Learning model and curriculum designs for international health in nursing

Aim:  Nursing's domain of inquiry for international health is unclear. A learning model to frame this specialty is unavailable. The goal of this analysis was to open debate worldwide on the nature of concepts, relationships, and analytic constructs that can serve as a foundational blueprint for...

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Published in:Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS 2005-06, Vol.2 (1), p.17-24
Main Authors: HENRY, Beverly, UEDA, Reiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Curricula
Higher education
international health
international nursing
Nursing
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Summary:Aim:  Nursing's domain of inquiry for international health is unclear. A learning model to frame this specialty is unavailable. The goal of this analysis was to open debate worldwide on the nature of concepts, relationships, and analytic constructs that can serve as a foundational blueprint for international nursing curriculums. The aim was to define and operationalize international health in nursing by constructing a learning model. Methods:  The exercise was exploratory using content analysis to distinguish key concepts in disciplinary and multidisciplinary documents through relevancy sampling. Sources of certainty were expert knowledge and experience and the embodied practices in international health. Procedures to ensure interrater reliability were used to strengthen confidence in formulating the bases for robust curriculum designs. Results:  The five main concepts discerned were environment, demography, culture, technology, and research. Nursing goals framed as analytic constructs with amplification serve as the basis for statements of student outcome competencies. The resulting concepts, constructs, and competencies taken together provide a beginning operationalization of international health in nursing for a variety of progressive curriculum designs. Conclusions:  In Japan, higher education is increasingly international and, for this, clear, agreed‐on academic goals are warranted. Nursing's higher education is obligated to prepare students for a future in environments highly globalised and technological with a culture of tolerance. The model facilitates scholarly debate for a progressive view of international health characterized by emphasis on theory and practical application.
ISSN:1742-7932
1742-7924
DOI:10.1111/j.1742-7924.2005.00027.x