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Kizawa Memorial Hospital

Kizawa Memorial Hospital is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kizawa Memorial Hospital rather than just read about it. In short: Kizawa Memorial Hospital (木沢記念病院, kizawa kinen byouin) is a semi-public non-for-profit general hospital located in central Japan. It is the flagship hospital of the Koseikai Health System (社会医療法人厚生会shakai iryo hojin koseikai).

Key takeaways

Kizawa Memorial Hospital belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Kizawa Memorial Hospital to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kizawa Memorial Hospital from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kizawa Memorial Hospital (木沢記念病院, kizawa kinen byouin) is a semi-public non-for-profit general hospital located in central Japan. It is the flagship hospital of the Koseikai Health System (社会医療法人厚生会shakai iryo hojin koseikai). It serves the cities of Minokamo, Kani and surrounding municipalities with a combined population of more than 200,000 persons. It is one of the eight major centers for urgent care and disaster response designated by the Gifu Prefectural Government. The hospital was founded in 1913 as The Recovery Clinic (回生院 Kaisei-In). By 1952, the clinic had become a small hospital (23 beds) and was renamed Kizawa Hospital after the founder. In 1966, the hospital had grown to 190 beds. The current hospital has 452 beds. In 2012, the hospital was ranked #17 nationwide in the private non-profit category.

Activity Statistics for Jan-Dec. 2013.

Admissions First admissions: 9,033 Surgeries: 2,837 Outpatient visits: 251,279 ER presentations Walk-in: 16,465 Ambulance: 3,512 ER admissions: 2,721 Births: 345 CT: 26,048 MRI: 10,571 PET: 2,491 Tomotherapy: 10,038

Medical Technology daVinci Robotic Surgical Assistance System (2010) 3.0T MRI (2009) 320-row Dynamic CT Aquilion ONE (2008) TomoTherapy Hi-Art (2005, 2008) PET-CT (2006)

Staff Physicians: 107 Nurses, nurse aids and midwives: 500 Pharmacists: 19 Radiological and physiological technicians: 56 Rehabilitation therapists: 67 Administrative/other: 194

Notable Persons

Jitsuhiro Yamada CEO of Koseikai Health System since 2000. Neurosurgeon. International President of Lions Clubs International.

Yasuo Kitajima Director of Kizawa Memorial Hospital since 2009. Dermatologist. Best Doctors in Japan Award, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Former director of Gifu University Hospital. Recurring guest on Takeshi Kitano's health-themed variety show.

Shigetoyo Saji Special advisor of Kizawa Memorial Hospital. Oncology surgeon. Current president of the Asian Clinical Oncology Society. Former director of Gifu University Hospital.

Accreditations JCAHC Accredited Hospital (#128) MINDS Medical Information Network Distribution Service (Japan Ministry of Health and Labor) VHJ, Voluntary Hospitals of Japan Japan Council for Evaluation of Postgraduate Clinical Training Gifu Prefectural DMAT Disaster Response Team Designated Hospital Gifu Prefectural Designated Higher Brain Dysfunction Support Hospital

Affiliated Institutions Central Japan Medical Center for Prolonged Traumatic Brain Dysfunction (中部療護センター chubu ryogo senta)Operated by Kizawa Memorial Hospital, administered by National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victim’s Aid (NASVA) (独立行政法人自動車事故対策機構), a subsidiary of the MLIT. It has a 50-bed ward for patients with prolonged brain dysfunction due to traffic-related injury. Dialysis Center112 patients (41 beds) Tajimi City Hospital Nozomi no Oka Mental Hospital Ajisai Nursing College Club M Medical fitness club.

Public Transport JR Mino-Ōta Station, 1 km Meitetsu Nihon Rhine Imawatari Station, 5.5 km

References

External links Kizawa Memorial Hospital Central Japan Medical Center for Prolonged Traumatic Brain Dysfunction

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kizawa Memorial Hospital

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kizawa Memorial Hospital claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kizawa Memorial Hospital before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kizawa Memorial Hospital ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kizawa Memorial Hospital

In research: Kizawa Memorial Hospital appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kizawa Memorial Hospital in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kizawa Memorial Hospital is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Hospitals in Japan, Voluntary hospitals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kizawa Memorial Hospital outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Kizawa Memorial Hospital in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Kizawa Memorial Hospital in simple terms?

Why does Kizawa Memorial Hospital matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kizawa Memorial Hospital?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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