Mentors without borders: mentoring international healthcare students ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** This project is funded by EEA Funds 2014-2021, through which Iceland, Liechtenstein and No to reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area and strengthenin with 15 European countries. Project No.: EHP-CZ-ICP-2-020 Program: Education Project type: Institutional cooperation projects Program Provider: House of Foreign Cooperation (www.dzs.cz/fondy-ehp [ URL "http://www.dzs Implementation period: 1. 8. 2020 – 31. 7. 2022 Partner institution: Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Faculty of Healt Sciences, Bergen, Norway Chief researcher: Mgr. Jana Heřmanová, Ph.D., spoluřešitel PhDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. *========================================================================================= * PROJECT ANNOTATION *========================================================================================= Clinical practice presents an integral part of education of healthcare workers. Part of th fulfilled in healthcare facilities abroad where students work under supervision of foreign – 4 months during one semester. A nurse mentors becomes a key person as she/he guides the „foreign/different“ environment, supervises the student and evaluates the proces of clinic foreign clinical mentor thus plays an important role in professional development of the st nursing practice within the wider geographical and cultural concept. The goal of the project is to identify the needs of the international students as well as mentors. Current courses for clinical mentors do not pay special attention to the needs of mentors who are from different countries and might be evaluated by different cultural and practice backgrounds. Therefore, we aim to develop a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) foc development of cultural knowledge and skills of European mentors. Our project partner is Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Faculty of Hea Sciences, Bergen, Norway. We have been cooperating with this institution for more than 10 Erasmus + programme involving the baccalaureate nursing students. As Third Faculty of Medi offering a new master’s degree programme in Intensive nursing care we plan to offer the ch studies abroad to those students as well. *========================================================================================= * Working meeting at Western Norway University *========================================================================================= We visited our partner institution Western Norway University of Applied Sciences from 18. 2021. The Institution has schools in Haugesund and Bergen and it was our intent to see the and meet the colleagues in both cities. The goal of the visit was to work on the form and intellectual outcome of the project, which is a MOOC for international mentors in healthca Together with Ingrid Gilje Heiberg and Kristin Adnoy Eriksen we worked on the chapters of defined the best suitable platform for our purpose – Canvas, and visited MediaLab Studio i will have an important role in development of the MOOC. Since the experience and the needs in nursing are an integral part of the MOOC, they were also involved in the meetings withi learning activities. Bc. Kateřina Kohoutová from Clinic of Surgery of FNKV and Mgr. Jarosl Department of Neonatology of FNB have been cooperating with our Department of Nursing for Their goal was to meet the teachers and mentors of the partner institution, share experien the needs of the international students. Kateřina and Jaroslava very much appreciated bein simulation labs and clinical environment, where the nursing education takes place. *========================================================================================= * Working meeting at Third Faculty of Medicine *========================================================================================= 16th to 18th February 2022 was the period of other planned activities within the project. in our colleagues Ingrid Gilje Heiberg, Kristin Adnoy Eriksen and Lotte Pannenkoeke from W University. We also were happy to be able to host Liv Marie Aursland and Kamilla Gronlin, the partner hospital in Haugesund. The aim of the visit was to define the structure of the MOOC, and working with the Canvas using the support of IT technologies. Mentors from Haugesund as well as Prague were involved in the discussion and concrete plan chapters of the course and we value their input. The main goal for Liv Marie and Kamilla w acquainted with the content of the nursing programme and the school and clinical environme students prepare for the profession of general nurse. We all visited simulation labs in th of the 3rd FM and hospital departments. Our nurse mentor Bc. Katerina Kohoutova showed us of FNKV where she works and mentors international nursing students. The we moved on to the Bulovka to visit Mgr. Jaroslava Saxlova who is also very active colleague and mentor coope on the project. Jaroslava has good experience with mentoring international students at the Neonatology. All colleagues from Haugesund were pleased with the positive attitude of the managers who support our mentors and international students. They also highly value the fa international students are involved in direct care of the patients and gain many new knoel *========================================================================================= * Project meeting in Bergen, 18. – 20.5.2022 *========================================================================================= The meeting in May 2022 took place in Bergen. We met to continue working on the MOOC Mento borders. The HVL campus Bergen was chosen because of the possibility to use the MedieLab w professional and technical support to teachers who would like to make modern educational m agreed that the studio will be used to make video-lectures and motivational videos about t aspects of being an international student and mentor. For most of us filming was a new exp was a little apprehension at the beginning, but with the calm support of the professional everything wen well. Jana Hermanova and Hana Svobodova of 3FM and  za HVL Ingrid Gilje Hei Adnoy Eriksen, Lotte Pannekoeke, Trude Bukve a Michael Mortensen of HVL participated on ma Besides working in the MedieLab we were discussing further development of the MOOC, the st design, interactive tasks and assignments for students, as well as the criteria of fulfill Johan Bruland, the IT specialist and administrator of HVL CANVAS joined these discussions *========================================================================================= * First dissemination conference, Haugesund 21.3.2023 *========================================================================================= We have attended the first dissemination conference which took place in Haugesund on 21.3. conference was preceded by a working day with our partners, analysing the pilot phase of M finalizing the details of the conference. We have also discussed the tasks for the final s preparation. We appreciate that the conference was opened by Mrs. Astrid Fjell, the head of the nursing at Faculty of Healthcare Sciences. She stressed the importance of internalization for stud educational, as well as health care institutions. Jana Hermanova and Hana Svobodova introd and the process of developing the MOOC. Their presentation was then based on the experienc mentors who tested the pilot stage of the course.  Kristin ?dn?y Eriksen presented the res activities from the beginning of the project which would become the baseline for the conte Multicultural competence was another topic, presented by Ingrid Gilje Heiberg. Important i the presentation of Erasmus + students, currently having clinical placements in healthcare Haugesund. Kristin ?dn?y Eriksen led a successful workshop with the nurses of the Haugesun social care facilities. As a result of the workshop the nurses were strongly considering p the MOOC. *========================================================================================= * Second dissemination conference, Prague 10. 5. 2023 *========================================================================================= The second international conference presenting the results of the project Mentor without b held on May 10, 2023 at the Third Faculty of Medicine. The conference had been prepared by our faculty. Besides the colleagues from the project partner team of HVL Ingrid Gilje Heib Pannekoeke, the conference was attended by other international guests, Ann-Cathrin Melbye, Mortensen of Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, campus Bergen and Erasmus stud Belgium and Portugal. Among other guests were our Nursing department colleagues as well as nurse managers from affiliated health care institutions where our students have their clin University Hospital Bulovka, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Central Military Hos care facility Hagibor. The aim of the conference was to share the experience with developing and implementing the output of the project, MOOC. This topic was presented by Jana Hermanova and Hana Svobodova mentors, who have had experience with mentoring international students, Katerina Kohoutova Saxlova, shared their experience with taking the course, both from practical and the conte also talked about the positives and challenges of the course. It was a pleasure to follow sharing their experience in Czech social and health care institutions. The presentations p rich discussion and positive emotions. Lotte Pannekoeke of HVL described the processes of international students in Haugesund, organizing their practice and helping students to ada of the school, hospital and the country. Ingrid Gilje Heiberg shared her experience with t nurses that was a part of the dissemination conference in Haugesund on 21. 3. 2023. Camill of the cooperating clinical mentors from Haugesund hospital greeted the auditorium online experience with the MOOC. Several colleagues attending the conference as guests showed active interest in the course by the project team as a proof that such form of education of clinical mentors is meaningf the effort!