This month, the St. Petersburg College Health Education Center hosted a reception for Dr. Rita Cecilia Plata de Silva from the Universidad El Bosque in Bogota, Colombia, as part of an initiative to develop an international partnership between the SPC College of Nursing and the Universidad El Bosque nursing program.
Last month, Dr. Susan Baker, SPC’s dean of the College of Nursing, and SPC nursing faculty Dr. Dorothy Nulty had the opportunity to travel to the Universidad El Bosque nursing program.
Tentatively set for Fall 2016, two nursing students from the SPC College of Nursing will have the opportunity to complete their community practicum in Bogota. In exchange, two Universidad El Bosque nursing students will experience first-hand the state-of-the-art simulation training at SPC and additional clinical exposure.
During her Oct. 21 visit, Plata de Silva, the dean of nursing at the Universidad El Bosque, had the opportunity to tour the Health Education building. At the reception, faculty from SPC’s nursing program interacted with the colleges’ administration and shared in the excitement of a cooperative relationship that will provide students with international field experience.
International opportunities are awaiting for you at SPC. Learn more about them and about SPC’s College of Nursing.
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How will the two students be chosen for the exchange?
At this time, we have begun to accept applications for the Fall, 2016 Community Health practicum experience. This will be students who are currently in the RN to BSN program. There will only be 2 spaces available for this experience, so selection will be competitive based on academic performance and the interview with faculty.