Busan Dongmyeong University Cultivates Future Talent to Address 'Brain Health Welfare'

Training 25 Brain Health Welfare Counselors to Prepare for Super-Aged Society ‥ Free Tuition

Notice for Recruitment of Smart Aging Brain Health Welfare Counselor Trainees at Dongmyung University.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A project to cultivate future talents specializing in health counseling based on brain science is launching at Dongmyeong University in Busan.

Dongmyeong University announced on the 3rd that it has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 4th Industrial Revolution Future Talent Cultivation Project by the Busan Talent Lifelong Education Promotion Institute.

As a result, talents in the fields of social welfare, counseling psychology, nursing, food and nutrition, and sports rehabilitation centered on brain science integrated with human augmentation technology are expected to emerge.

To this end, Dongmyeong University has signed industry-academia cooperation agreements with 35 organizations including the Busan Social Workers Association, Busan Senior Welfare Center Association, Panaktos Integrated Brain Center Haeundae Center, Korea Institute for Cultural Diversity, Style Dental Technology, and Dr. Mepots, and is intensifying the project to cultivate specialized personnel for ‘Smart Aging Brain Health Welfare Counseling Management (Brain Health Welfare Counselor).’

Busan is expected to be the first metropolitan city nationwide to enter a super-aged society in 2022, making it a time to proactively respond to overcome this challenge. A specialized project is needed to prevent major mental illnesses in old age such as dementia, depression, and anxiety, strengthen brain health, and enable a healthy and happy elderly life, and the urgent cultivation of specialized personnel to lead this is also critical.

The ‘Brain Health Welfare Counselor,’ a new convergence-type job creation project in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution that builds multidisciplinary expertise, practical training, and industry-academia networks, is attracting attention as a project that meets the demands of the times. The university said that applicants are already lining up, and the popularity of the ‘Brain Health Welfare Counselor’ is soaring.

The counselor training will take place from the 22nd to November 30th. The goals are to cultivate convergence talents equipped with knowledge of elderly brain health and counseling welfare practice, improve quality of life through anti-aging health lifespan extension, and create specialized jobs in brain health management for an aging society.

The curriculum consists of about 67 courses across six major fields: brain health, welfare, nursing, nutrition, counseling, and health rehabilitation. Centered on experts in each field, the program plans to strengthen employment capabilities through various practical training and industry visits in cooperation with 35 industry-academia partner organizations.

Busan Dongmyeong University campus view.

The Brain Health Welfare Counselor will also present a new direction for revitalizing Busan’s strategic bio-health industry and serve as a future-oriented helper who comprehensively manages the physical, emotional, and cognitive abilities of the elderly in the Busan area to improve their quality of life.

Trainees will receive various benefits such as free tuition linked to employment after training, meal and snack support, and support for obtaining brain educator certification fees. Recruitment is open until the 10th, with a capacity of 25 students and free tuition. For more details, visit the Dongmyeong University Lifelong Education Center website by ‘clicking’.

Choi Young-jun, director of the Dongmyeong University Lifelong Education Center, said, “Based on the lifelong education capabilities that Dongmyeong University has built so far, we will devote efforts to cultivating excellent talents who will lead the 4th Industrial Revolution through the convergence curriculum of Brain Health Welfare Counselors.”

Kim In-sook, project leader (Department of Welfare Management), added, “In Busan, which is aging the fastest among the seven major metropolitan cities, we will focus all our capabilities to lead new visions and create jobs for young and middle-aged people.”

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