An enjoyable involvement: A qualitative study of short-term study abroad for nursing students.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to explore the experiences of nursing students who have undertaken a short course in an overseas educational system to generate theoretical understanding of the experience of studying abroad. Learning in the health professions needs to considered in the context of globalization as a way of sharing knowledge and taking responsibility as world citizens. Studying abroad provides students with an opportunity to develop global health care competencies. A symbolic interactionist approach was adopted to gain insight into how the students constructed the meaning of studying abroad. The study was conducted at a university with 2 campuses in Taiwan. A purposive sampling strategy was employed to recruit 14 participants. Data were collected from August to November 2017 via individual

SUBMITTER: Hsiao P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8018622 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature