TY - JOUR
T1 - Global Partnerships for Professional Development
T2 - A Cambodian Exemplar
AU - Lasater, Kathie
AU - Upvall, Michele
AU - Nielsen, Ann
AU - Prak, Manila
AU - Ptachcinski, Richard
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Nurses have been volunteering to provide direct patient care in developing countries for several decades. As a result, countries have begun to develop their health care workforce capacity and standards of care, but educational and professional development needs have emerged. Global partnerships involving volunteers can assist developing countries to fulfill these needs, but little literature focuses on maximizing volunteers' experiences. Through global partnerships and collaboration, the leadership and academic capacity of nurses and other health care professionals in developing countries can be enhanced. In Cambodia specifically, the Khmer Rouge executed many educated health care personnel in the late 1970s, effectively eliminating a generation of mentors and leaders that could facilitate the professional development of the current workforce. One outcome may be the dearth of baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in Cambodia. Two teams of U.S. volunteers and one of their Cambodian partners, a nursing education coordinator at a nongovernmental children's hospital, offer their experiences in collaborating, including the mutual benefits to both of such a partnership and the lessons learned. The authors will delineate several exemplars from their experiences of teaching and professional development.
AB - Nurses have been volunteering to provide direct patient care in developing countries for several decades. As a result, countries have begun to develop their health care workforce capacity and standards of care, but educational and professional development needs have emerged. Global partnerships involving volunteers can assist developing countries to fulfill these needs, but little literature focuses on maximizing volunteers' experiences. Through global partnerships and collaboration, the leadership and academic capacity of nurses and other health care professionals in developing countries can be enhanced. In Cambodia specifically, the Khmer Rouge executed many educated health care personnel in the late 1970s, effectively eliminating a generation of mentors and leaders that could facilitate the professional development of the current workforce. One outcome may be the dearth of baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in Cambodia. Two teams of U.S. volunteers and one of their Cambodian partners, a nursing education coordinator at a nongovernmental children's hospital, offer their experiences in collaborating, including the mutual benefits to both of such a partnership and the lessons learned. The authors will delineate several exemplars from their experiences of teaching and professional development.
KW - Global partnership
KW - Nurse volunteers
KW - Professional development
KW - Staff development
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U2 - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.10.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 22261606
AN - SCOPUS:84855947496
SN - 8755-7223
VL - 28
SP - 62
EP - 68
JO - Journal of Professional Nursing
JF - Journal of Professional Nursing
IS - 1
ER -