Velez Roseann, Koo Laura W
Emergency Department, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Department of Organizations Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland.
J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2020 Mar;32(3):187-189. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000404.
Academic and health care institutions are charged with improving quality-of-care outcomes by creating culturally educated health care professionals to practice in a global health care environment. International short-term service learning experiences provide nurse practitioner students an opportunity to meet clinical competency skills aligned with course curricula. Faculty can directly observe students' clinical practice, and students broaden diagnostic reasoning skills while earning credit for clinical hours. As project and research ideas are formulated, students develop system-level thinking to implement evidence-based practices and disseminate their knowledge and experience of caring for the underserved. Students who participate in service-learning opportunities foster their awareness of cultural humility, easing transition into practice. Some academic institutions established short-term service-learning opportunities for students, and evidence supports faculty and students' sense of well-being after participation. We describe an example of a short-term, international service-learning opportunity in Haiti where students work with an interprofessional team and experience the effect of social determinants of health on delivering quality care.
学术机构和医疗保健机构肩负着通过培养具有文化素养的医疗保健专业人员，使其在全球医疗保健环境中执业，来改善医疗服务质量的重任。国际短期服务学习经历为执业护士学生提供了一个机会，使其能够掌握与课程设置相一致的临床能力技能。教师可以直接观察学生的临床实践，学生在获得临床实习学分的同时，拓宽诊断推理技能。在制定项目和研究思路时，学生培养系统层面的思维，以实施循证实践，并传播他们为弱势群体提供护理的知识和经验。参与服务学习机会的学生增强了他们的文化谦逊意识，从而更顺利地过渡到临床实践。一些学术机构为学生设立了短期服务学习机会，有证据表明，参与之后教师和学生的幸福感都有所提升。我们描述了一个在海地的短期国际服务学习机会的例子，在那里学生与一个跨专业团队合作，并体验健康的社会决定因素对提供高质量护理的影响。
