The projects aim for the students: - Increase the students capacity in communication by improving language skills and their cultural competences. - Increase the students expertise as health workers by giving them work placements in another country where they will be able to challenge their communication skills as they take part in daily routines in nursing and caring at health institutions. - Stimulate to fulfill the educational program by giving them challenges and opportunities - Prepare them for apprenticeship
There were several reasons the project was planned and applied for: - The school owners strategy had focus on international projects amongst others, and one of the objectives was to give every student the possibility to be part of an international project during their time as student. - The society needs of educated health workers - To give the students’ needs of work placements to improve their competences and knowledge as health workers together with language and cultural competences. The group of patients are becoming more complex as the migration of people from other parts of the world are coming to Europe and Norway. Health workers will meet those patients, and they need to be able to tackle this in an professional way. The project aim to prepare the students.