Day 1 :
Keynote Forum
Donna L Petri
Thompson Rivers University, Canada
Keynote: Illustrated journaling: Making meaning of an international practicum
Time : 09:20-10:00
Biography:
Donna L Petri completed her Nursing Education from Bethel College, Kansas, USA and Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. She is a Faculty Member in the School of Nursing at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) for 27 years with a focus on communication, cultural safety, cultural sensitivity, and international practicums. She developed and led international practicums in four different countries over a period of 10 years. She has numerous local, national and international presentations, including keynote addresses related to the pedagogy of international practicums. She is currently serving in the capacity of Associate Vice President Academic at TRU.
Abstract:
One of the biggest challenges for a faculty member leading an international practicum is the facilitation of student learning with respect to making meaning of experiences. Reflective journaling has been used in nursing education to assist students to link theory and practice, but typically the journaling has been in the narrative format. The international practicum experience challenges students on many levels and students need an opportunity to explore those challenges and make meaning of the experience. Illustrated journaling provides students with an opportunity to engage in a different style of learning through the use of drawing, words, color, and narrative. This presentation will provide a brief overview of illustrated journaling, examples of how illustrated journaling has been used in international practicums, how illustrated journaling can be incorporated into seminar discussions, and how it has assisted students to make meaning of the international practicum experience. Through illustrated journaling students in the international practicums have stated they were much more engaged in their learning that it provided them with a new way of expressing their learning and knowledge, and it provided a more satisfying reflective journaling experience.
Keynote Forum
Nicole Barnett & Shota Shubladze
Global Alliance for Health, USA
Keynote: The power of international experience exchange programs - developing partnerships that positively impact communities
Time : 10:00-10:40
Biography:
Dr. Nicole M. Barnett, RN, Chair of the Board and offers a comprehensive background in biomedical research, education and nursing. She completed her nursing training at Contra Costa College in 1994. She is also an alumna of Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio, and California State University Dominguez Hills where she earned her BSN and MBA. In August 2005, she earned her doctorate in health sciences from the Nova Southeastern University College of Allied Health and Nursing. Dr. Barnett is also a state certified public health nurse (PHN) and in 2012 achieved her certification as a Clinical Nurse Leader from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
Dr. Shota Shubladze is non-profit professional with twelve years of non-profit development experience on a local and international level. His field of expertise lies with strategic planning, program and organizational development grant management, proposal writing, program evaluation and fund development. He graduated from Tbilisi State University 1995 with his MS in Oriental Studies, received a Non-Profit Management Certificate and his Master's degree in Public Administration from the California State University East Bay in 2009 and 2011. In 2014 he completed his doctorate course in Walden University. Shota is dedicated professional and scholar practitioner. He is author of Experience Exchange Fellowship Program, Community Ambassadors' Program and many other international initiatives. He is working on his doctoral research as a PhD candidate in Public Policy and Administration with specialization of International Non-Governmental Organizations.
Abstract:
Sharing best practices for the improvement of patient care services is a long standing practice in healthcare. The application of this model internationally has the potential to result in powerful and long lasting effects. This model has been applied with success to the Experience Exchange Program offered by the Global Alliance for Health. This program brings together partners from across the globe to share challenges as well as best practices in an effort to address issues related to child abuse, sexual assault and gender based violence. The sexual assault and exploitation of children is an international phenomenon. However, in third world countries, children are at a significantly higher risk of exploitation due to poverty, illiteracy and inherent power dynamics. In Africa as an example, cultural realities such as child marriage, the vulnerability of AIDS orphans, and in some areas the cultural belief that HIV infection can be cured by having sex with a child, also known as the “virgin cleansing myth” all lead to intensifying the potential abuse and exploitation of the most vulnerable members of the population. Currently, Zambia is an international leader in the incidence of pediatric AIDS orphans, with current statistics of more than 85,000 children living with HIV and another 380,000 orphaned due to the disease. In a country where 1.2 million citizens are affected by HIV, children compete for resources and are in need of effective strategies to meet their needs. The multidisciplinary response to sexual assault, which is the hallmark of coordinated sexual assault response teams (SART), is a model that has demonstrated success in the US and has applicability to other countries. In many third world countries, even when assaults are reported, the lack of trained forensic examiners, coordinated police investigations and legal interpretation of evidence, only results in less than 10% of cases resulting in successful prosecution and conviction. Sharing best practices from the United States and other world partners utilizing strong multidisciplinary response systems, will insure that there is a shared understanding of the minimum level of services required to protect victims of child abuse and gender based violence in a manner that insures justice in any world court of law.