Description

Courses:
Clinical Rotation
Nursing 418 - Clinical: Family and Community Nursing (3 credits)
Prerequisites: Successful completion of nursing major through Junior II level. Concurrent with or completion of Nursing 416.
Comparative Nursing & Healthcare

Nursing 415 - International Studies in Nursing (3 credits)
Prerequisite: Nursing 315; acceptance into the College of Nursing or registered nursing student
Optional Course

International Studies 333 1 unit (cr.)
Study Tour
Prerequisites: none; syllabus

If you request enrollment in this course on the study abroad application, you will be automatically enrolled and will not be contacted about the coursework involved. Assignments for this course must be done independently. Contact the Office of International Education with questions.

Highlights

Complete clinical rotations in Chennai India!
Compare nursing & healthcare in India while on a journey with other UW Oshkosh students and faculty in Chennai, New Delhi, and Dehradun, where you will examine nursing, health and health care in a diverse culture! Visit medical facilities, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Jamia Hamdard Universityand the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust School of Nursing. Meet with health care officials and attend academic sessions on Unani Medicine (alternative medicine).

* Gain Perspectives on international nursing and discover how it differs from national and regional activities;
* Develop an Understanding of international health care organizations and agreements and compare to the United States;
* Understand the Need to analyze economic and non-economic factors that may influence health and nursing in foreign countries;
* Gain Knowledge of alternative ways of structuring nursing organizations, control procedures and performance evaluations;
* Achieve Greater Global Awareness, especially in relation to developing economic markets; and
* Grow Personally from new awareness of the increasingly complex global environment and from meeting the challenges of living and traveling in other countries.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

• Medicine
• Nursing
• Public Health

Cost in US$:

4,396 USD Total Estimated Expenses

Program Fees Include:

The more who sign up for this program, the lower the cost per participant will be. You can help lower your cost to study abroad by recruiting friends and classmates to join you in this experience!

Program Fee Estimate
* 1,916 USD This estimate is based on a minimum of 16 Clinical participants and 17 Nursing & Health Care participants during the fall interim.

Expenses in U.S. Dollars
100 USD Application Fee (USD 200 for out-of-state applicants)
100 USD Passport & Pictures
73 USD Visa (on-line application)
2,080 USD Airfare
varies: Immunizations
2,353 USD Total Pre-travel Expense Estimate (plus immunizations)

Expenses in Foreign Currency (Indian Rupee = INR)
INR 2,000 Meals
INR 4,000 Personal Spending Money (INR 4,000 - INR 8,000)
INR 6,000 Total Expense Estimate while Abroad

4,396 USD Total Estimated Expenses
This expense estimate is 578 USD higher than in 08/09. 400 USD is due to higher airfare.

Program fees cover course-related expenses (no tuition is assessed); transportation to/from Chicago O'Hare by school bus (to UW Oshkosh); all accommodations as listed on the finalized itinerary; most breakfasts, lunches and dinners; tours/visits and hotel transfers (including transportation and entrance fees) listed on the finalized itinerary; pre-travel orientation; and international health insurance. The program itinerary may be tentative and will not be finalized until approximately two weeks before departure.

Program fees do not cover items not specifically mentioned above such as trip cancellation and baggage insurance; passports; immunizations;visa fee; roundtrip airfare, including airfare between Chennai and New Delhi; textbooks; meals when traveling off campus (Chennai and New Delhi); all other food and beverages not specifically mentioned above; and all expenses of a purely personal nature. Estimates for some of these expenses have been included. Fees for a single room are available upon request.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of minimum of 16