Sustaining and Improving Study Abroad Experiences Through Comparative Evaluation

Researchers have related participation in study abroad experiences to many positive outcomes for nursing students; however, educators are faced with the task of not only developing meaningful study abroad opportunities but sustaining and improving them as well. Educators can evaluate repeat study ab...

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Published inNursing education perspectives Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 295 - 296
Main Author Johanson, Linda S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc 01.09.2016
Subjects
Comparative Analysis
Costs
Curricula
Educational evaluation
International Education
Learning
Logistics
Nursing
Nursing care
Nursing education
Service learning
Students
Study abroad
Teachers
Travel
United States > US
Mexico
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Summary:Researchers have related participation in study abroad experiences to many positive outcomes for nursing students; however, educators are faced with the task of not only developing meaningful study abroad opportunities but sustaining and improving them as well. Educators can evaluate repeat study abroad programs by comparing experiences, looking for trends, and conjecturing rationales. To illustrate this process, an example of a study abroad opportunity that has been repeated over 11 years is presented. The first six years have been compared to the most recent five years, revealing three categories of change for evaluation and the resulting course improvements.
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ISSN:1536-5026
1943-4685
DOI:10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000052