Life Enrichment Learning Poster Presentation & Sharing Session

To align with global trends in nursing education and the University’s “3+1 ‘I’s” strategic initiative – namely, Internationalisation, Innovation, and Interdisciplinarity, all converging onto Impact – the curriculum of Bachelor of Nursing (Full-time) Programme has been refined with effective from 2019 - 20.

Students will be empowered with earlier exposure to clinical training and enhanced knowledge in specialised areas, such as palliative care, health informatics, legal and ethical issues and clinical reasoning. They will also receive fantastic opportunities to develop their soft skills through the new 6-credit “Life Enrichment (LE) Learning” course, which allows students to acquire a wide variety of eye-opening learning experiences through participation in two sessions held outside Hong Kong, each lasting around 3 weeks. LE programmes can be in the nature of a short trip, short-term study, practical experience, service/humanitarian activity, or research attachment.

Placements for the LE programmes are being solicited by School staff around the globe and a pilot run was held in the summer of 2019. Eight groups of a total 36 students explored East Africa, China, South Korea, Sweden and Taiwan.

For many students, this was their first exposure to everyday life outside Hong Kong. They participated in such things as taking care of babies and visiting slum areas in Uganda; providing assistance in the daily operation of a dental clinic in Taipei; teaching children English/Mathematics in Nantou; sharing their study journey towards a Nursing degree with high school students in Taitung; chatting/laughing with the elderly and making Mango Mochi for them in an Active Aging Centre in Penghu; carrying out a project on patient privacy in Yunnan; installing solar panels for a primary school in Gansu; studying Korean in a University in Korea; and attending a summer school in Sweden to learn about global perspectives on health and welfare.

Students enjoyed these different types of learning situations and the opportunity to better understand the issues facing communities in different places and to provide support where possible. They also made new friends during their travels.

To share their new insights and mind-expanding journeys, the students presented their reflection in the form of posters, which were displayed in the exhibition area of William MW Mong Building on October 10-11, 2019. A sharing session was also held on October 10, 2019 to discuss their experiences with fellow teachers and students.

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