When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and international travel was halted, nursing faculty were challenged to transform the in-person global health clinical experience with travel to a new virtual format. The virtual experience would need to meet the learning objectives and provide a global health perspective. This article describes the process of transforming the in-person clinical experience to a virtual format to provide a rich global learning opportunity for the students without travel to the host country. Virtual global health experiences can successfully help students understand the health of populations with a global perspective.
Keywords: Community health clinical; Global health; Short term immersion experiences; Teaching methods.
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