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CICAD Schools of Nursing Project on Prevention of Drug Use and Abuse, Social Integration, and Health Promotion in Latin America and the Caribbean |
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VIII International Meeting |
First
International Leadership Institute on Academic
Programs and the Drug Phenomenon in Latin America
August
15-16, 2003
Lima,
Peru
1.
Background
The CICAD Schools of Nursing Project held for the
first time the International Leadership Institute
on Academic Programs and the Drug Phenomenon in Latin
America for Deans, Vice-Deans, Directors, and
Coordinators of Graduate Nursing Programs of Schools
of Nursing from fifteen Universities distributed in ten
countries in Latin America, one university from
Canada/University of Alberta; and four universities in
the United States/ Universities of Cincinnati,
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Georgia
Southwestern State, and Michigan, to discuss
leadership roles and strategic plan for the
contribution of the profession of Nursing in reducing
the demand in Latin America. The Leadership Institute
was held in Lima, Peru, from August 15-16, 2003.
The objectives and the themes covered in the
meeting, the participating countries, and the results
are presented below.
2.
Objectives
Discuss
the new leadership profiles for nurses during XXI
Century within the framework of drug phenomenon in
the Americas;
Present
some experiences of leadership within Schools of
Nursing from Canada, United States, and Latin
America;
Identify
the impact of new initiatives in nursing education
and management of human and financial resources
within the context of drug phenomenon;
Present
examples of “Deans Mentorship Role to New
Deans of Schools of Nursing” as a
contributing factor to advance nursing leadership,
science, technology in the discipline of nursing
and in the field of demand reduction;
Discuss
the importance of Academic, Science &
Technology Nursing Network to advance the
contribution of nursing discipline in the field of
demand reduction in the Americas;
Present
and discuss the importance of strategic plan in
the management of academic nursing programs,
development of human and financial resources, and
science & technology within the Schools of
Nursing in the Americas.
3.
Themes of the 8th International
Meeting
1.
The Nursing Leadership in the XXI Century and
the Drug Phenomenon: Challenges and Perspectives;
2.
Vision, Values, Styles and Experiences of
Leadership within Schools of Nursing and the Drug
Phenomenon in the Americas: The US and Latin American
Perspectives;
3.
Initiatives on Nursing Education and
Management of Human & Financial Resources and the
Drug Phenomenon: Challenges and Perspectives;
4.
The Deans
Mentorship Role for the Advancement of Leadership
Skills, Science & Technology in Nursing Discipline
and in the Field of Demand Reduction in the XXI
Century in the Americas;
5.
The Importance of the Development of Academic,
Scientific & Technology Networks to Advance
Nursing Profession and the Field of Demand Reduction
in the Americas;
6.
The Importance of Strategic Plan in the
Management of Academic Nursing Programs, Development
of Human & Financial Resources within the Schools
of Nursing and its Contribution to Drug Demand
Reduction Field.
4.
Participants
Universities
and Schools of Nursing in Latin America
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National
University of Córdoba School
of Nursing Córdoba/Argentina
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Autonomous
University of Querétaro School
of Nursing Querétaro, Mexico
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National
University of Rosario School
of Nursing Rosario/Argentina
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University
of Guanajuato School
of Nursing Celaya, Guanuajato, México
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National
University of Colombia Faculty
of Nursing Santafé de Bogotá/Colombia
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National
University of Honduras School
of Nursing Tegucigualpa, Honduras
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Carabobo
University School
of Nursing Valencia/Venezuela
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University
of Alberta Faculty
of Nursing Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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University
Mayor de San Andrés Nursing
Career La Paz/Bolivia
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University
of Cincinnati Medical Center College
of Nursing Cincinnati, Ohio, US
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University
of Guayaquil School
of Nursing Guayaquil/Equador
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University
of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School
of Nursing Newark, New Jersey, US
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University
Cayetano Heredia School
of Nursing Lima/Peru
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Georgia
Southwestern State University School
of Nursing Georgia, Atlanta, US
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University
of São Paulo School
of Nursing Ribeirão Preto/Brazil
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University
of Michigan School
of Nursing Center
of Health Promotion Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
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University
of the State of Rio de Janeiro Faculty
of Nursing Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
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Federal
University of Santa Catarina Nursing
Department Florianópolis/Brazil
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University
of Concepción Department
of Nursing Concepción/Chile
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Autonomous
University of Nuevo León Faculty
of Nursing Monterrey/Mexico
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International
Organizations
Representatives
of CICAD
Representative
of Pan America Health Organization in Lima, Peru
5.
