http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2015/160
Abstract
This paper presents the strategies used to teach millennial generation nursing students the leadership skills needed to provide quality and safe nursing care in the context of an experiential short-term study abroad program in Jamaica. To achieve this educational goal and to meet the requirements specific to the course, the program was built on a framework of two interrelated approaches: concept-based learning and cultural immersion. Cultural immersion was accomplished through carefully selected site visits, activities, and assignments. Through active-learning projects that used assessment, planning, and implementation, students were required to apply learned nursing knowledge and skills and to demonstrate essential nursing leadership skills. Students’ experiences, reflections, and applications were assessed through formative and summative evaluation.