The World Front Line, -Healthy Longevity and Preventive Medicine, Medical and Dental Integration, Clinical Education
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Event Overview
- Date
December 26 (Sat), 2026, 10:00-12:30 13:30-16:00 - Format
English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation - Venue
Hitotsubashi Hall, National Center of Sciences Building（Chiyoda, Tokyo）
https://www.hit-u.ac.jp/hall/accessen.html - Registration fee
33,000 yen - Organizer
Shiodome School of Oral Health Sciences - Audience
Dentists, Physicians, Dental Hygienists, other medical professionals
Lectures and Panel Discussion Part 1
“The World Front Line, -Healthy Longevity and Preventive Medicine, Medical and Dental Integration”
１０:００−１２:３０
Firstly, Dr. Shibuya will talk about international state of Healthy Longevity and Preventive Medicine (HLPM), it’s expected future development and the potentiality in Japan. It will be also discussed how it could change Japanese comprehensive healthcare including the national insurance system.
Secondly, Dr. Tokuda will talk about how physicians and other medical workers can contribute to the patients and how their work styles are anticipated in the field of HLPM.
Following Drs. Shibuya and Tokuda’s discussions, Kumagai will report the practice of Healthy Longevity and Preventive Dental Medicine at Hiyoshi Oral Health Clinics sharing the long-term dental maintenance cared patient cases.
Finally, Dr. Lewando will introduce Medical and Dental Integration led by Dr. Lewando and the date from Blue Cross Blue Sheild.
There will be a panel discussion after all lectures.
- Kenji Shibuya, MD, DrPH/ CEO, Medical Excellence Japan
Reimagining healthcare: from illness to wellness 30 min
https://medicalexcellencejapan.org/en/ - Yasuharu Tokuda, MD, MPH, PhD/ Director, Muribushi Okinawa Clinical Training Center
How can Physicians contribute to Healthy Longevity and Preventive Medicine 30 min
https://muribushi-okinawa.com/# - Naota Kumagai, DDS, MS/ Chair, Hiyoshi Oral Health Clinics Shiodome
Healthy Longevity and Preventive Dental Medicine 30 min - Robert Lewando, DDS, MBA/ Executive director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts/ Chair, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Initiative, Integrating Oral Health & Medicine
The Benefit of Medical-Dental Integration 30 min
https://www.bluecrossma.org - Panel Discussion 30 min
Lectures and Panel Discussion Part 2
“Clinical Education to create the value of health”
１３:３０−１６:００
To perform high quality HLPM or Medical-Dental Integration, it will be necessary to establish high quality clinical education.
In this part, Mr. Kudo firstly will talk about why initiative and responsibility are necessary in education.
Secondaly, Dr. Tokuda will talk about how Muribushi program has been updating state of the art clinical education.
Then, Dr. Jenkins will introduce why forsyth is one of the most popular dental hygiene school in US, and how forsyth is developing the quality of education.
Kumagai will report clinical education at Hiyoshi Oral Health Clinics before moving to a panel discussion.
- Yuichi Kudo/ Former principal of kojimachi junior high school and Yokohama-Soei junior high school
Why is it necessary to have initiative and responsibility in education 30 min - Yasuharu Tokuda, MD, MPH, PhD/ Director, Muribushi Okinawa Clinical Training Center
How is the world class clinical education implemented? 30 min - Susan Jenkins, PhD, RDH/ Professor of MCPHS
Why is forsyth one of the most popular dental hygiene school in US? How is forsyth developing the quality of clinical education? 30 min
https://www.mcphs.edu/directory/0034260 - Naota Kumagai, DDS, MS/ Chair, Hiyoshi Oral Health Clinics Shiodome
A challenge of clinical education at Hiyoshi Oral Health Clinics 30 min - Panel Discussion 30 min