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Session

Education Abroad (EA)

Preparing Globally Competent Students in STEM and Health Professions

Sunday, October 27, 2024
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM EDT
Location: Meeting Room 25
Presentation Description: It is critical that STEM/health professionals demonstrate global competencies, and yet students in these disciplines have long been underserved in study abroad. Speakers represent three diverse U.S. Department of State IDEAS grant recipients who have all approached this topic in creative ways. Speakers will discuss strategies to increase access to study abroad and other international experiences for STEM/health students through developing new experiential learning programs, forging international partnerships, and connecting career skills to international experiences.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify challenges and innovative strategies for career integration. Regis College will share perspectives from the development of their new program in Bolivia: “Operación Acceso: Healthcare Professionals at Home and Abroad.”
  • Learn how to leverage international partnerships to develop short-term programs, through the example of the University of Maine’s experiential faculty-led program on comparative drug policy with Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
  • Explore an experiential learning program model for STEM students, through the example of the University of Connecticut’s new program in Australia on developing international Navy STEM Partnerships.