Internationally coordinated practice-oriented learning

All international universities that are involved in Global Skills Partnerships share high quality standards and are open to new teaching concepts. Nurses training there regularly do well in national registration examinations.

Sustainable partnerships of equals
Fair, secure and lasting

Renowned universities pull together on Global Skills Partnerships: During the pilot phase, the central partner in Germany is the University Hospital Bonn, which can draw on extensive experience in upgrading foreign nursing staff and providing intercultural preparation.

Universities in the Philippines and Mexico are the first international institutions to get involved in the programme. In both countries, more people qualify as nurses than the local labour market can absorb. The Global Skills Partnerships programme thus offers new opportunities that benefit all sides: the prospect of secure employment for participants in the upgrading programme, and a transfer of expertise that benefits both the countries of origin and the German health system.

Think global, act local

GIZ coordinates the programme. Training content at the partner universities was confirmed in the pilot phase as part of a sample record by the “Gutachtenstelle für Gesundheitsberufe” and is the basis for direct professional recognition in Germany. In addition, an exchange or workshops on different teaching and learning methods between the cooperating hospitals/ universities in Germany and the countries will be established if there is interest. Train-the-trainer workshops will be offered by the German partners, in which above all the methodology of case-centred teaching and learning in particular will be presented and taught. Within the scope of financial possibilities, mutual placements will be (fully or partially) financially supported. Modern skills labs for practical training are also set up in the home-country universities. Parts of the equipment will rotate between the partner universities for training purposes.

Philippinen

Nursing in the Philippines is a four-year course.
Graduates obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Supplementary training offered under Global Skills Partnerships and designed to meet the requirements of the German health sector is taken in the third and fourth years. There is also an additional semester.

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