title: A learning partnership in Ecuador.
abstract: Recognizing the need to provide community-based experiences for its undergraduates, the US' Spalding University of Louisville, Kentucky, teamed up with Catholic University in Quito, Ecuador, to fulfil this need and at the same time meet its School of Nursing's curriculum goal of developing concepts of caring and diversity. Below, how this partnership helped meet the objectives of a community health course in a diverse setting.
authors.affiliation: Spalding University, School of Nursing & Health Sciences, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wishnia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cubenas
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003469:Culture; D004484:Ecuador; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D007629:Kentucky; D012423:Rural Health