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research in each other’s schools.
Students will also be given the
opportunity to receive credit for
courses taken in member schools
• Development of leadership skill
training for faculty in identified
COE schools. This will assist in
attracting new nurses to the profession
and retaining people through
leadership development courses
and targeted programs
• Development and initiation of evaluation/assessment
tools created
to measure the knowledge of COE
member faculty and students as
well as assess agreed-upon work
with the School’s WHO Center to
promote best practice models for
adaptation to other nursing schools
and in other countries
The first INCI workshop was held
in Swaziland in December 2009.
Dr. Jennifer Dohrn was the keynote
speaker for participating countries
which included Swaziland,
Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda, Ethiopia and
South Africa. To date, the School
of Nursing has signed Memoranda
of Understandings (MOUs) with
Nazarene College in Swaziland and
the University of Swaziland.
Members of the faculty at Semmelweis University with
Dr. Judit Meszaros and Dr. Jennifer Smith (center)
SemmelweiS UniverSity
BUdapeSt, HUngary
In December 2009, an MOU was
signed with Semmelweis University
in order to explore potential curriculum
meeting points and develop
methods by which faculty and students
can exchange and share
learning experiences from an intercultural
perspective. It is hoped that
through this collaboration, innovative
joint programs will be developed that
will educate nurses in a globalized
world. Technological information
will be exchanged and joint research
publications will be written that are of
common interest to both institutions.
On April 8 and 9, 2010, Dr. Jennifer
Smith, WHO Collaborating Center
Director, met with Dean Judit
Meszaros and other faculty and
administration of Semmelweis
University Faculty of Health Sciences
in Budapest to discuss Columbia
University School of Nursing and
Semmelweis collaborations per their
Objectives of the
WHO Center:
i Provide leadership and leverage
existing strengths within the
School of Nursing to facilitate
knowledge sharing among students
and faculty of international
partners
i Foster future generations of
nurse clinicians who understand
the needs and challenges of providing
culturally competent care
to diverse populations in other
countries and who are experienced
in world health issues and
challenges
i Provide educational opportunities
to faculty and students in the
developing world to ensure they
have experiential learning opportunities
in global health sites
i Build international field site
capacity for training experiences
that will provide an opportunity
for students and faculty to adapt
sophisticated care to meet local
cultural and resource needs and
create access to these sites
i Facilitate international partnerships
for education, practice and
research with peer institutions
and study-abroad consortiums
that facilitate enrollment at universities
and that are sustainable
and replicable. Establish joint
programming in order to emphasize
all partner schools’ strengths
and create a joint vision of
nursing in all educational venues