床医学会学術集会