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ALIGNMENT UWISON is completing its third year in its four-year designation as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre (PAHO/WHO CC) for Nursing and Midwifery Development in the Caribbean and was redesignated a Best Practice Spotlight Organisation (BPSO) by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) in 2022. These designations have created research and practice partnerships with the UHWI, a BPSO for clinical nursing practice, the University of Ottawa, other BPSOs globally, PAHO/WHO, Health Ministries of CARICOM countries, other Collaborating Centres globally, Clinical partners and Universities. The respective designation aligns the activities of the School with global health priorities and international best practice guidelines in nursing education. Through its WHO designation, the School provided consultation on behalf of PAHO Jamaica for the development of strategic plans for Nursing and Midwifery in Jamaica and the Bahamas. During the 2022/2023 period, through the WHO Collaborating Centre, UWISON’s collaborations included the following: • University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing PAHO/WHO CC for the Global Health symposium held on September 26-30, 2023 and to ■ evaluate the integration of service learning in the BSc curriculum ■ present finding at the PAHO Research Colloquium at the University of Miami in November 2022 ■ sign an MOU for research and scientific meetings, staff and student exchange & curriculum development (inter alia). • The University of Miami for Panel discussion on The status of nursing research in the Caribbean (PAHO Research Colloquium November 2022) • The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario to conduct a EBP workshop during our annual Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference in May 2023 • WHOCC UPENN, UWISON (Mona & St. Augustine). Evaluation of the Nurs- ing Work environment in primary healthcare services in the English-Speaking Caribbean • MOU Columbia University, International Student Exchange Locally, UWISON continues to align its operations with the Standards, Criteria, Evaluation, and Approval Processes of the Nursing Council of Jamaica. Thus, having relocated to the Mary Jane Seivwright Building in April 2022, we redoubled efforts in collaboration with the wider UWI to narrow gaps in the physical and human resource infrastructure in the provision of quality nursing education. In keeping with the strategic goal to create opportunities for student and staff engagement in representing the UWI locally, regionally and internationally, the
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