Kanazawa Science Academy fosters a sustainable research environment and offers comprehensive guidance, promoting continuous intellectual growth and collaboration. This academy nurtures physician-scientists with a deep understanding of basic research, enabling them to advance world-class medical science while implementing work-style reforms among doctors.
In general, instruction and training on the basic skills (techniques for experiments, research plans, writing papers, etc.) necessary for a rising researcher have been provided individually in each laboratory under the supervision of principal investigators. By offering this opportunity, Kanazawa Science Academy aims to establish a high-caliber educational system and research environment while boosting the research capabilities of young researchers.
Kanazawa Science Academy assigns full-time training faculty members and technical staff to guide physician-scientists in research skills, data analysis, chart creation, paper writing, English proofreading, and more. Based on students’ skill levels and aptitude, they can seamlessly progress from their bachelor’s degree level to postgraduate medical research training and a doctoral program at graduate school. This system will allow well-trained students to serve as MAA (Medical Academic Assistant) and provide instruction and training to younger students as instructors.
Human Resources Division registers the individual data of Kanazawa Science Academy students. They then match subscribers with basic and clinical laboratories in our medical school and other labs in science, engineering, humanities, and social sciences aligned with their skills and interests. By providing teaching and research assistance (TA/RA) as MAA, they can actively contribute to education and research programs, improve their skills, and cultivate awareness of interdisciplinary research by being involved in research of other fields.
At Kanazawa Science Academy, we aim to instill a research mindset from the undergraduate level onwards in students, and to provide a seamless educational environment pre- and post-graduation.
By collaborating with our partner Kanazawa Medical University, we aim to combine our research strengths and provide instruction and training in a wide range of cutting-edge research fields. Additionally, we aim to facilitate engagement between students from Kanazawa Medical University and the Kanazawa Science Academy, providing opportunities for research guidance and collaborative research and serving as a model for cultivating physician-scientists.
3 Divisions
Research Training Division
This division promotes research activities conducted at Kanazawa Science Academy.
Collaborating with the University Hospital’s Center for Advanced Medical Development, the Organization for Promoting Advanced Science and Social Co-Creation, and the Center for Future Intelligence at Kanazawa University.
Technical guidance and training on basic and fundamental research skills
Comprehensive research support services
Content Development Division
This division is dedicated to educational management, including the developing teaching materials, digital content, and curriculum design.
Designing a research and technology curriculum
Developing educational materials and digital contents; building an on-demand educational material bank
Human Resources Division
This division oversees the human resources database, matches Medical Academic Assistant (MAA) and handles public relations.
Developing and managing the Human resources database talent management
Coordinating personnel matching operations
Managing public relations for Kanazawa Science Academy
Kanazawa Science Academy MAA Concept
Philosophy
Near‐peer teaching, multi-layered education forms a team structure where strong connections are built through teaching and being taught simultaneously, akin to roof tiles becoming stronger when stacked.
Each student and researcher will look to a senior colleague as their mentor and be responsible for providing educational guidance to their juniors. Teaching others provides an opportunity to deepen one’s own learning, and as a result, everyone supports each other’s learning.
MAA Matching Platform（Flow of Use）
Register students information
Register information on courses accepting MAA
Human Resources Division maintains two databases of information
Providing “student information” matched from our database
Employees and faculty initiate hiring procedures
For Students
■How to use
If you wish to use the “Matching Platform”, please access the following URL and fill in the required information to register. There is no registration deadline and you can register at any time.
※Only students currently enrolled at Kanazawa University and Kanazawa Med University with MAA status may register.
※Not all applicants registered on the “Matching Platform” will be selected as MAAs. Please note that there may be cases where there are no applications from faculty members, or you may not be hired as a result of the matching process.
■Matching Flow
①Matching (Selection by Human Resources Division)
The matching process will be based on your registered details, such as your desired job description and the available skills.
Depending on the selection criteria, the faculty in charge of classes may contact you directly.
②Notification of Selection Results
The Human Resources Division will notify you of the results via email.
If selected, the faculty in charge of your classes will contact you regarding the employment procedures.
Please note that the matching process may result in rejection. If not selected, there will be no further employment procedures.
For Faculty Members
■Matching Flow
①Registration on the Information on Courses Accepting MAA Form (for faculty)
The primary instructor of the class is requested to fill out the form below register with the class details for which he/she is recruiting an MAA.
Human Resources Division will match registrants who are available for work and notify them.
After selecting the successful candidates from the applicants sent to you, please inform the Human Resources Division of the final results.
Please note that there may be no applications from students.
Human Resources Division will notify all applicants of the selection results upon receipt of the results.
③Hiring Procedures
You may contact the concerned employees to proceed with the MAA hiring process.
Notes
You will need to attend and complete the training.
The following activities are not allowed:
Anything that interferes with your own studies or research activities (including time spent on research guidance or attending classes)
Grade evaluation, management of grades, marking registration, marking of exams, reports, assignments, etc. (Please consult with the supervising professor for marking assistance.)
Independent implementation of courses: Exam proctor (Please consult the teacher in charge regarding proctoring supervising professor.)
Information management, including personal information
Secretarial duties for faculty members (excluding cases where the person is appointed to such duties)
The educational course (bachelor’s course, master’s course, doctoral course, etc.) in which the student is enrolled or the educational content of a higher level than the student’s current year of enrollment (excluding work based on advanced or specialized skills, etc.)
