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Learning model and curriculum designs for international health in nursing
Author(s) -
HENRY Beverly,
UEDA Reiko
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
japan journal of nursing science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.363
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1742-7924
pISSN - 1742-7932
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2005.00027.x
Subject(s) - operationalization , curriculum , multidisciplinary approach , variety (cybernetics) , nurse education , blueprint , discipline , psychology , medical education , medicine , sociology , pedagogy , computer science , social science , engineering , epistemology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , artificial intelligence
Aim: Nursing's domain of inquiry for international health is unclear. A learning model to frame this specialty is unavailable. The goal of this analysis was to open debate worldwide on the nature of concepts, relationships, and analytic constructs that can serve as a foundational blueprint for international nursing curriculums. The aim was to define and operationalize international health in nursing by constructing a learning model. Methods: The exercise was exploratory using content analysis to distinguish key concepts in disciplinary and multidisciplinary documents through relevancy sampling. Sources of certainty were expert knowledge and experience and the embodied practices in international health. Procedures to ensure interrater reliability were used to strengthen confidence in formulating the bases for robust curriculum designs. Results: The five main concepts discerned were environment, demography, culture, technology, and research. Nursing goals framed as analytic constructs with amplification serve as the basis for statements of student outcome competencies. The resulting concepts, constructs, and competencies taken together provide a beginning operationalization of international health in nursing for a variety of progressive curriculum designs. Conclusions: In Japan, higher education is increasingly international and, for this, clear, agreed‐on academic goals are warranted. Nursing's higher education is obligated to prepare students for a future in environments highly globalised and technological with a culture of tolerance. The model facilitates scholarly debate for a progressive view of international health characterized by emphasis on theory and practical application.