The Role of Debriefing in a Community Health Study Abroad

2021 ◽  
pp. 104365962110424
Author(s):  
Johnathan Steppe ◽  
Mary Katherine T. White ◽  
Diane L. Keen ◽  
Barbara J. Blake ◽  
Jon Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Study Abroad Programs

Study abroad experiences offer nursing students the opportunity to develop cultural competence and sensitivity while providing care within the context of a different culture. Debriefing is a strategy that engages students in conversation and active reflection to process emotions, examine personal values, and synthesize knowledge gained from active learning experiences. While debriefing can enhance learning outcomes in study abroad programs, there is currently a paucity of literature that explores its use within the context of study abroad. In this article, we describe a structured debriefing approach we use in an international community health clinical experience. We conclude with a discussion of the lessons we have learned to improve the effectiveness of our debriefing sessions and recommendations for future research.

Barriers to Teaching Social Determinants of Health: Nursing Study-Abroad Programs in a Digital Age

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter de Ruiter
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Barriers To Teaching

The social determinants of health are the conditions in which humans are born, grow up, live, work, and age (World Health Organization [WHO], 2012). In nursing programs, this content is typically taught in community health courses. Another strategy for teaching students how to understand the social determinants of health is study-abroad courses. Budding nurses can learn how to assess conditions that influence the health of a community. Conducting this assessment in a culture that differs from the student’s own can help highlight what factors impact one’s own health. For the past eight years, the author has been teaching the social and cultural determinants of health to nursing students by taking them on 3-week cultural immersion/community health study-abroad programs. Destinations have included Ghana, Austria, the Netherlands, and Thailand. This article presents observations on how the teaching of social determinants of health has changed during the period 2008–2016.

Study Abroad as a Tool for Promoting Cultural Safety in Nursing Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu ◽  
Jennifer Doering
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Cultural Safety ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Western World ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Diverse World ◽  
Postcolonial Feminist

Nurse educators are calling for the transformation of nursing education toward curricula that promote clinical reasoning through reflective practice and understanding of patient experiences in an effort to motivate students to become change agents. Study abroad programs can play an important role in this transformation through educating nurses in the delivery of culturally safe health care in a diverse world. Exposing nursing students to study abroad experiences that are guided by critical approaches such as a postcolonial feminist framework provides nursing students with opportunities to be immersed in the life and culture of people who have a completely different positioning and location while reflecting on the “us” versus “them” phenomenon that is pervasive in modern Western society and generates negative cultural comparisons. Attention to the design and implementation of such programs is important if nursing schools in the Western world are to uphold ethical standards, promote equality in relationships with host communities and avoid inadvertent exploitation and marginalization of vulnerable peoples. We present the development and implementation of a community health study abroad program for American nursing students in Malawi, Africa using a postcolonial feminist framework.

Promoting international learning outcomes during a study abroad: the moderating role of internationalisation at home

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joris Boonen ◽  
Ankie Hoefnagels ◽  
Mark Pluymaekers ◽  
Armand Odekerken
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Home Institution ◽  
Internationalisation At Home ◽  
International Learning ◽  
At Home

PurposeThe authors examine the role of internationalisation at-home activities and an international classroom at a home institution to promote intercultural competence development during a study abroad.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use large scale longitudinal data from the global mind monitor (GMM) (2018–2020) to examine change over time in both multicultural personality (MPQ) and cultural knowledge (CQ) among students in Dutch higher education institutions. The authors analyse the moderating effect of the preparation in the home institution by looking at the added value of both intercultural communication courses and international classroom setting for intercultural competence development during a study abroad.FindingsThe results show that particularly courses on intercultural communication significantly promote intercultural competence development during a stay abroad. Frequent interactions with international staff also seem to be beneficial for this development.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was conducted in the Netherlands, in one of the most internationalised educational systems in the world. Therefore, it is difficult to generalise these findings to other contexts before any further empirical research is conducted.Practical implicationsBased on the findings, the authors formulate practical advice for higher education institutions that aim to get the most out of the international learning outcomes of a study abroad.Originality/valueThis paper is the first to assess the moderating effect of preparatory internationalisation at home initiatives on the intercultural learning effects of international experiences later on in a study program. Other studies have proposed that these effects will exist but have not tested them empirically with longitudinal data.

scholarly journals Cognition and Daily Functioning: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (SOL) and Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (SOL-INCA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 1267-1278
Author(s):  
Ariana M. Stickel ◽  
Wassim Tarraf ◽  
Benson Wu ◽  
Maria J. Marquine ◽  
Priscilla M. Vásquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Older Adulthood ◽  
Hispanic Community ◽  
Ordered Logistic Regression ◽  
Neurocognitive Aging

Background: Among older adults, poorer cognitive functioning has been associated with impairments in instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). However, IADL impairments among older Hispanics/Latinos is poorly understood. Objective: To characterize the relationships between cognition and risk for IADL impairment among diverse Hispanics/Latinos. Methods: Participants included 6,292 community-dwelling adults from the Study of Latinos - Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging, an ancillary study of 45+ year-olds in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Cognitive data (learning, memory, executive functioning, processing speed, and a Global cognitive composite) were collected at Visit 1. IADL functioning was self-reported 7 years later, and treated as a categorical (i.e., risk) and continuous (i.e., degree) measures of impairment. Survey two-part models (mixture of logit and generalized linear model with Gaussian distribution) and ordered logistic regression tested the associations of cognitive performance (individual tests and composite z-score) with IADL impairment. Additionally, we investigated the moderating role of age, sex, and Hispanic/Latino background on the association between cognition and IADL impairment. Results: Across all cognitive measures, poorer performance was associated with higher odds of IADL impairment 7 years later. Associations were generally stronger for the oldest group (70+ years) relative to the youngest group (50–59 years). Sex and Hispanic/Latino background did not modify the associations. Across the full sample, lower scores on learning, memory, and the Global cognitive composite were also associated with higher degree of IADL impairment. Conclusion: Across diverse Hispanics/Latinos, cognitive health is an important predictor of everyday functioning 7 years later, especially in older adulthood.

scholarly journals The Impact of Cultural Intelligence on University Students’ Intention to Study Abroad: The Role of Perceived Value

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khuc The Anh ◽  
Le Thi Thanh Dang ◽  
Nhu Vu Bich Ngoc ◽  
Ngo Thanh Dat ◽  
Tran Thi Ngoc Anh
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
University Students ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

This research aims to examine the relationship among cultural intelligence (CQ), perceived value (PV) and students’ intention to study abroad. By using data gathered in 739 university students, along with statistical analysis, the carrying out results show that there is a positive correlation between CQ and the intention to study abroad through the mediating role of PV. In particular, CQ and PV have positive influence on students’ intention to study abroad and CQ is an antecedent of PV. This study focuses on the influence of specific factors on the intention to study abroad. Meanwhile, this research contributes to the educational field CQ, which is a totally new factor in Vietnam. With a view to helping students in deciding to participate in study abroad programs and improving the quality of education, advice is given to students and related educational organizations.

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