Kiegaldie D, Pepe A, Shaw L, Evans T
Faculty of Health Science, Youth and Community Studies, Holmesglen Institute, 488 South Road, VIC, 3189, Moorabbin, Australia.
Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, VIC, 3128, Box Hill, Australia.
BMC Nurs. 2022 Sep 8;21(1):252. doi: 10.1186/s12912-022-01031-9.
An essential component of becoming a professional nurse is a perspective of global health issues and an awareness of diverse populations. Collaborative online international learning (COIL) using digital technologies, offers meaningful and rewarding opportunities to develop international partnerships between nurses from other countries, without economic, organisational or geographical barriers. Despite reported advantages of using COIL, few COIL interventions have been identified in the nursing literature. The aims of this study are to develop, implement and evaluate a COIL program between Australian and Canadian pre-registration nursing students.
The study will utilize a mixed methods approach incorporating pre and post-test surveys, focus groups, and semi-structured interviews of key stakeholders. The design will adhere to The State University of New York (SUNY) COIL's criteria for intercultural/international learning opportunities. Participants will be recruited from nursing programs at an Australian Training and Further Education Institute and a Canadian college. Bennett's stages of intercultural competence will provide the theoretical framework for the research. Four specific research interventions will be developed for this project. For students, there will be an online virtual community to allow students and teachers to communicate, socially connect and share resources with each other. Virtual reality simulations will be employed within a virtual global classroom to promote collaborative, intercultural learning. For faculty, a virtual community of practice will provide a platform for faculty to share education and research ideas and participate in collaborate research opportunities.
This study will evaluate the outcomes of a nursing COIL program. It will measure participants' views on COIL, its contribution to student learning, changes in cultural awareness, organisational impact and research productivity. It will provide nursing students with the opportunity to become global leaders in nursing care and for faculty to develop international research skills and outputs. The findings from the study will allow further refinement of future nursing COIL programs.
成为一名专业护士的一个重要组成部分是对全球健康问题的认识以及对不同人群的了解。利用数字技术的在线国际合作学习（COIL）提供了有意义且有益的机会，使来自其他国家的护士能够在没有经济、组织或地理障碍的情况下建立国际伙伴关系。尽管有报道称使用COIL有诸多优势，但护理文献中确定的COIL干预措施却很少。本研究的目的是开发、实施和评估一项针对澳大利亚和加拿大预注册护理学生的COIL项目。
该研究将采用混合方法，包括前后测试调查、焦点小组以及对关键利益相关者的半结构化访谈。设计将遵循纽约州立大学（SUNY）COIL的跨文化/国际学习机会标准。参与者将从澳大利亚一所培训与继续教育学院和一所加拿大学院的护理项目中招募。贝内特的跨文化能力阶段将为该研究提供理论框架。将为该项目开发四项具体的研究干预措施。对于学生，将有一个在线虚拟社区，使学生和教师能够相互交流、社交联系并共享资源。虚拟现实模拟将在虚拟全球课堂中使用，以促进协作性的跨文化学习。对于教师，一个虚拟实践社区将为教师提供一个平台，以分享教育和研究想法并参与合作研究机会。
本研究将评估一项护理COIL项目的成果。它将衡量参与者对COIL的看法、其对学生学习的贡献、文化意识的变化、组织影响和研究生产力。它将为护理学生提供机会成为护理领域的全球领导者，并为教师提供发展国际研究技能和产出的机会。该研究的结果将有助于进一步完善未来的护理COIL项目。
