♦Vision
 
Centered on humanistic care and driven by technology, the program cultivates leaders who promote healthy aging, smart long-term care, and the sustainable development of industry’s supporting population aging.
 
♦Goals

To foster transdisciplinary experts in long-term care and management who are equipped with a sense of humanistic care, sustainable thinking, and innovative competence.

♦Core Competencies
 

• Transdisciplinary knowledge and skills in long-term care
• Problem-solving and innovation
• Transdisciplinary coordination and integration
• Management and leadership
• Multicultural and international communication

♦Features
 

• The conventional model of a master’s education surrounds a single college or academic discipline. Students are often limited by the faculty of one department and confined to the framework of their main field of study. Long-term care services tend to become fragmented and duplicated as a result, failing to provide continuous, integrated care that meets the diverse needs of long-term and health care. This program brings together faculty from ten colleges across the University, offering courses from 16 departments and institutes, including the School of Medicine, Department of Nursing, Department of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, Department of Pharmacy, Department of Dentistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, Institute of Community Health Care, Institute of Public Health, Institute of Education, Institute of Communication Studies, Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, and the Institute of Business and Management. Through transdisciplinary collaboration, the program offers a curriculum that integrates theory, policy, and practice.
• The curriculum is designed and planned based on the Long-term Care Support and Service Competency Model established by the Employment and Training Administration of the United States Department of Labor. The core curriculum focuses on interdisciplinary essential long-term care and management professional knowledge training, with research as supplementary content. Six majors offer transdisciplinary elective modules, students can select courses based on their backgrounds and interests, thereby fulfilling their diverse learning needs.
• This is a practice-professional program rather than a traditional academic degree. Specific approaches are as follows: (1) the curriculum diverges from the ivory tower of academia by integrating theory, policy, and practical application; (2) through two semesters of seminar on transdisciplinary long-term care practice courses, students engage in case study discussions that foster dialogue across various professions, helping both faculty and students extend beyond professional boundaries, learn to communicate, respect each other, and establish a team collaboration model; (3) students enhance their practical experience and skills through a 160-hour practical internship where they implement interdisciplinary collaboration models; (4) students are encouraged to replace traditional academic papers with practical-oriented theses.
• The program enhances students' sense of humanistic and social care, respect for multiculturalism, and social sustainability through humanities, social care, policy, insurance, and finance courses.
• The program integrates the Ministry of Education’s University Social Responsibility (USR) Program to enrich students’ practical experience through community engagement. Integrating course design with community field participation fosters co-learning with the community and empowers community organizations and volunteers. This approach strengthens community care hubs for promoting older adult health, caregiving, and other service networks, coordinating community resource integration, reducing unmet needs, establishing a happy community, implementing aging-in-place policies, and expanding the University's educational impact.
• The program collaborates with the NYCU Center for Aging Industry and Development, Center for Healthy Longevity and Aging Sciences, and Center of Industry Accelerator and Patent Strategy to cultivate students' abilities in industry collaboration and R&D innovation.

 

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