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Using International Videoconferencing to Extend the Global Reach of Community Health Nursing Education
Author(s) -
Ziemba Rosemary,
Sarkar Norma J.,
Pickus Becca,
Dallwig Amber,
Wan Jiayi Angela,
Alcindor Hilda
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12272
Subject(s) - videoconferencing , the internet , nursing , nurse education , medical education , psychology , medicine , multimedia , computer science , world wide web
Travel abroad provides college students with a unique learning experience. When plans to take undergraduate community health nursing students from the United States to Haiti were cancelled due to health and safety concerns, faculty piloted international videoconferencing with a nursing program in Haiti as an alternative. During this semester‐long course, students in both countries assessed a local community using the Community as Partner framework and compared findings during videoconferences with their international peers. Despite communication challenges such as language barriers and limited internet access in Haiti, evaluative data suggests that all students valued learning with their nursing student peers in another country. For future international videoconferencing endeavors, especially with under‐resourced communities, we provide recommendations in the following categories: 1) Building relationships with a partner school, 2) Technology, 3) Pedagogy, and 4) Facilitating interactions between students.