TRANSFORMING THE CURRICULUM WHILE SERVING THE COMMUNITY - STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITY-BASED SITES

Developing community-based clinical opportunities for students is a ch allenge. At San Jose State University (SJSU) School of Nursing, facult y transformed the curriculum by developing community-based experiences directed by faculty and delivered by students during clinical practic e. These innovative clinical experiences provide a structure to educat e students and enhance the ability to bring health care to underserved people in a community. This article describes the structure and proce sses for implementing the new experiences and offers strategies to gui de other faculty interested in developing community-based experiences.