Experience in Ghana
IPE 505: 在加纳的跨专业教育经历
Course Description:
IPE 505 focuses on international and interprofessional practice dedicated to preparing Utica University students of the health professions for the collaborative practice of patient care through an innovative practice experience. It includes over 15 hours of interaction in interprofessional practice settings with peers of different cultures and health professions to achieve appropriate patient/client care outcomes.
IPE 505 Abroad in Ghana will allow opportunities for students to compare the current health status, public policies, and healthcare systems in Ghana and the United States through reflective discussions and direct observations of healthcare practices. Students will explore how the social determinants of health impact communities in Ghana and the U.S., through immersion in Ghanaian communities and their historical and healthcare delivery organizations. 学生将深入了解跨大西洋奴隶贸易, 对西非的殖民和剥削, 以及它如何影响了美国和加纳的健康和社会.
Course Objectives
Students will:
- 证明知识, skills, and attitudes required of health professionals for collaborative practice as a member of the interprofessional care team
- Appreciate the expertise provided by other professions within the interprofessional care team
- 描述经济的历史和上游原因, environmental, 以及加纳和美国基于种族的健康差异.S.
- Discuss the impact of the Transatlantic slave trade and colonization on the health of Ghanaians and African Americans.
- 探索健康和保健实践和文化对健康的影响.
Fast Facts:
Next Cohort:
2023年1月1日至14日(暂定)
Eligibility:
欢迎所有健康相关专业的学生.
Pre-Requisites:
IPE 102或IPE 504(或讲师许可)
Faculty Leaders:
Ellen Smith, PhD, RN
护理学助理教授
Clemmie Harris, PhD
历史学副教授,非洲研究主任
Enrollment & Payment Schedule
- Application & Deposit Deadline: October 1, 2022 with $500 deposit
- 录取通知:滚动,两周内申请
- 余额将从2023年春季的学生账户中扣除
取消政策
Utica University reserves the right to cancel this course for any reason, without penalty. 如课程取消, 利记sbo将全额退还申请人,包括押金.
Program Details
加纳共和国是以中世纪西非加纳帝国命名的. The empire became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire after the title of its Emperor, the Ghana. The Empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 conquest by the Almoravid General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar. 阿尔摩拉维德统治结束后,一个缩小的王国继续存在, 这个王国后来被并入后来的萨赫勒帝国, 就像几个世纪后的马里帝国. Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Senegal River and east towards the Niger rivers in present-day Senegal, Mauritania, and Mali.
接近古典时代的末期, 公元前8世纪和公元6世纪, 更大的区域性王国在西非形成, 其中之一是加纳王国, 位于今天的加纳北部. Before its fall at the beginning of the 10th century Akans migrated southward and founded several nation-states around their matriclans, including the first empire of Bono state founded in the 11th century and for which the Brong-Ahafo (Bono Ahafo) region is named. The Mole-Daghon people who founded the earliest centralized political kingdoms of Ghana, 从乍得湖迁移到今天的加纳. Later, 阿坎族,如阿散蒂族, Akwamu, Akyem, Fante, state, and others are thought to possibly have roots in the original Bono state settlement at Bono Manso. The Ashanti kingdom’s government operated first as a loose network and eventually as a centralized empire-kingdom with an advanced, 以首都库马西为中心的高度专业化的官僚机构.
从奴隶制到后殖民时代Ghana was the first place in sub-Saharan Africa where Europeans arrived to trade - first in gold, later in slaves. It was also the first black African nation in the region to achieve independence from a colonial power, 在这个例子中是英国.
Despite being rich in mineral resources and endowed with a good education system and efficient civil service, 加纳在1957年独立后不久就成为腐败和管理不善的受害者.
加纳以前被称为黄金海岸. On March 6, 1957, Kwame Nkrumah, the nation’s first president, declared the country’s independence. 三年后,加纳成为英联邦共和国. 加纳的国旗由红、金、绿三种颜色组成,上面有一颗黑星.
(Image by lapping from Pixabay)
Present Day
Today, 加纳是仅次于科特迪瓦的世界第二大可可生产国, 也是非洲仅次于南非的最大金矿商. It is one of the continent’s fastest-growing economies and has made major progress in the attainment and consolidation of growth. 减贫事业取得重大进展. In fact, Ghana is the first country in Sub- Saharan Africa to achieve the Millennium Development Goal 1, 将极端贫困人口减半的目标是什么. 加纳最近已成为一个中等收入国家. 2007年6月宣布发现了主要的海上石油储备, 令人鼓舞的经济增长预期. 2010年底正式开拍, but some analysts expressed concern over the country’s ability to manage its new industry, 因为管理石油部门的法律尚未通过. In July 2009, Ghana secured a 600-million-dollar three-year loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), 人们担心全球经济衰退对较贫穷国家的影响. The IMF concluded that the Ghanaian economy had proved to be relatively resilient because of the high prices of cocoa and gold. 除了经济发展, 加纳在善政方面取得了显著进展, 以及青年和性别赋权. Important pieces of relevant legislation have been enacted and implemented to promote a more inclusive society. The government, for instance, 颁布了家庭暴力和残疾法, 成立家庭暴力受害人支援小组, 同时实施国家社会保护战略.
