Building Capacity Through a Collaborative International Nursing Project

Abstract

Capacity for the management of international development projects was enhanced at both sites. Building capacity required mutual trust, tolerance of ambiguity, and a willingness to step into the unknown.

Teaching Filipino Physiotherapists On-Shore: An Australian-Filipino Collaborative Postgraduate Health Education Initiative

“…Such models have been reported for nursing and could readily be adapted to physiotherapy (Forouzesh & Gunatilake, 1990;Nicholas et al, 1994;Sumners & Tronsgard, 1999;Hamada & Scott, 2000;Ogilvie et al, 2003). A reference to establishing cross-national health research was useful in identifying the components of capacity building and planning, including finance and budgeting, insurance and occupational health and safety issues for researchers working away from home (Musil et al, 2004).…”

Towards Understanding Stakeholder Salience Transition and Relational Approach to ‘Better’ Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case for a Proposed Model in Practice

“…Empowerment literature indicates that empowered communities are characterised by community competence and strong local capacity (Buss et al 2011;Laverack 2001). Community competence is described as the ability of the community to engage in effective problem solving (Anderson et al 2002), and community capacity is viewed as the abilities, behaviours, relationships and values that enable individuals, groups and organisations at any level of society to carry out tasks or functions and to achieve their development objectives over time (Ogilvie et al 2003). As local communities continue to battle with getting their demands met by businesses, empowerment has emerged as one ideal way towards improving their social identity status; an idea well documented in Crane and Ruebottom (2011).…”

21st century nursing practice in Ghana: challenges and opportunities

“…An international educational programme that engages students in health care in another culture is a wonderful way to immerse students in diversity issues. Ogilvie et al. (2003) suggest two foundations necessary to build capacity in international nursing educational partnerships: capital (physical, human, organizational and cultural) and mutual empowerment (mutual trust, tolerating ambiguity and taking risks into the unknown).…”