Essential tools for a study abroad nursing course.
Research results indicate that study-abroad programs have positive learning outcomes. Drawing on their experiences as faculty in a study-abroad program for student nurses, the authors identify basic educational components and learning activities that can be used to maximize students' learning in a study-abroad program in a low-resource country.
Saenz
Karen
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School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. ksaenz@uab.edu
Holcomb
Lygia
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