Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing: International Health Programs

INTL HEALTH

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

International Students & Scholars

WHO Collaborating Center

Below are some recent announcements and special events related to FPB's International Programs. Please contact Samira Hussney for more information.

July 2009: Ten Junior BSN students from Eulji University, South Korea visited FPB for a period of two weeks with their dean, Dr. Heeyoung Oh. During their stay they shadowed our BSN students in the classroom, lab, and clinicals at the hospital. They also visited Hospice of the Western Reserve and learned about the end-of-life facility. Each one of them had the opportunity to accompany one of our nurses on a home care visit.

Their visit was very successful. They were very impressed with the continuity of FPB's nursing program, from classroom to lab assessment to clinicals at the hospital. Certificates were presented to them at the end of the program by Dean May Wykle.

March 2009: We are pleased to announce the arrival of our second group of eight senior students from our student exchange program with the University of Hong Kong. They studied at FPB for four weeks starting March 16, 2009. A special welcome reception, coordinated by Dr. Marilyn Lotas and Samira Hussney, was held for them in FPB's first floor lounge.

Dr. Elizabeth Madigan recently completed a trip to Japan, where she was the Keynote Speaker at the 1st Kagoshima International Nursing Forum. Her presentation was entitled "The Role of Nurses in Collaboration between the Hospital and the Community."

Ms. Satomi Suzuki, a nursing faculty member from Aichi Medical University College of Nursing in Japan, is visiting FPB for the months of February and March 2009. She is working alongside Christopher Manacci and gathering research and information to establish Japan's first graduate-level acute care/flight nursing program. This marks an official collaboration between FPB and her institution. For more information, click here.

(To see the video, click the "Global" thumbnail on the bottom right of the "Speed of Ideas" page and then "watch now.")

Dr. Heeyoung Oh, Dean of the school of nursing at Eulji University, South Korea visited FPB on February 23rd and met with Dean Wykle and Dr. Underwood to discuss the curriculum, academic programs, and future collaboration with our school. A memo of understanding (MOU) was drafted and is now in the process of getting signed by both universities. Here is a picture of Dr. Oh standing next to the welcome sign.

Recently, six faculty members from Wuhan University, China came to visit FPB for two weeks in February 2009 to take part in a Faculty Training Program. Here they are posing for a photograph with Dean May Wykle:

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