Nursing as universal and recognisable: Nursing students' perceptions of learning outcomes from intercultural peer learning webinars: A qualitative studyShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Nurse Education Today, ISSN 0260-6917, E-ISSN 1532-2793, Vol. 57, p. 54-59Article in journal (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Background: Nursing students need to be prepared for the
increasingly culturally diverse health care. Therefore, providing
students with international perspectives remains the mission of higher
education. However, given the logistic and financial constraints, not all
students will be able to travel overseas for their international
experiences. A feasible alternative to study abroad is
internationalisation-at-home where intercultural dimensions are
incorporated into curriculum, without students leaving their home
universities. This paper presents findings from a collaboration between
nursing programmes in Sweden and Hong Kong. The aim of the project was to
explore how undergraduate nursing students' perceived achieved learning
outcomes after participating in a web-based intercultural peer-learning
intervention.
Methods: A qualitative and interpretative design was adopted to capture
undergraduate nursing students' experiences of internationalisation at
home via webinars. We used convenience sampling and recruited ten
undergraduate nursing students from each university. The students were
assigned a generic patient case that they discussed and reflected on
during three webinars. Data were collected by students´ reflective
journals and focus group interviews. Analysis of data followed the
principles for thematic networks.
Results: In exploring how undergraduate nursing students' perceived
learning outcomes after participating in a web-based intercultural peerlearning
intervention the global theme, nursing as universal and
recognisable, emerged from the data. Recognition of the global theme
aroused from two organisational themes; mirroring nursing through an
intercultural lens and reflecting on personal action and the action of
others.
Conclusions: Developing an understanding of nursing as universal and
recognisable has implications for nursing students as it supports not
only a willingness to work abroad, but also preparedness to care for a
diverse population. Therefore, the use of web-based learning activities
allow new effective approaches to internationalisation at home programmes
and needs to be further developed and implemented in nursing
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2017. Vol. 57, p. 54-59
Keywords [en]
Internationalisation, Webinar, student nurses, peer learning
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-14813DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.07.006ISI: 000411301800009PubMedID: 28732210Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85024366809Local ID: 23128OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-14813DiVA, id: diva2:1418334
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