title: International academic service learning: lessons learned from students' travel experiences of diverse cultural and health care practices in morocco.
abstract: Academic service learning (ASL) is an active teaching-learning approach to engage students in meaningful hands-on activities to serve community-based needs. Nine health professions students from a private college and a private university in the northeastern United States volunteered to participate in an ASL trip to Morocco. The participants were interviewed to reflect on their experiences. This article discusses the lessons learned from students' ASL experiences regarding integrating ASL into educational programs. The authors recommend a paradigm shift in nursing and dental hygiene curricula to appreciate diversity and promote cultural competency, multidisciplinary teamwork, and ethics-based education.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaddoura
authors.forename: Aditi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dominick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education*; D014195:Travel / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult