What is the benefit of this course?

The "Classroom Without Borders" project was designed to close the gap between classroom and clinical practice by facilitating knowledge transference. Faculty from a baccalaureate nursing program, teaching foundational medical-surgical courses, round weekly on students at clinical sites working in partnership with clinical faculty to ensure that assignments are designed to achieve weekly outcomes. Faculty provide an immersion experience within clinical that includes handoff reports and Socratic questioning to promote development of clinical judgment. Rubrics are used to grade assignments. Reflection papers and communal blogs about the experience are completed weekly.