Manuscript by Dr. Kosaku Komiya, who is one of our students of the inaugural class, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society at Feb. 25th, 2018. Under the guidance of Professor Naoki Ikegami, this manuscript was written based on what he learned through the Health Policy and Management course of GSPH. Along with offering a practical education, St. Luke’s GSPH positively supports the students’ academic activities. Please do read his manuscript once it has been published in the journal.
The detailed information of his manuscript is as follows:

Title: The decreasing use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube feeding in Japan
Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Manuscript type: Brief Report
Authors: Komiya, Kosaku 1), 2), Usagawa, Yuko 1), Kadota, Junichi 1), Ikegami, Naoki 2)
1) Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine
2) Graduate School of Public Health, St. Luke’s International University
Key words：tube feeding, intravenous hyperalimentation, decision-making process