Yoshino Yae

This article describes the January 24-25, 2004 international workshop proceedings held at St. Luke's College of Nursing. The purpose of the workshop was to share the 2002 and 2003 findings, from the research study titled 'Design of Educational Programs for Japanese Nurses whose Mission is to Transfer Nursing Knowledge in Developing Countries' with three international advisors. The focus of the research was to develop graduate, continuing and postgraduate programs in order to prepare those Japanese international nursing collaborators who engage in technical transfer activities in developing countries. Three groups conducted this research. Groups one and two focused on 'Personn el development Program' and 'Basic Nursing Educational Program'. Group three focused on the Process of Technical Transfer. Each of the groups presented their findings and proposed preliminary educational guidelines or educational programs. The members of the workshop provided additional suggestions and ideas for the final year of this study in 2004.