Focusing on various occupations in the healthcare industry, “Healthcare jobs that I want to know more” will tell professionals who work on the road about the attractiveness and experiences of their jobs.
This time, Mr. Masashi Kumagai, a Judo rehabilitation teacher who teaches at the Japan University of Health and Sport Sciences Medical College and is also in the clinical setting at the attached osteopathic clinic. Mr. Kumagai started working as a teacher at a Judo rehabilitation vocational school three years after working at the Nittai Orthopedic Clinic as a Judo rehabilitation teacher.
The first part focuses on the difference between Mr. Kumagai’s work at Sekkotsuin and the work of a teacher. Introducing Mr. Kumagai’s way of working, which is parallel to clinical and educational settings.
What taught me …
“Japanese Body Bone House”
Director Masashi Kumagai
After graduating from Nittai Orthopedic College (currently Nittai Orthopedic College), worked at Nittai Orthopedic Clinic. After that, he obtained a specialized teacher’s license and became a teacher of the Judo Repositioning Course, Department of Repositioning Health, Medical College, Japan University of Health and Sport Sciences. While working at the Osteopathic Hospital while teaching, he is also engaged in relief activities at local sports competitions as a volunteer activity.
I work at Sekkotsuin, which is also a place for students to learn.
The “Nittai Orthopedic Clinic” where Mr. Kumagai works is
An affiliated hospital of the Japan University of Physical Education Medical College.
Students come to practice on-site on a regular basis
-First of all, please tell us what kind of hospital the Nittai Orthopedic Clinic is.
The “Nittai Orthopedic Clinic” where I work is an attached osteopathic clinic of a vocational school.
The big difference from other hospitals is that it is also a place for students to learn clinical practice. Since there is an aspect of “showing how the techniques learned in class are actually utilized in the field”, the main treatment is the softening technique for injuries rather than massage.
Of course, we also perform procedures such as massage necessary in the process of treating injuries. However, the so-called “massage 60 minutes XX yen” is not the main thing.
In addition, because it is affiliated with Nippon Sport Science University and is close to the Setagaya campus, there are many university students who are engaged in club activities.
-Mr. Kumagai works as a teacher while working at Sekkotsuin. Please tell us how you became a teacher.
I myself enrolled in the Nikkei Medical College (at that time, the Nikkei Jyusei Vocational School) and learned Judo rehabilitation. Since that time, there have been practical training classes at the Nittai Orthopedic Clinic, and I have a very good impression of the teachers and the institute itself. I got a job because I was recruited just when I graduated.
In an environment where there was a teacher who started working as a staff member of the institute and actually taught me about me, my longing for teachers grew. Also, because the rare environment of working at an osteopathic clinic while having classes as a teacher was already in place, I decided to obtain a specialized teacher license.
After gaining three years of work experience, I took a course to obtain a license, told the school that I wanted to become a teacher, and became a teacher.
The attraction of teachers is that they can convey their on-site experience to students as a real experience.
State during class. Mr. Kumagai
As a teacher in charge of the Judo rehabilitation practice area of the Judo rehabilitation course
We teach practical lessons and practical training at the osteopathic clinic.
-Do you feel happy to be a teacher?
I am very happy to be able to tell the students what I actually felt while standing in the field and how difficult it is to treat an injury. There are times when you can’t understand just what is written in a textbook.
I think that being taught in a textbook with a plus α is one of the merits of being a teacher while working at an osteopathic clinic.
-Mr. Kumagai is in charge of practical lessons. Is there a big difference in practical skills between clinical practice and lessons?
In the class, we will teach you how to wrap bandages and taping and how to make fixing materials while actually showing them.
When performing on-site, the work is focused on speed because the patient in pain is in front of him. But I can’t even tell the students to show them that they are working at that speed and try to make it.
Therefore, when showing the technology in class, it feels like assembling a plastic model, step by step. I think the big difference is that the work that takes 5 minutes at the site is shown over an hour and a half.
“Speed is important in the field, but in order to be able to do it,
You need to have a good understanding of each process. “
-Please tell us if there is something you often tell the students from your own experience.
I think the worst thing about our profession is to overlook anything other than a visually obvious injury.
In class, we will mainly deal with what to do for serious injuries. However, it is not only serious injuries that are examined in the field. Small injuries that the patient does not know the cause of may lead to pain. Perhaps a medical illness or past medical history may be the cause of the pain.
Therefore, for those who say, “I came because it hurts anyway,” I have to make an effort to know the background properly, not just rubbing and turning on electricity. Judo rehabilitation teachers say that they must examine other than injuries that can be clearly seen by anyone, investigate the cause, and guide them in the direction of healing.
It is possible that the osteopathic clinic where you actually work is not the place to see the main injury. At present, there are actually many osteopathic clinics that mainly use massage. However, if you are a Judo rehabilitator, I think that pursuing the cause of invisible pain will not change.
-Please tell us about your current working style.
The Osteopathic Hospital is open from 12:30 to 19:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Students will come to practice from 14:45 until the patient returns.
Classes are held at a vocational school on Wednesdays, which are closed days. From 10:40 to 12:10 is the first grade bandage fixation class, and from 13:00 to 14:30 is the reduction and fixation method class for the upper limbs of the second grade.
I have been working as a director since last year. Last year, due to the corona illness, the hospital was opened according to the school, so the opening time was very short, and all were accepted by appointment. Since it is an osteopathic clinic attached to the school and the mother’s body is at the school, there is also the aspect that management does not have to be so important.
From this year, I will return to normal work, and the number of patients visiting the hospital is at most 30 per day. I have three Judo rehabilitation teachers.
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Mr. Kumagai started working at “Nittai Orthopedic Clinic” where the teacher who taught me was working, which was a training place when I was a student. Having a good environment to become a teacher, I started my career as a teacher. It has been 7 years since I became a teacher in clinical practice. Mr. Kumagai says that he is happy to pass on that experience to the younger generation. “As a premise, it must be a place to show students the skills,” he said, and it was conveyed that he was involved in the work while valuing the basics.
Next time, I would like to ask about the activities of local volunteers conducted by the “Nittai Orthopedic Clinic” to which Mr. Kumagai belongs.
Interview / text: Futaki Yamamoto
Photo: Tomoko Yonetama (GPFLAG)
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