10 years International Course on Health Care Issues

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10 yearsInternational Course on Health Care
Issues

• From I-3 modules
• To I-3 health care

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Introducing
Ghent University Association 55,000 students
9,600 staff members 400 programmes
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Content
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1997-1998

• Can EU / You can!
• Core Course
• 3 weeks Gent 3 weeks Nijmegen
• 5 Canadian, 7 Dutch, 2 Finnish,
• 4 British, 1 Swedish and
• 4 Belgian students

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The motto
In a global and mobile economy, the education of
health profesionals requires greater
international and interdisciplinary experiences.
These will prepare students for the challenges of
serving more diverse client/patient groups and to
become more effective practioners. Cor
Segeren, Cohehre president
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The idea to continue

• Make more of your stay abroad as a health care
  student!
• 3 week introductory course for ERASMUS-students
• Possibility to enhance I_at_H (for Belgian
  students)
• ICHCI was born

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From education to health care
From health care to education
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I-3

• International
• Intercultural
• Interdisciplinary

education education education
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I-3

• International
• Intercultural
• Interdisciplinary

health care health care health care
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International education

• EU-Canada-programme ERASMUS SOCRATES
  Lifelong Learning Programme
• Student mobility Staff mobility Intensive
  Programme
• Bologna
• Curriculum Development Educational Development
• Flexible, competence-based curricula
• Tuned educational programmes

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International education

• Imagine
• 1997
• 3 weeks in a rather strict Flemish HE-culture
• 3 weeks in a rather loose Dutch HE-culture
• The differences in approaches have remained
• ? ICHCI
• a unique clash of educational approaches

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Intercultural education

• Intercultural competence
• For staff
• cfr. Caring in a Multicultural Society CIMS
• Role model
• For students
• The bachelor can constructively deal with
  diversity in society.

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Intercultural education

• Imagine
• A nun / nurse from Uganda
• 20-odd European students (primarily northern
  countries)
• A discussion about euthanasia versus
  palliative care
• ICHCI
• a unique clash of cultures

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Interdisciplinary education

• Students
• From nursing, occupational therapy,
  physiotherapy, physical education, dental
  hygiene, audiology, speech therapy, health
  visitors,
• What about medical doctors, dentists,? New
  challenge?
• Staff
• From a variety of backgrounds
• (health care and beyond)
• Remember

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Interdisciplinary education

• Imagine
• An audiology-student in a maternity house
• A midwifery-student involved in an elderly
  care-project
• Health visitors or dental hygienists in
  Belgium
• ICHCI
• a unique clash of disciplines

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From education to health care
From health care to education
International Intercultural Interdisciplinary
competences more than ever needed in health
care practice
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I-3

• International
• Intercultural
• Interdisciplinary

health care health care health care
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International health care

• Manpower planning problems
• International Labour Mobility
• Increasing number of students/graduates ?
  increasing number of practitioners
• Large number of female health care workers
• Huge workload
• Fit for award ? fit for practice ? fit for
  purpose ?

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International health care

• Facts
• Planes full of Finnish nurses were flown into
  London, UK
• Developed and developing countries experience
  similar manpower planning problems in health care
• Canada expects a shortage of 100,000 health care
  workers by 2020
• ICHCI raises awareness
• prepares for the (current future) challenges in
  international health care

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Intercultural health care

• The bachelor functions within a multicultural
  professional setting and can take these aspects
  into account. Also other aspects of diversity are
  dealt with in a constructive way. The bachelor
  experiences this multiculturality and diversity
  as an enrichment of his/her professional
  environment and is able to adapt his/her
  professional conduct to this.
• Fit for award ? fit for practice ? fit for
  purpose ?

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Intercultural health care

• Facts
• African nurses are retrained in Holland to
  fill the gaps
• Europe experiences the challenges of the aging
  migrant workers-populations
• Immigrants from new countries bring about new
  health care ánd cultural issues
• ICHCI raises awareness
• prepares for the (current future) challenges
  in intercultural health care

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Interdisciplinary health care

• The bachelor is able to have a constructive
  contribution to an (international and)
  multidisciplinary setting, with respect for the
  input of others. The bachelor develops and
  continues relationships, alliances and coalitions
  within and outsie his/her own organisation and
  uses these for information, support and
  cooperation
• Importance of health care-oriented competences,
  joined by all health care workers ? inter-labour
  mobility
• Fit for award ? fit for practice ? fit for
  purpose ?

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Interdisciplinary health care

• Facts
• Societal and technological changes urge for
  cooperation
• Shortage vs abundance over time / over
  disciplines
• Network society
• ICHCI raises awareness
• prepares for the (current future) challenges
  in interdisciplinary health care

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a unique opportunity for students to
gain international intercultural
interdisciplinary competences More than ever
needed in health care practice!
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but also a unique life-experience More than
ever valued in health care practice!
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• Thanks for your attention !
• Contact
• Frederik De Decker, Senior Education Advisor
• Ghent University Association
• Het Pand, Onderbergen 1
• 9000 Gent
• Tel. [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• e-mail Frederik.DeDecker_at_AUGent.be