From October 19 to 21, 2021, under the guidance of the International Office of West China Hospital, West China School of Nursing, SCU organized junior nursing teachers to participate in the Mayo Clinic curriculum program “Healthcare Mentoring 2030: A MentorSeed Approach”. The curriculum was jointly launched by West China School of Nursing, SCU and Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development. The purpose of this curriculum program is to further enhance nursing teachers’ clinical teaching ability, so as to improve the clinical practice quality of undergraduate and graduate students. Professor Zhang Fengying, Vice Dean of WCSN, and Dr. Qiu Chen, Program Manager of International Affairs, WCSN participated the guidance of the program.

Clinical nursing practice is an important part of the growth of nursing students, and a crucial way for students to combine theoretical knowledge and clinical practice. Teachers’ teaching abilities are highly related to the training quality of nursing students.

The course lasted three days with topics such as leadership development, clinical nursing teaching, and establishing personal and professional boundaries, etc. This course closely follows the hot topics of nursing development and management frontier, which improves teachers' theoretical knowledge and broadens teachers' international vision. After the course, all the participants submitted course feedbacks through online questionnaire, which provided valuable experience for the future international courses.

We will further optimize international exchanges and cooperation, and provide an international platform for nursing teachers and students. We will also continue to introduce international cooperative courses, and contribute to cultivating high-caliber nursing talents China.