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Australia and the Asian student

Yap GK

Med J Aust, 1972 May 13;1(20):1056.

PMID: 5056308

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange*

Foreign medical-education market represents potential cash infusion for Canadian schools

Robb N

CMAJ, 1994 Jun 15;150(12):2011-4.

PMID: 8199980

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange*

Malaysian adventure

Riemenschneider PA

Radiology, 1992 Mar;182(3):749-51.

PMID: 1535889

The author recently spent 4 months at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a visiting professor of radiology. In this report he describes his experiences in the country and at the hospital and medical school, which is one of only three in Malaysia. Each day, the author worked one-on-one with a different resident, supervising either procedures or image interpretation. Additional activities included conferences, grand rounds, and medical student teaching. Because of the mixed ethnicity of the population, the incidence and variety of pathologic conditions that were encountered clinically provided an unparalleled educational experience. The author encourages anyone with available time to consider a sabbatical such as this; it is a rewarding personal and professional experience.

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange*

Sarawak: our elective

Maxwell P, Barker R

J R Soc Med, 1989 Aug;82(8):496-7.

PMID: 2778782

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange*

Overseas nursing students in Britain

Kendall MN

Int Nurs Rev, 1972;19(3):246-60.

PMID: 4484348

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange*

Fulltext Academic performance and personal experience of local, international, and collaborative exchange students enrolled in an Australian pharmacy program

Davey AK, Grant GD, Anoopkumar-Dukie S

Am J Pharm Educ, 2013 Sep 12;77(7):148.

PMID: 24052651 DOI: 10.5688/ajpe777148

To assess the academic performance and experiences of local, international, and collaborative exchange students enrolled in a 4-year Australian bachelor of pharmacy degree program.

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange*

Dental fellowship training in Malaysia--a personal experience

Ngeow WC

J Ir Dent Assoc, 1997;43(3):82-4.

PMID: 9584759

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange

ET nursing education in Australia

Thompson JM, English E

J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs, 1996 May;23(3):130-3.

PMID: 8845899

Australia is comparable in size to the United States, but its population is far smaller, approximately 17 million. Australia is technologically advanced and has a high standard of health care, in which ET nursing has always been considered a specialist nursing role. Although Australia is historically linked with England, formation of closer ties with geographic neighbors, such as Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and the Pacific nations, is ongoing. This article describes some relevant aspects of the Australian context and considers the past, present, and expected future trends for ET nurse education in Australia, from the first program in 1971 to current World Council of Enterostomal Therapy-recognized programs teaching students from as far away as Japan, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, China, Russia, and New Guinea. The content of the programs has progressively broadened in recognition of the expanded scope of practice, and this trend will undoubtedly continue. ET nursing should remain, however, a distinct nursing specialty practice in Australia.

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange

Collaborative off-shore nurse education: an Australian initiative

Jones B, Serrell M, Maltby H

Nurse Educ, 2000 10 29;25(2):57, 69.

PMID: 11051998

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange*

The effects of brief individual cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and homesickness among international students in Malaysia

Saravanan C, Alias A, Mohamad M

J Affect Disord, 2017 10 01;220:108-116.

PMID: 28618312 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.05.037

BACKGROUND: Students who go to other countries for higher education face various psychological problems, particularly homesickness and depression. The objectives of this study were to: (a) identify differences between students who did and did not receive brief individual cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for depression to reduce homesickness; (b) identify whether brief individual CBT for depression reduces the level of homesickness in students between pre-, post- and follow-up assessment; and (c) compare the scores of students experiencing only homesickness and those experiencing both homesickness and depression.

METHOD: The sample consisted of 520 first-year undergraduate international students. The experimental group contained students who were diagnosed with depression and homesickness and received seven sessions of brief individual CBT for depression to reduce homesickness. The control group contained students who were diagnosed with depression and homesickness and received one session of advice and suggestions. The comparison group contained students who experienced only homesickness and did not receive any interventions. The study used the comparison group to determine if an interaction effect existed between students experiencing only homesickness and students experiencing both homesickness and depression.

RESULTS: Students who received brief individual CBT displayed a significant reduction in their homesickness and depression scores compared to the scores of students in the control group. Students who experienced only homesickness exhibited a significant reduction in the scores on homesickness in the post-assessment compared to the control group's post-assessment homesickness scores.

LIMITATION: The results of this study cannot be generalized as data were collected from three universities in Malaysia. The follow-up assessment was conducted six months after the post-assessment, which also limits generalizability beyond six months.

CONCLUSION: Overall, homesickness is considered a normal reaction. Brief individual CBT for depression is effective in reducing homesickness and depression among international students.

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange*

Fulltext Learning environment assessments of a single curriculum being taught at two medical schools 10,000 miles apart

Tackett S, Shochet R, Shilkofski NA, Colbert-Getz J, Rampal K, Abu Bakar H, et al.

BMC Med Educ, 2015;15:105.

PMID: 26081751 DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0388-0

Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine (PUGSOM), the first graduate-entry medical school in Malaysia, was established in 2011 in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM), an American medical school. This study compared learning environments (LE) at these two schools, which shared the same overarching curriculum, along with a comparator Malaysian medical school, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS). As a secondary aim, we compared 2 LE assessment tools - the widely-used Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) and the newer Johns Hopkins Learning Environment Scale (JHLES).

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange*

The NurseLink model of care

Nugent J

Contemp Nurse, 2003 Aug;15(1-2):110-3.

PMID: 14649514

Matched MeSH terms: International Educational Exchange

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