At the 2023 UGC Teaching Award, the Internationalisation at Home team from the School of Nursing scooped the award in the Collaborative Teams category. Click on this link for more information about this year’s UGC Teaching Award.
The Internationalisation at Home team
The team leader, Professor Engle Angela Chan (centre), and team members: Dr. Arkers Wong (second from the left); Dr. Timothy Lai (second from the right); Dr. Betty Chung (first from the left); and Dr. Doris Leung (first from the right)
A dedicated teaching team advancing nursing education by bringing in intercultural learning experiences to the classroom
The Internationalisation at Home (IaH) Team shares a common vision of providing quality training and learning experiences to nursing students. To prepare nursing students for their profession in the complex multi-cultural context of Hong Kong, the team has been taking a number of significant actions to improve the nursing programme curriculum since 2015. The team has been working closely with overseas institutions, including Malmo University in Sweden and La Trobe University in Australia, to design a series of online student-led group activities as an alternative to the ‘overseas exchange’ learning experience, resulting in a very positive impact on student learning. For instance, students gain a deeper understanding of their clinical practices, they can identify ways to improve the existing medical system, they become more aware and appreciative of cultural similarities/differences, and ready for uncertainties in the field.
Over the past years, they have made several significant achievements, including (1) pioneering the adoption of an IaH approach in nursing education in the higher education section of Hong Kong; (2) having a vision and embarking on IaH years before the COVID pandemic; and (3) developing a new education model that goes beyond conventional clinical practices to developing nursing students’ cultural awareness and global competence.
In recent years, the team actively liaises with other disciplines and institutions worldwide for collaboration to expand the scope of impact. The team members are also active in contributing new knowledge to the nursing field through seminars, conference presentations and publications.
