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Exchange program brings two people from an Australian nursing school to Grande Prairie

May 21, 2018 | 6:00 AM

Two people from a nursing school in Australia recently spent some time in the Peace as part of an exchange program with Grande Prairie Regional College.
 
Debra Kiegaldie, an associate professor at the Holmesglen Institute in Melbourne, Australia, says one thing they have discovered is how much both have in common.
 
That includes her school having a formal agreement with a hospital, something GPRC will have with the new hospital here.
 
“Our students that go through our nursing programs, they then can do their clinical placements directly with this hospital and, likewise, we’re involved in a lot of research activities.”
 
Andree Gamble is the Undergraduate Coordinator at Holmesglen. She says they hope to start an exchange program that would involve students.

“So, once we get back to Australia, then we’ll start putting in place the process for selection of students and preparing them and then, hopefully, looking at maybe late next year, bringing two students over from our Bachelor of Nursing program to spend about three weeks here in Grande Prairie.” 
 
This comes after two GPRC instructors traveled to Australia last year. A pair of GPRC students would also head to Melbourne as part of this exchange.