Developing a research mentoring partnership in Israel

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• International Collaboration
• Maternal-Child Health

Background:

• Established in 1985, a partnership between the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Henrietta Szold Hadassah/Hebrew University.
• Initial focus on a student exchange program centered on maternal-child nursing.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop a faculty mentoring program to enhance nursing expertise.
• To increase Israeli nursing faculty's skills in grant applications, publications, and abstracts.
• To foster a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research project with Israeli leadership.

Main Methods:

• Student exchange program in maternal-child nursing.
• Faculty mentoring partnership focused on research development.
• Collaborative efforts towards NIH-funded research.

Main Results:

• Development of a faculty mentoring program stemming from the student exchange.
• Enhanced expertise for Israeli nursing faculty in research and scholarly output.
• Foundation laid for an NIH-supported research project.

Conclusions:

• The long-standing collaboration successfully evolved from student exchange to faculty development.
• The program effectively builds capacity for international nursing research and funding acquisition.
• The partnership serves as a model for global nursing education and research advancement.