Faculty-led Service Learning Opportunities
Ecuador 2010
Dates: March 10-March 21, 2010
There is a great need for health care in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador. You will be traveling to remote villages to provide care to indigenous tribal people. The work is strenuous with long hours (10-16), but the rewards are tremendous. It is an exciting adventure into diversities of culture. Each trip ends with shopping in Quito. The trip involves moving from village to village seeing people who have limited access to care. Food and lodging are provided.
This trip is primarily for graduate students in the FNP program. Contact Lorna Schumann at schumann@wsu.edu for more information.
Health Care in Peru 2010
Dates are May 12-June 1, 2010
Application deadline February 1, 2010
This course provides an experience in global health care in the Amazon region of Peru and excursions to Macchu Picchu and the Sacred Valley.
The program is open to all health care professions students.
For additional information click on the link below and then watch the videostream introduction to the program.
Peru Course: Presentation (video stream) - From there click on the "Events Calendar" and then "September 17th". The link for "Healthcare in Peru" brings up the videostream. There isn't a username and password =) The file requires the Real Media player. If the students need the player it can be downloaded free at: www.real.com
Click here for advice from students who have
participated in this program
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carol Allen carola@wsu.edu
Deborah Swain swain@wsu.edu
Laura Hahn hahn@wsu.edu
Other International Programs
Iwate Exchange Program: An ICN Co-sponsored
International Study/Practice
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Iwate Students and Faculty with Dean
Butterfield -2008
During the first week in March 2005 Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing in relationship with Eastern Washington University’s English Language Institute provided a study tour for 10 students from Iwate University, Morioka Japan. The Japanese nursing students spent a week living with a host family and experiencing what nursing is like in the United States. A fifth exchange is planned for February 27- March 9, 2009
During their time at ICN, the Japanese students were able to spend time in the clinical setting, clinical conference, and the large classroom setting. The Japanese students unanimously described their time in the clinical and classroom setting as one of the most significant learning experiences of the tour. Many students commented on the teamwork they observed among American nurses, nursing students, and the rest of the health care team.
Iwate students discuss clinical experiences with the downtown community health ICN clinical students
The Iwate exchange also adds significantly to the learning of the WSU College of Nursing students, who had the opportunity to meet the Iwate students formally in the classroom and clinical as well as in informal social gatherings. WSU students learned about the difficulties of communicating with non-native English speakers; the importance of speaking more slowly, and of having translators available to their non-English speaking patients. Students also noted that there were differences in the health care systems of the two countries. For example US nurses have more autonomy than nurses in Japan and nurses in the US have a more collaborative relationship with practicing nurses and with physicians. However, everyone in Japan has access to health care which is a right of all citizens. The WSU students and the Iwate students exchange information about health care issues, such as child abuse, and elder care in their respective countries. Iwate faculty also make presentations about health care in Japan to students and faculty.
Iwate students and Dr. Susan Kardong-Edgren take care of Sim Man- 2008
One WSU student summarized her experience: “I
learned how different the world is and how much we can
learn from those who visit us almost as much as we
would learn from visiting them”
Host families, student helpers, and most especially
fluent Japanese speakers are needed to help with this
visit.
For information on how you can be involved in working
with and learning from the Japanese students or to be a
host family contact Carol Allen .