Experiential Learning: An Undergraduate Nursing Study Abroad Program to Costa Rica

Development and Evaluation of the Course on Global Health Nursing for Indian Nursing Students

“…According to the literature, one of the barriers to effective health care services is language; it reported that multi-linguistic knowledge and skills help nursing students to provide effective care for their clients [ 26 , 27 , 28 ]. Nursing students gained average skills in the global health activity of working with different backgrounds, understanding perspectives, and accessing resources to keep up to date with global health issues; this was consistent with other studies that revealed study participants had gained average skills in awareness of the health services available in different backgrounds and effectiveness in completing clinical responsibilities [ 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ]. Another study reported team disagreements related to care for patients with different backgrounds; difficulties identifying the needs of patients with different backgrounds showed lack of understanding among nursing students [ 36 ].…”

“…The second phase was course design; numerous studies noted that the courses of Global Health Nursing were considered as an extracurricular subject rather than the regular course [ 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 ]. Therefore, this study also followed the same and was designed to have a duration of 16 h within 3 weeks among the fourth-grade nursing students as an elective course.…”

“…Another similar study [ 28 ] was conducted for 3 weeks among senior nursing students entitled to an ongoing educational program to enhance the globalization of nursing. A biannual survey developed by the Section of Review Council found that 88% of family nursing courses have some formal global health curriculum, and most schools devote less than 10 h to global health during their training [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ].…”

“…Students were encouraged to pursue their careers and profession with the vision of being a leader, and this result was found in many previous studies [ 35 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 40 ]. Several studies have clarified Global Health Nursing, implemented by quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods [ 27 , 28 , 29 , 32 , 33 , 34 ]. Bozorgmehr et al emphasized that the Global Health Nursing education framework should also consider building on existing strengths in the country in terms of public health delivery, leadership, systems, and training [ 38 ].…”

International short‐term placements in health professions education—A meta‐narrative review

“…4,5 The opportunity to undertake an international placement during undergraduate training is now available to students in many health professions schools, which may be offered in different contexts as part of educational programmes. 6,7 Several terms have been used to describe a learning experience in an international location, such as international elective, 8 international service learning, 9 short-term experience in global health, 10 study abroad programme, 11 or international exchange. 12 Several published reviews have synthesised research investigating the impact of international placements on students in various health professions.…”