YSN Launches Partnership with the Sechenov MMA Graduate School of Nursing in Moscow, Russia
Dr. Douglas Olsen (above with Sally S. Cohen, Center Director) has been awarded the Fulbright Fellowship to present a lecture series on health policy and ethics and psychiatric/mental health nursing at the Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy (MMA) Graduate School of Nursing in Moscow, Russia.
Dr. Olsen will reside in Moscow for several weeks this fall. During his stay, he will provide direct education to advanced practice nursing students at MMA, enhance the ability of the graduate nursing faculty in teaching mental health nursing and health care ethics, serve as strong initial connection for ongoing collaboration between Yale University and MMA, and increase awareness of cultural context into his own teaching.
According to Dr. Olsen, while there is a tradition of medical ethics in Russia, nursing ethics is not yet a regular part of advanced practice nursing education. As nurses assume advanced practice roles in Russian health care, they should be well educated in the ethics of health care. In addition to mental health content, Dr. Olsen will follow the same procedure in teaching health care ethics to MMA students. Concurrent with classes for students, he will facilitate weekly sessions with the MMA nursing and medical faculty to enhance their ability to teach these topics. These sessions will include discussions on how content is chosen for preparation for the role of advanced practice nurses, the potential of the advanced practice role, preparation of wide ranging materials to enhance student understanding and teaching technique.
MMA has a long history of national leadership in medical education (spanning more that 225 years). The MMA Graduate School of Nursing was launched in the early 1990's and became the first graduate school of nursing in the Russian Federation (presently there are four). Dr. Olsen's Fulbright appointment provides a great opportunity for Yale and MMA Schools of Nursing -- the two pioneers in graduate nursing education in their respective countries -- to work together to improve the health of communities around the world.
It is the hope of both institutions that the benefits for Yale and MMA will continue beyond the period of Dr. Olsen's Fulbright scholarship. The two institutions are committed to developing a lasting partnership, and view this as an initial effort in more anticipated collaborations.
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