A MODEL FOR COUNTERPARTS IN INTERNATIONAL NURSING

The concept of counterpart is used by international health agencies to achieve the transfer of skills necessary for the ongoing viability of international nursing programs. The goal of the counterpart relations hip is for the host group counterpart to assume responsiblity for the project, The counterpart relationship is seen as a spectrum across whi ch knowledge is transferred from counterpart to counterpart, Where eac h counterpart relationship falls on the spectrum depends on the degree of knowledge each brings to the relationship and changes across the l ife of the project, The tasks each counterpart must accomplish to ensu re a successful relationship are illustrated by a faculty preparation program developed in the People's Republic of China.