In recent years, the main focus of the medical industry has shifted from how to treat patients' illnesses/injuries to how to improve patients' quality of life during and after treatment. To provide patients with medical and emotional care, it is critical not only for medical doctors, but also for other medical care providers to perform their responsibilities with high professionalism. For this reason, hospitals have been proactively incorporating a new concept called “Team Treatment”. In this approach all medical care providers such as doctors, nurses, radiologists, clinical technicians, physical and occupational therapists and caseworkers work cooperatively as a team to treat patients. All medical professionals with different areas of expertise contribute their knowledge and skills. As a result, patients receive more effective treatment. To carry out this “Team Treatment” concept in the most effective way, medical care providers are required to have better communication skills with each other. Our goal is to produce medical care providers with effective communication skills, who will make significant contributions to “Team Treatment” and “Mental Heath Care”. We have enriched the “Mental Heath Care” curriculum, so students can learn from many different perspectives. With these enriched courses, in April of 2006, Gifu University of Medical Science has elevated its status as a junior college to become a four-year-university.