Overview of the Meeting
The
executive summary of the meeting is presented below.
Friday Morning Session
August
15, 2003
Since it was a working meeting, the opening ceremony
was done by the representative of CICAD/OAS – Dr.
Gloria Wright International Coordinator of CICAD
Schools of Nursing Project on Demand Reduction in
Latin America, and by the Dean of Faculty of Nursing
of Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru.
The inaugural address was then given by the Associate
Dean for Undergraduate Studies of College of Nursing
of University of Cincinnati, Ohio, US, Dr. Lou Ann
Emerson, on Nursing
Leadership in the XXI Century and the Drug Phenomenon:
Challenges and Perspectives.”
The first panel analyzed The Vision, Values, Styles
and Leadership within the Schools of Nursing and the
Drug Phenomenon in the Americas. There were four
panelists to discuss the topic: Dr. Maria R. Warda/US;
Dr. Sara Torres/US; Dr. Isabel Amelia Costa
Mendes/Brazil; and Mg. Myriam Parra Vargas/Colombia.
They presented different theoretical and practical
aspects of the topic and related it with drug
phenomenon policies and demand reduction programs.
More detail of the presentations will be presented in
the proceeding of the Institute that CICAD is going to
publish until December 2003.
I Working Group
The first working group was in the late part of Friday
morning. The participants were divided into six
sub-groups with a coordinator and secretary for each
group. In the end of the working group the
coordinators of each group presented the results of
group discussion in a plenary section. Before to come
to the Institute, each of Latin America Dean,
Vice-Dean, Director, and Coordinator of Graduate
Nursing Program, were asked to prepare a document
about the topic of the panels for them to presented
and discussed them in the working groups. In the first
working group they presented and discussed
similarities and differences of their vision, values,
styles, and experiences of leadership within their
schools of nursing.
The reports of each sub-groups indicated the
documents had more similarities than differences
related to vision, values, styles and experiences of
leadership. Only the schools of nursing who have long
experiences on graduate nursing programs presented
more advancement on leadership styles and vision than
those schools who did not have advanced graduate
programs.
The Second Panel on the topic of New Initiatives
for Nursing Education and Management of Human &
Financial Resources and the Drug Phenomenon:
Challenges and Perspectives had three panelists to
discuss the topic: Prof. Genevieve Gray/Canada; Dr.
Sara Torres/US; Dr. Antonia M. Villarruel/US.
The papers provided information about several
new initiatives the Schools of Nursing or Centers of
Excellence are doing in US related to nursing
education and drug issues and also new strategies for
modernize management of human and financial resources.
More details about these aspects of the topic
of the panel will be presented in the proceedings of
the meeting.
The second working group was in the late part of
Friday afternoon. The participants were divided into
six sub-groups with a coordinator and secretary for
each group. In the end of the working group the
coordinators of each group presented the results of
group discussion in a plenary section. In this working
group the emphasis was on future trends of nursing
education and the drug phenomenon similarities and
differences among the schools of nursing in Latin
America. The reports of each sub-groups indicated
there is some differences among the schools on how do
they visualize the future trends for nursing education
and its contribution to demand reduction in Latin
America. The
schools of nursing who have long experiences on
graduate nursing programs presented more visionary
future trends for nursing education than those who are
not so advance in this area. All the schools of
nursing representatives agreed that nursing
professional has a lot potential and leadership to
contribute to demand reduction in Latin America.
