Two undergraduate students spent a week at the Keio University Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care in Tokyo, Japan, participating in the “Tackling the Challenges of Aging Societies as a Global Health Issue and the Role of the Nursing Profession” program. BSN students Eileen Zhang, Abby Soskil, and Pitt Nursing faculty member Dr. Sheila Alexander traveled to Japan from February 4 to 9.
“This experience was a really cool way to learn more about nursing care in a different country and meet nursing students from around the world,” said Eileen Zhang. “We observed nursing care at Keio's University Hospital and went on field trips to various elderly care facilities. The experience was really interactive and immersed us in many different sectors of nursing care in Japan. The program also had a good mixture of lectures, shadowing opportunities, and student-led activities to learn more about Japanese culture.”
Written by the School of Nursing. Funding contributions for the program were provided by the Asian Studies Center, the Japan Iron & Steel Federation endowment at Pitt, the Global Studies Center, and the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs