All Outputs (2)

Optimising student learning on international placements in low income settings (2019)
Journal Article
Ackers, H., Ackers-Johnson, J., Ahmed, A., & Tate, N. (2019). Optimising student learning on international placements in low income settings. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 7(3), 311-327. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2019.73026

This paper challenges the assumption that student visits to low resource settings inevitably promote the acquisition of cultural competence. Much of the literature and marketing rhetoric advocating the expansion of such ‘exposures’ lists numerous pos... Read More about Optimising student learning on international placements in low income settings.

The impact of multidisciplinary mobilities on the effectiveness of global health and international development projects (2019)
Thesis
Ackers-Johnson, J. The impact of multidisciplinary mobilities on the effectiveness of global health and international development projects. (Thesis). University of Salford

The mobility of healthcare professionals from high-income countries (HICs) to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been growing rapidly over recent decades. The ‘international elective placement’, which was once a preserve of medical student... Read More about The impact of multidisciplinary mobilities on the effectiveness of global health and international development projects.