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Peking Union Medical College Chan Chui Ting Christine He Jiahui Un Weng San Wan Ting Kwan Year 3, Bachelor of Nursing (Full-time) students University of Connecticut Chan Sing Fu Chan Tsz Ki Ha Yunse Hung Lai Yi Kwok Hoi Ying Leung Ka Man Mak Wing Lam Tsang Yee Ting Year 4, Bachelor of Nursing (Full-time) students Outgoing Student Exchange Our exchange visit to the University of Connecticut (UConn) is undoubtedly a highlight of our five-year nursing student journey! Although it is cliché to say it broadened our horizon, it definitely did. We visited some healthcare facilities in Connecticut and could compare these with the Hong Kong ones with which we are familiar. We observed many contrasts. The technologically advanced hospitals with well-built patient-oriented and family- oriented care were certainly eye-opening. We really appreciated the working attitude of the staff there; they are not only professional but also passionate. They treat their coworkers and patients as their family members. We could see better patient outcomes through interdisciplinary collaboration training during the hospital visit in Hartford. We hope that we will be able to make some changes in Hong Kong in the future. The university is beautiful and the days we spent in UConn were fabulous as well. The interactive lectures and simulation labs were very impressive. We learnt a lot from the active learning attitude among students and were also inspired by the poster presentation about how crucial nursing research is to provide better care for patients. The people in Connecticut, UConn lecturers and students and the nursing staff we met were friendly and helpful. Our problem- solving skills and independence were also enhanced through handling the difficulties in daily living like transportation during the exchange and when sightseeing. The exchange program was indeed wonderful!   We were honoured to have an exchange programme for two weeks at Peking Union Medical College, which is a top medical college in China. The College designed three days of nursing related courses and three days of clinical practicums with different kinds of sight-seeing activities for the remaining time. We found that students use tangible materials to study, such as reference books, rather than PowerPoint, which is very different fromus. We noticed that there are many differences clinically and this broadened our understanding about different ways of delivering nursing care. Thanks to the teachers and classmates here, who supported us in planning for this exchange. We enjoyed this exchange programme very much. We visited the Great Wall of China with other international students. 8