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Nursing: Impacting Community Wellness in a Developing Country (Panama)

March 8–15, 2025
Approximate Cost: $2,500
Offered by Kambia/Global Brigades

This seven-day program in Panama for nurses in training from at least their second year engages in a sequence of clinical and community nursing experiences that deliver health services to resource-limited communities in rural settings in Panama. Students will ...

  • design health education and disease prevention materials that will be presented to Community Health Entrepreneurs/Community Healthcare Workers for use in their communities,
  • engage with Panamanian physicians, pharmacists, and patients,
  • explore details of region-specific diseases and health issues impacting individual and community health,
  • understand pharmacological practices and the application of traditional medicines,
  • learn how to conduct monitoring and evaluations in the context of a community clinic,
  • develop and deliver educational services to patients, and
  • work to develop intercultural competencies throughout the program.

Nursing Program Learning Objectives

Students who successfully complete the nursing program will be able to do the following:

  • Explain how the social determinants of health impact the lives of people in rural communities in a developing country.
  • Understand the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of common diseases identified in community clinics.
  • Explain to patients the proper use of medications, adverse drug reactions, and drug interactions of medications prescribed.
  • Educate patients and families on the prevention of infectious and chronic diseases.
  • Analyze data to monitor health trends and identify health risk factors unique to a single rural community in a developing country.
  • Discuss the role and practice of the Community Health Entrepreneurs(CHEs)/ Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs).
  • Develop a Training of Trainers for Community Health Entrepreneurs(CHEs)/ Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs).

Interested students should talk to an adviser about registering for this course as NURS 499.

Curriculum

This program includes asynchronous and in-person sessions. Modules one through eight are asynchronous and must be completed before the trip to Panama. Module nine is a live Zoom session (scheduling to be coordinated with the faculty member and students) and must also be completed before the trip to Panama. Modules ten through twenty-four are in-person in Panama.

Learn more on the Kambia Website

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Program Advisers

Amy Criscitello

Amy D. Criscitello, DNP, CRNP, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Teaching Professor, Nursing
[email protected]
Sheetz Family Health Center, 116A
Victoria Kellogg

Victoria Kellogg, PhD, JD, MBA, CRNP

Assistant Teaching Professor, Nursing
[email protected]
Sheetz Family Health Center, 114

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125E Eiche Library
814-949-5335
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Victoria Hesser
Program Assistant
125D Eiche Library
814-949-5212
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