Meerut:
The Nebraska Methodist College (NMC) of Nursing and Allied Health in Omaha, US, is all set for academic collaboration with Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur-based Hillary Clinton Nursing School. A four-member delegation of doctors and administrators from the US college visited Saharanpur on Thursday to explore the similarities and contrast in the teaching methods in India and in the US. The academic collaboration, which is most likely to be completed by 2018-end, is aimed at establishing mutual cooperation and professional coordination between the two institutes. The tie-up will also open up learning and employment opportunities for rural and underprivileged youths in Saharanpur area.
Dr Dennis A Joslin, consultant and former president of NMC, said, “We are planning a partnership with the Hillary Clinton Nursing School in Saharanpur soon. In this regard, a team of doctors from the US visited the campus on Thursday with the intention to find out the similarities and differences in health care provisions and teaching methods in India and the US. By this academic collaboration, we aim at providing best education to the professionals in both the countries so that the general public can get the best possible quality of life.”
Apart from Dr Joslin, the delegation of doctors included Dr Linda Hughes, dean of nursing at NMC; Dr Eric Kyle, faculty development, NMC; and Dr Harsha Sharma, professor, Arts and Sciences Division at NMC. These doctors are on a week-long trip to India to facilitate the process of academic collaboration and learning exchange programme with Hillary Clinton Nursing School (HCNS). They are also set to visit some government and private hospitals in Delhi and Saharanpur to get first-hand experience on the functioning of hospitals in India.
“The academic collaboration between the Nebraska Methodist College and the Hillary Clinton Nursing School is in the pipeline. NMC is a 125-year old college, and a delegation from the US visited the school here in Saharanpur to explore how students of this institute and that of the US can share and learn by means of student and faculty exchange,” said Raj Kamal Saxena, president, Ramrati Education Complex.
The Hillary Clinton Nursing School was established in 2012 and is affiliated to UP Medical Faculty and recognized by the Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi, and is situated on a 35-acre campus named Ramrati Education Complex (REC) — which also houses the Bill Clinton School, and Hillary Clinton Institute of Paramedical Sciences. REC is run by the Vinod Gupta Charitable Foundation. Gupta is said to be a close friend of the Clintons. Bill Clinton had even visited the place in 2001, much before it was named after him.
“We plan to call selected students and teachers to the US in July 2018 to complete the cycle of knowing each other’s homeland. Our visit is basically for the assessment stage, and it includes data collection. Once the students and teachers from Saharanpur visit us in July, we can prepare a master plan on how to go about with the academic collaboration,” said Dr Joslin.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Meerut News / by Ishita Bhatia / TNN / December 14th. 2017