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