Project Description
This COIL project connects Nursing students from UVic-UCC and the University of Minnesota to develop intercultural, linguistic, and professional competencies through virtual activities focused on health, nursing practice, and healthcare systems.
Participating institutions and countries
Years running: 2026–2027
Language: English and Spanish
Students: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing students
Project goals
- Develop communication skills in international contexts.
- Use healthcare vocabulary in English and Spanish.
- Compare healthcare systems and nursing roles.
- Apply clinical interviewing skills.
- Enhance intercultural competence and international virtual collaboration.
Activities:
- Getting to know each other
Personal and academic exchange through questions, photos and cultural objects. - Comparing healthcare systems
Students present and compare the Spanish/Catalan and U.S. healthcare systems, including nursing roles, strengths and challenges. - Healthcare language across cultures
Students identify and explain healthcare terms, expressions and possible false friends in English and Spanish. - Creating a fictional clinical case
Each group creates a patient case in their own language, including health history, symptoms and care needs. - Clinical interview role-play
Students interview their international peers’ fictional patient to identify the health problem, risk factors and nursing care needs. - Intercultural reflection and closure
Students reflect on communication, culture, nursing practice, healthcare systems and what they learned from the COIL experience.
Contacts:
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- Meritxell Mondejar – meritxell.mondejar@uvic.cat
- Erma Neizirevic – nezir001@umn.edu
- Vanesa Torres – vanesa.torres@uvic.cat
