2025 Volume 35 Issue 2-2 Pages 67-79
〔Objective〕This study aims to identify the effects of synchronous collaborative online international learning （COIL） in practicum in multidisciplinary team health care on nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy students’ understanding of others and their cross-cultural understanding.
〔Method〕 Participants were 87 fourth-year students from University A. A comparative analysis of scores on the Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory （BEVI） before and after a synchronous COIL with Korean students and a qualitative analysis of their descriptive data on understanding others and cross-cultural understanding were conducted.
〔Results〕Scores on three scales of BEVI related to understanding others and cross-cultural understanding increased by five points. Through qualitative descriptive analysis, five categories of learning related to understanding others and cross-cultural understanding were extracted, including 〈tolerance for different cultures and values〉and〈cross-cultural understanding is an opportunity to change myself〉.
〔Conclusions〕Synchronous COIL in practicum in multidisciplinary team health care has a positive impact on non-cognitive abilities related to understanding others and cross-cultural understanding. This result suggests that the program can be an effective educational method to promote understanding others and cross-cultural understanding by considering the setting and duration of cross-cultural experiences.