On
Saturday morning we had tree individual presentations
on the following topics:
(i)
The Role of Mentorship for the Advancement
of Leadership, Science & Technology in Nursing and
in the Area of Demand Reduction in the XXI Century in
the Americas. This topic was presented by Dr.
Maria R. Warda, Dean School of Nursing at Georgia
Southwestern State University, US. She provided very
good examples from her own experiences about Deans
Mentorship Role and how this aspect is so important
for advance leadership skills to apply to any
administrative situation as well as academic and
scholarship aspects.
(ii)
The Importance and Development of Academic ,
Scientific & Technological Networks to Advance the
Nursing Profession in the Area of Demand Reduction in
the Americas. This topic were presented by Dr.
Gelson Luiz de Alburquerque, Director of Nursing
Department at Federal University of Santa Catarina,
Brazil. He provided a good conceptual framework of
Networks Systems and how it functions and could be
applied to
CICAD Schools of Nursing Project in Latin America. He
emphasized the urgent need of CICAD to support the
creation of a Virtual Network of Schools of Nursing
who work on Demand Reduction in Latin America to
advance nursing education, extension activities and
research studies in the area of demand reduction.
(iii)
The Importance of Strategic Planning for
Management of Academic Programs, Development of Human
& Financial Resources, and Science &
Technology in the Schools of Nursing and for the field
of Demand Reduction in the Americas: The Case Study of
US Schools of Nursing. This topic was presented by
Dr. Carol Deets, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs,
College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Ohio,
US.
She provided a very good review of literature
of concepts and differences between traditional
planning and strategic planning. The process to
develop an strategic planning and a list of references
with abstract about strategic planning from business,
military, and nursing point of views.
More
detail about each of the papers will be available in
the proceedings of the Institute.
III
Working Group
The third working group took place in late part of
Friday morning. The
participants were divided again into six sub-groups to
present and discuss similarities and differences of
their strategic planning prepared before come to the
institute related to leadership, academic programs,
science & technology, extension programs,
mentorship roles, academic and science &
technology virtual network.
The results of this working group were
presented in plenary section.
IV
Working Group
The coordinators of each group meet again with the
support of the other participants and prepared the
first draft of the “Regional Strategic Planning
for Nursing Contribution to Demand Reduction in Latin
America” for a period of five years. After the presentation of
the basics elements of the plan in plenary, all
participants received a copy of the document for them
to take to their Schools of Nursing discuss it with
the faculty and enhance and send it back to CICAD by
the end of September, 2003 for final adjustment.
6.
Conclusion
The First International Leadership Institute on
Academic Nursing Programs and the Drug Phenomenon in
Latin America achieved all its objectives. Prior
to the meeting, we received all the papers to be
presented in the meeting. The planning and
organization process of the meeting were done all by
internet, fax, and phone calls. All the sections had
simultaneous translation to English or Spanish
Languages. Three of the international guests from US
Universities were Latino descendents occupying
position of Deans at Schools of Nursing in the United
States. This aspect brought a lot contribution to the
meeting and the Deans from Latin America felt very
comfortable with them. The two Deans from US and one
from Canada contributed a lot also to the Institute as
a whole.
The Institute provided to the Deans from Latin America
and North America a very unique opportunity to
interact, develop partnerships, and know more about
nursing leadership from the two view points –North
and South -- and how to put this joint effort in the
benefit of drug demand reduction in the Americas.
7.
Recommendations
Provide
technical and financial support for the
implementation of more Leadership Institutes for
Deans, Vice-Deans, Directors of Research Centers,
Coordinators of Graduate Nursing Programs to
advance demand reduction area in Latin America.
Create
a mentorship process among schools of nursing in
Latin America with Schools of Nursing in Canada
and US to strength leadership skills at academia
environment, services and demand reduction field.
Provide
technical and financial support to implement the
activities of Regional Strategic Planning for a
period of five years (2004-2008).
Create
a “Leadership, Scientific and Technological
Advisory AD HOC Advisory Group” with
representatives of Collaborating Universities from
Canada and US who are already working with CICAD
Schools of Nursing Project to advance nursing
contribution to demand reduction area in Latin
America.