在一个日益相互联系的世界里, the Connell School is committed to fostering global citizens who use their knowledge in service to others. This commitment lies at the core of CSON’s approach to education, enhanced by seven international programs, and the opportunity for undergraduates to study abroad.
Undergraduate nursing students are encouraged to study abroad during their junior year. 事实上,每年都有34%的学生这样做.
These seven international programs 给 students the chance to gain a greater understanding of global issues and the diversity of health care needs. Participation in many of these programs can count toward course credit for undergraduate students and nurse practitioner supervised hours for graduate students.
Several of CSON's international programs travel to primarily Spanish-speaking locations. CSON offers opportunities for students to take online courses to improve their medical Spanish. These programs are also ideal for undergraduate students minoring in Hispanic Studies.
International programs are supported by the Weiss Family Foundation, the Countess Moira Charitable Foundation, 以及弗拉特利家族基金会.
The international trip to 澳大利亚 is a three-week-long program in January. Students engage in interdisciplinary experiences via 澳大利亚n Catholic University. These include lectures as well as clinical observations in urban and rural healthcare settings, often focusing on health disparities in Aboriginal/Indigenous 澳大利亚n populations.
Undergraduate students have the opportunity to travel to Santiago, 智利, 在一月份的一个为期三周的项目中. Students engage in an international seminar at Pontificia Universidad Católica de 智利 and participate in an interdisciplinary educational experience, 包括讲座, 模拟, and clinical observations in private and public healthcare settings.
All students are eligible to participate in this outreach program just outside of San Pedro de Macorís. Students in the nurse practitioner program provide direct care to patients, satisfying a portion of their clinical hours. Through home 访问s and teaching projects to educate the local communities.
额外的经验:
在这个学期的课程中, students take classes at Universidad San Francisco de Quito and complete their community health nursing clinical courses by providing care for rural populations. Students hone their Spanish language skills through a full immersion program, taking classes in both Spanish and English and living with host families.
全球 Health Perspectives is an immersive, month-long summer experience in Quito that focuses on an in-depth, interdisciplinary exploration of comparative health policy.
The 牙买加 trip experience engages students in providing mobile health clinics and health fairs in rural and urban communities in 牙买加. This trip has a focus on service-learning and integrates formative practices.
每年春天, select CSON undergraduates travel with the Order of Malta to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, a sacred place 访问ed by millions of people annually. 在一个真正的跨学科的经验, students work alongside physicians and nurses to help care for ill patients and their families who are making the pilgrimage to the Grotto of Massabielle in search of inspiration and healing. 通过慷慨的捐赠, students from the 康奈尔护理学院 have had the opportunity to 访问 Lourdes each spring since 2007.
This four-week summer interdisciplinary elective brings together students and faculty from 电子游戏软件 and 瑞士 to examine issues at the forefront of global health. The curriculum focuses on social justice and exploring global health perspectives through a public health lens. The host location rotates each year between BC's Chestnut Hill Campus and Lausanne, 瑞士.
“The different cultural perspectives helped broaden our attitudes, values, and beliefs. The cultural competency we gained from our trip can be applied in nursing care and in our everyday lives. This experience abroad exceeded our expectations and promoted growth in our educational and personal development. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”