Sunday, 17 November 2013: 2:45 PM-4:00 PM
Description/Overview: This panel session is designed to share experiences and lessons learned in building academic nursing scholarship, education, and service. The symposium will move from the macro to the micro level, beginning with a discussion of the context for academic global nursing within a broad university setting (overview of NYU Global Network University structure). Next will be a presentation of strategies employed to build the Global division within NYU College of Nursing and current results. Finally, two illustrative and informative case example presentations will be given: one on a Ghana diabetes project, and one a presentation of interprofessional faculty-building efforts for health workforce in Rwanda and in the Republic of Georgia.
Learner Objective #1: The learner will be able to discuss the challenges and opportunities to consider when starting or expanding academic nursing efforts in global health work.
Learner Objective #2: The learner will be able to articulate the role that interprofessional collaboration can bring to nursing efforts in global health work.
Moderators: Kathleen M. Lamaute, EdD, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, CNE, Division of Nursing, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY
Symposium Organizers: Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN, College of Nursing, New York University College of Nursing, New York, NY and Ann E. Kurth, PhD, RN, FAAN, College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY
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