Collaborative Online International Learning
Engage with the world and make international connections while participating in a semester-long course on campus at Penn.
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) courses offer students the opportunity to participate in a variety of global experiences through virtual connections and exchange with international communities, experts, and peers.
Features and Facts:
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Unique semester-long courses that take place at Penn while offering the opportunity to engage on a global scale through virtual experiences
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Faculty developed global activities that may include collaborative projects with community members abroad, guest lectures and workshops delivered by international experts, and ongoing partnerships with peers.
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COIL courses do not require a program fee and students are able to register just as they would a typical Penn course.
Find the course list below and register through Path@Penn during advance registration. You are also invited to join our mailing list to receive reminders, updates on programs, and event invitations.
Latin American Virtual Nursing and Midwifery Exchange on Response to the Climate Crisis and Sustainable Healthcare (NURS 5350-006)
Sarah H. Kagan, PhD, RN, Maria S. White, MSN, RN, Nina A. Juntereal, BSN, RN, Emma P. Blakey, PhD, RN; Penn Nursing
Please request a permit to register when filling out the application survey.
This virtual multinational exchange for nursing and midwifery students from Penn Nursing and partner schools across Latin America focuses on nursing and midwifery response to the planetary crisis, climatological effects on health and wellbeing, and creation of sustainable healthcare. Learners use professional reflection and critical comparison to prompt situational analyses, understand relevant science, and generate planet and climate friendly health and social care innovation. The exchange with peers in Latin America is in Spanish and requires proficient or better Spanish language ability (viz., four semesters of college-level Spanish or equivalent). Students will complete independent work with Penn faculty in English as are all assignments. Assignments are co-designed and alternatively graded, focusing on evincing situational analysis, integration of science, and plans for and initial implementation of innovations.
Spring COIL Courses
Multinational Virtual Nursing and Midwifery Exchange on Response to the Climate Crisis and Sustainable Healthcare (NURS 5350-005)
Sarah H. Kagan, PhD, RN, Maria S. White, MSN, RN, Nina A. Juntereal, BSN, RN, Emma P. Blakey, PhD, RN; Penn Nursing
Please request a permit to register when filling out the application survey.
This virtual multi-national exchange for nursing and midwifery students from Penn Nursing and partners schools across five continents focuses on nursing and midwifery response to the planetary crisis, climatological effects on health and wellbeing, and creation of sustainable healthcare. Learners use professional reflection and critical comparison to prompt situational analyses, understand relevant science, and generate planet and climate friendly health and social care innovation.
Summer COIL Courses
Comparative Elder Care - Hong Kong and the World (NURS 5350-003)
Sarah H. Kagan PhD, RN
Please request a permit to register when filling out the application survey.
This virtual international course in comparative systems of care for older people takes an Age Friendly approach to aging and public health. It employs a partnership between the University of Hong Kong and the University of Pennsylvania as the basis for building a global perspective on care for older people. It examines topics from ageism, the climate crisis, and gerontechnology to hospital care, social welfare, and care at the end of life, drawing on renowned experts from around the world. Learners use professional reflection and critical comparison to generate relevant situational analyses and Age Friendly innovation through interactive synchronous sessions and a series of focused individual assignments.
COIL: Comparative Health Systems – Nursing and Midwifery Response to Global Health Crises
"With my academic interests, I plan to learn more about global healthcare systems and be able to apply my clinical experiences in these global settings, although this was a virtual exchange, it allowed me to talk to students from a variety of nations all over the world with similar interests as mine: midwifery and global health."