Additionally, 在过去十年中, 加纳的民主治理日益稳定和深化. 2000年四次成功选举, 2004, 2008, 2012年加强了关键国家机构的有效性, 增强投资者信心, 把新经济稳住在正增长的环境中. Ghana has a high-profile peacekeeping role; troops have been deployed in Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and DR Congo.
Finally, 加纳享有高度的媒体自由, 私营媒体和广播公司的运作也不受重大限制. 媒体可以自由地批评当局,而不必担心遭到报复, 无国界记者组织说. 私营媒体很活跃,经常对政府政策提出批评. 接听电话的动画节目是许多广播电台的主要节目. Radio is, arguably, 加纳最受欢迎的媒体, 尽管它正受到越来越多的电视接入的挑战.
Day 1: | 早上抵达阿克拉,休息,参观阿克拉老城 |
Day 2: | 参观海岸角的埃尔米纳城堡 |
Day 3: | 参观卡库姆国家公园和海岸角城堡 |
Day 4: | 参观阿辛曼索奴隶市场和河流遗址 |
Day 5: | 前往曼蓬,参观植物药物研究中心 |
Day 6: | 前往利亚提湖和塔博瀑布旅馆 |
Day 7: | 徒步前往塔博瀑布,与村长会面 |
Day 8: | 社区诊所服务计划 & elementary school |
Day 9: | 前往Ho参观Kekeli和UHAS -应用科学大学 |
Day 10: | 全天服务项目与科利 |
Day 11: | 前往阿克拉参观西非艾滋病基金会诊所(WAAF) |
Day 12: | WAAF全天服务项目 |
Day 13: | 参观黑星独立广场、夸梅·恩克鲁玛和W.E.B. 杜波依斯纪念馆,傍晚离开阿克拉 |
$5,150 per student, includes:
- 从纽约到阿克拉的往返机票
- 住在旅馆的双人房间里
- 所有餐费(含自费餐费)
- 所有现场参观和游览的巴士交通
- 国际健康和撤离保险
- 行程中所有景点的门票
- 签证费,包括邮寄
- 给导游、司机等的提示.
项目费用不包括:
- 护照申请费用
- required and recommended vaccinations (Yellow Fever shot and malaria pills required)
- 一个学分的学费(如果需要)包含在2023年春季学费账单中.
Spring 2023 Financial Aid can be used to pay the program fee in some circumstances - check with your Financial Aid Counselor.
Documentation:
- 护照有效期必须超过回程日期6个月
- Visa - required for US citizens (Non-US citizens: please check with Office of 国际教育)
Utica University reserves the right to cancel this course for any reason, without penalty. 如课程取消, 利记sbo将全额退还申请人,包括押金.
After admission into the program, the student is responsible for the full program fee. 押金不予退还. 学生是否应该在入学后因任何原因退出课程, 只有可收回的费用才可退还. 利记sbo的退学/退学/添加截止日期不适用. 学生必须以书面形式提出退学意向.
Utica University will not be liable for any costs incurred by a participant in preparation for the trip, including nonrefundable or restricted airline tickets connecting to the course’s flights. Participants who miss any flights during the trip are responsible for their own costs to continue in the course or to return home.
Utica大学不提供旅游保险 and recommends that each individual consider purchasing their own travel insurance policy in the event that the participant cannot attend the course.
海外学术经历(AEA)
海外学术经历提供国际交流, educational immersion on a local level to bring people around the world closer to understanding and appreciating one another. 专注于教师主导的项目,并于2005年开始在中国开展, AEA很快开始在亚洲其他地区开展业务, 并应客户要求发展到世界其他地区, 首先是2008年的巴西, Ghana in 2010, and Europe in 2015. 作为旅行者,我们是我们所拜访的社区和家庭的客人. AEA鼓励尊重当地人并向他们学习, practicing responsible travel and actively increasing our positive impact on people and the planet.
- The Yellow Fever, malaria pills, COVID-19 vaccine, and routine vaccines are required. 有关更多信息,请参见 CDC page for Ghana.
- 所有参与者都将享有国际健康保险 由提供医疗和遣返的全民健康保险提供, if needed, 万一生病或发生意外.
- 利记sbo进行风险评估 对所有国际旅行提出降低风险的建议.
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