The Lillian Carter
Center for
International
Nursing
Student Orientation
Fall Semester 2009
Lillian Carter Center for International
Nursing (LCCIN)
•Began in 2001 by
former Dean Marla
Salmon
•Named for President
Carter’s mother, Miss
Lillian, a nurse who
joined the Peace Corps
at age 68, and a longtime champion of
nursing
Mission:
Improvement of the health of vulnerable
people worldwide through nursing
education, research, practice, and policy
Role in the School
• Serves as the focal point for School’s
international nursing and midwifery work
• Coordinates international student programs
and Moultrie Farm Worker program
• Assist faculty in domestic service learning
programs
• Assist in developing relevant faculty,
student, staff & programmatic capacity
– advising, referring, brokering
• Provides support for faculty international
projects and research
International Student Programs
• Alternative winter and
spring breaks
• Jamaica
• Bahamas
• Dominican Republic
(Spanish language required)
• Semester abroad:
Alberta, Canada
• Work with international
population: Moultrie
Farm Worker Program
Selected Domestic Service Learning Programs
• Community Advanced Practice Nursing
Clinic (CAPN)
• Gateway Clinic for the homeless
• Café 458
• Refugee populations
• Community organizations for seniors or
chronically ill patients
* Stay tuned for another Lunch/Learn on SL
Domestic Service Learning Student
Programs
• No cost, other than transportation
• All located here in Atlanta
• No long distance travel or overnight stays
involved
• No foreign language requirement
• Usually part of a course or volunteer, no
advance preparation needed
Staff and Faculty
• Director: Dr. Martha Rogers
– Kenya Health Workforce Project
• Admin Director: Kathy Kite
• Admin Asst: Constance Baez
• Coordinator, Student Programs:
Corrine Abraham
Faculty and Staff
• Academic Coordinator: Dr. Jenny Foster
– Dominican Republic: research and
student alternative break program
• Center on Research for Maternal and
Newborn Survival: Dr. Lynn Sibley
– Bangladesh, Ethiopia
• Ethiopia Public Health Training
Initiative: Dr. Joyce Murray, Director
Faculty and Staff
• Chair, Family and Community Nursing
Dept.: Dr. Maureen Kelley
– Cambodia
– Student alternative break in Jamaica
• Visiting Faculty: Dr. Judy Wold
– Moultrie Farm Worker Project
– Zimbabwe Workforce Project
– Nursing education in Tbilisi, Georgia
• Adjunct Faculty, CDC: Pat Riley
– Kenya and Zimbabwe Workforce
projects
Faculty: Service Learning
• Gateway Center for the homeless:
Monica Donohue
• Community Advanced Practice
Nurses (CAPN) clinic: Dr. Linda
Grabbe
• Café 458: Ann Connor
• Refugee support organizations
Emory International Student Nurses
Association (EISNA)
• Part of ESNA
• For students interested in international
nursing
• Coordinates volunteer activities
• Dinners Around the World
• Lunch and learn
• Fund raising
How to contact us…
• Located on the fourth floor, suite 446
• Kathy Kite
– kkite@emory.edu
– 404-727-3063
• Constance Baez
– ebaez@emory.edu
– 404-727-3130
• Webpage: www.nursing.emory.edu/lccin
More about student international
programs…
Alternative Winter Break
Where: Kingston, Jamaica and Eluethra, Bahamas
When: January, before spring semester
Course credit: NRSG 480/590, 1 hour credit,
register for this in spring semester
Number of students: 8-12 per site
Preparation: apply, GPA 3.0, passport, class
registration, faculty rec
Costs: $500, limited fee waivers, EISNA stipends
Application due: October 16
Jamaica: Missionaries of the Poor
• Catholic order of brothers founded in 1981
by Father Richard HoLung
• Currently 550 Brothers in 9 missions
around the world
• 5 Centers in Kingston that serve physically
and mentally handicapped children and
adults
Jamaica: Missionaries of the Poor
“My expectation was to see a center of sadness where
loneliness dwelled and hope was extinguished.
However, I saw happiness and love in the faces of the
Brothers and in the smiles of the residents.”
Jamaica
“Before mass today I was able to sit with a little girl who
was blind and autistic. One of the Brothers showed
me how to sit with her and calm her by singing. I was
truly amazed how he knew each child so well and how
he had such love for every person he cared for.”
-Marion Wilhoite
Eluethra, Bahamas
Eluethra, Bahamas
Eluethra, Bahamas
Alternative Spring Break
Where: San Francisco Macoris, Dominican
Republic
When: March 1020
Course credit: NRSG 480/590
Number of students: 8
Preparation: Spanish language required, otherwise
same as for winter break
Costs: $500, limited fee waivers, EISNA stipends
Application due: October 16
Dominican Republic
• Experience includes homestay with a
Dominican family, Spanish tutoring
• Volunteer work in the maternity area,
Hospital San Vicente de Paul, and in
community sites
Dominican Republic
Meeting with DR nursing students
Dominican Republic
School screening
Study Abroad
Where: Alberta, Canada
When: Spring semester, senior year
Course credit: NRSG 462 Role Transition
Number of students: 2
Preparation: apply, GPA 3.0, one-page essay, 2
faculty recs
Costs: $500, EISNA stipends
Application due: Oct 16
Study Abroad: Alberta
Moultrie Farm Worker Program
Where: Moultrie, GA
When: June 2010, 2 weeks
Course credit: NRSG 461 Community Health
Number of students: 16 undergrads, 15-18 grads
Preparation: Completion of Junior Year in the SON
Costs: $100 plus residency fee
Application due: March 2010 (LCCIN Website)
Partners: Ellenton Farmworker Clinic, Colquitt
County Board of Education, GSU Physical Therapy
and Psychology, UGA School of Pharmacy, Clayton
State and Darton College Dental Hygiene programs,
Emory SON and other community partners
Undergrad Community Health Course N461
• Class begins three weeks prior to the two week
clinical experience in Moultrie (usually first two
weeks in June)
• Classes 9 am to 2:30 pm daily
• Post experience assignments due during summer
• Taking this course in the Summer of 2010 means
you will not have to take Community Health in the
Spring of 2011.
• Must Pay residency fee (in addition to $100 room
fee) in the Summer but tuition will be paid in
Spring of 2010.
Moultrie Clinical Experience
• Intense Cultural immersion experience
• Sunday to Friday for two weeks
• Typical day begins at 7 am and ends at noon
– Complete Physical Assessments on children in
summer school program
– Lunch at local church
– Varied activities i.e. farm tour; community
assessment; seminar
– Evening Clinic (start @ 6 pm) at various
farms/housing sites. Episodic care to migrant
workers till we finish…
Moultrie Farm Worker Program
How to apply…
• Complete Expression of Interest form
today and rank your preferences
• Complete program-specific application
available from LCCIN office
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Alternative winter break: October 16
Alternative spring break: October 16
Study abroad: October 16
Moultrie: March 2010 (TBA)