A CASE REPORT OF AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO HARNESSING HUMAN RESOURCES AT A NURSING SCHOOL IN BOTSWANA

  • Motshedisi Sabone University of Botswana
  • Mabedi Kgositau University of Botswana
  • Amos Massele
Keywords: Human resource shortage, collaborative teaching, innovation, online teaching, Botswana

Abstract

The paper aims at sharing how human resources limitation drove collaborative teaching at an international level. In 2012, shortage of manpower in face-to face teaching prompted the nursing school to harness human resources outside the country to teach through an on-line mode. A gentlemen’s agreement was made with a vising Pharmacist from the USA to offer the course online as a community service gesture. The USA team consisted of five pharmacists while the Botswana team consisted of the head of school, a faculty member, and a clinical pharmacologist. The course offering was limited to exchange of written materials between students and the facilitators through e-mails. Interactive platforms were not possible as the facilitators could not access the university’s learning/teaching tools. Five (5) students completed the course and passed; and all have since graduated. The course evaluation from both the facilitators’ and the students’ perspectives revealed both benefits and challenges.

Published
2018-11-05