Internationalisation Series: Smart Business and Healthcare - Japan
- Healthcare
- Innovation & Business Improvement
- Internationalisation
6 Days
Who Should Attend
- Business owners and executives interested in leveraging technology, digital innovations/solutions to expand businesses locally and overseas
- Entrepreneurs and healthcare professionals seeking collaboration/business opportunities with Japan's technology/healthcare businesses
- Business owners, entrepreneurs and healthcare professionals seeking new business concepts and management solutions
Pre-requisites
- Diploma
*Applications will be reviewed by our Programme Admissions Committee. The decision made by the committee is final and no request to review the decision or reveal the considerations leading to the decision would be entertained.
Overview
As a super-aged society, Japan holds many useful lessons for Singapore, as Singapore aspires to become a healthier Blue Zone 3.0 state. Japan has confronted many social issues, including a declining birth rate, a super-aged population (30% population above 65 years old), social inequality and social isolation, while experiencing a paradigm shift in its values, culture, and economy, including changes in lifestyles, increased employment of foreigners, and advancements in Information Technology (IT).
These challenges and opportunities led to the establishment of the Japanese Digital Agency in Sep 2021 to maximise use of digital technology through regulatory and administrative reforms in healthcare. Significant progress was made since 2022 in various digital health areas, such as expansion of remote medical care, increase in healthcare-related apps, and the utilisation of healthcare data and the metaverse to improve care quality and value.
Topic/Structure
At the end of the 6-day course, participants will be able to:
- Understand how policy and regulatory reforms in Japan are driving digital transformation in healthcare
- Acquire insights into how digital therapeutics is improving care quality in Japan
- Appreciate the challenges and opportunities of universal health coverage
- Learn reinvention of caregiving through social robots in Japan
- Explore useful metaverse applications in healthcare and virtual hospitals
- Analyse if Japan’s retirement communities/mixed living community concept is adaptable in Singapore
Day 1:
Compulsory pre-programme workshop at SMU in Singapore
Japan agenda* includes visits to:
Day 2:
- AIST AIRC: Artificial Intelligence Research Center
- Future Care Lab / Sompo Care / Sompo Holdings: Insurance company with a Care business, and which more recently, started the Future Care Lab, with interesting partnership models
Day 3:
- AMED: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
- Groove-X: Among other things, they invented the Lovot, the worlds' first emotional-intelligence enabled care robots
Day 4:
- Cyberdyne Inc: Rehabilitation Robotics for Therapeutic Technology
- Santa Fe Garden Hills: Nursing home / day care / short-term residential care
Day 5:
- Exchange of opinions with experts in the informatization of health, medical care and welfare sectors
- Juntendo University and Hospital
Day 6:
- Hitowa Care Services / Hitowa Group: Services across all life stages, digital enablement
- Lovot Café
*This agenda is for Intake 1 in October 2024. It is subject to changes for Intake 2 in April 2025.
Assessment
Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and have to complete all assessment(s) required by the course. Only upon meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment will participants be issued a Certificate of Completion.
Participants who fail the assessment will be given a chance for re-assessment at a fee of SGD100.00 (excluding prevailing GST). Each participant is allowed 1 re-assessment. The re-assessment has to be taken within 7 calendar days from the end of the course date. It will be held on a weekday specified by SMU Academy and conducted during office hours. Please note that re-assessment fees are not supported by SSG Funding.
Participants who meet the minimum attendance rate but do not achieve a pass for the assessment will be issued a Certificate of Participation.
Participants are required to bring their laptop to access the course materials, class exercises and individual assessment(s).
Fee Table
| COMPANY-SPONSORED | |||
PARTICIPANT PROFILE | SELF-SPONSORED | SME | NON-SME |
Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+ | $2,943 (After SSG Funding 70%) | $2,243 (After Maximum Funding) | $2,943 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old | $2,243 (After Maximum Funding) | $2,243 (After Maximum Funding) | $2,243 (After Maximum Funding) |
International Participant | $9,810 (No Funding) | $9,810 (No Funding) | $9,810 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
All prices indicated are per person.
* Japan segment: This includes 4-nights (21-24 Apr 2025) hotel accommodation, plus breakfast (22-25 Apr 2025).
* Flight & Travel Insurance are not included - for more details, please email: cps@smu.edu.sg
Fees Include:
- Tuition
- Instructor's fee
- Course materials
- 1 assessment per person for each module
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Company Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees will be able to enjoy ETSS funding only if the company's SME's status has been approved. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
Intake Information
| Intake 2 | Day 1: 15 Apr 2025 (9.00am - 6.00pm) Pre-programme workshop on SMU campus (in Singapore) Day 2-6: 21-25 Apr 2025 (9.00am - 6.00pm) in Japan | Opening for Registration
Please contact us at cps@smu.edu.sg for finer details. |
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Additional Details
Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM)
This programme is part of Certified Professional Business Manager. Participants who successfully complete 6 courses/modules with a minimum of 15 training days, from a list of qualifying programmes (terms and conditions apply) within 5 years will receive the Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM). For example:
Please click here for CPBM details and list of qualifying programmes.
