U NIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE

Study Abroad

Faculty-Led Immersion

TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AND HOLISTIC IN SUMMER 2017 Program Guide Table of Contents Visa ...... 7 Packing Tips ...... 7 Table of Contents ...... 2 Clothing & Weather ...... 7 General Information ...... 2 Appliances ...... 7 The Program ...... 2 Other Items to Bring ...... 7 The Location ...... 2 Getting to Taiwan ...... 7 Academic Calendar ...... 2 Fox Travel ...... 7 Academics ...... 2 Travel Arrangements ...... 8 Program Prerequisites ...... 2 Settling In ...... 8 Pre-departure Orientation & Academic Planning 3 Housing ...... 8 Credits and Grades ...... 3 Food ...... 8 Program Information ...... 3 Communication ...... 8 Money Matters ...... 3 Time Difference ...... 8 Costs Paid to UW-Eau Claire ...... 3 Telephone Information ...... 8 Estimated Additional Costs for all Students ...... 3 Contact Names & Addresses ...... 9 Total Cost Estimates ...... 3

FLIIE Funding ...... 3 Souvenirs & Personal Travel ...... 4 Program Refunds from UW-Eau Claire ...... 4 Currency Exchange ...... 4 Credit Cards ...... 4 ATMs: Credit/Debit Card Use ...... 4 Traveler’s Checks ...... 4 Health & Safety ...... 5 Immunizations ...... 5 Prescriptions ...... 5 Water ...... 5 Other Keys to Staying Healthy ...... 6 Medical Facilities ...... 6 More info on Health & Safety in Taiwan ...... 6 Emergency Contacts ...... 6 Sexual Harassment & Assault ...... 6 Required Documents ...... 6 Passport ...... 6

CONGRATULATIONS on being accepted to the UW-Eau Claire (UWEC) Traditional Chinese Medicine and in Taiwan study abroad program during Summer 2017! Living and studying in a foreign culture is both an exciting and a challenging experience. Past participants of study abroad report that the many advantages of international study include:

Building upon existing foreign language skills Gaining new perspectives on a chosen academic field Increasing understanding of different cultures Enhancing personal development Developing different perspectives on U.S. culture Gaining self-confidence and independence Learning skills for the future international job market

It is up to you to determine how you can best benefit from these possible advantages. This is your experience!

This program guide is to be used together with the Faculty-Led Study Abroad Handbook. The Handbook has information that is valid for all faculty-led, short-term study abroad programs. This guide will provide you with specific information for the Summer 2017 program. It is designed to complement the Study Abroad Handbook, study abroad orientation and your individual pre-departure preparations.

Please realize that although this guide was written to help you better prepare for your time abroad, and that all of the information available at the time of printing has been used, it is impossible for any single resource to answer all of your questions. We strongly encourage you to contact your faculty leaders, the Intercultural Immersions staff, and students on campus with your specific questions. You should also make use of the additional written and web resources listed towards the end of this guide.

Basic questions only you can answer include:

1) What are YOUR goals for this experience? Common objectives of students abroad include advancement in future profession; wish to expand personal and academic horizons; need for a change; wish to challenge oneself with immersion in a new culture.

2) Given the way the program is set up, how can you best prepare to meet your goals? For example, if one of your goals is truly being immersed in the Chinese culture, yet the program is quite short. How can you best meet your goal?

The information in this guide was current at the time of printing, though changes may occur at any time.

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Academic Calendar GENERAL *Please do not book your international flight INFORMATION until after orientation on March 11th. The program runs from May 20 - June 9, 2017. The Program This means you will leave the U.S. on May 20 This faculty-led program in summer 2017 will be and depart from on June 9. led by Der-Fa Lu in Nursing and Professor Emeritus Bonnie Solem. The program allows May 20 Depart USA nursing students to learn about traditional May 21 Arrive in Taipei Taiwan Chinese medicine and holistic nursing. Students May 22-26 St. Mary Hospital in Taitung will observe integrative medicine at different May 29-June 2 An-Nan Hospital in clinical settings within an acute care hospital, at June 3-8 Culture immersion in Taipei an alternative birthing center, and at a catholic Taiwan hospital in rural Taiwan. While Nursing students June 9 Depart to USA (end of at UW-Eau Claire have knowledge within program) Western medical health systems, this immersion give them a chance to compare and contrast differences between Eastern holistic and Western curative ways. ACADEMICS There is additional information on academic Students will spend the first week will travel to topics such as registration, class attendance, Taitung to learn about holistic nursing skills at St. credits and course load, grades, transcripts, and Mary Hospital. During the second week working accessing the UW-Eau Claire library while at An-Nan Hospital to study traditional Chinese abroad in your Study Abroad Handbook. medicine in the mornings and observe and practice it in the afternoons. During the third week, students will then travel to and visit Program Prerequisites To participate in this program, you must be in various cultural sites within Taipei. good academic standing and have the

minimum 2.8 GPA required. You must also be The Location a currently-enrolled, degree-seeking Taiwan is a small island nation east of Taiwan. It undergraduate Nursing student of Junior I or II has been recognized for its hospitality and standing. We check grades at the end of the innovative healthcare, and has a high speed train semester prior to departure. If you are on system that connects the northern and southern probation, we will need to check with the faculty parts of the island. The country has many leader to see if you will be allowed to participate. traditional Chinese temples, hot springs and If you have been suspended, you will not be mountainous terrain. The program takes place in allowed to participate in the program. Taipei, the capital city of almost 3 million people.

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Pre-departure Orientation & Academic ONEY ATTERS Planning M M Attendance at the March 11th orientation plus the Information about how payments are made, when 2-credit spring NRSG 295/395/495 is required. they are due, and the withdrawal/refund Meeting times and days will be announced by deadlines, financial aid, scholarships, budgeting your Faculty Leader. You will be doing some and ways to bring money abroad is in your Study reading, research, and preparing presentations Abroad Handbook. throughout spring semester. Costs Paid to UW-Eau Claire Credits and Grades The estimated UNDERGRADUATE Wisconsin Class attendance and participation in spring class resident cost paid to UW-Eau Claire for summer meetings, and in program lectures, excursions, 2017 is $2,715. and activities while in Taiwan is required of all students. Tuition/Fees (included in spring) $0 Program Fee $2,400 Credits earned as part of this program are Application Fee $30 considered UW-Eau Claire resident credits. The Subtotal $2,430 class you take will count towards the total credits FLIIE Funding -$2,100 needed for graduation, and the grade will be Total Paid to UWEC $330 figured into your GPA. You cannot take any Minnesota residents add reciprocity; non- credits pass/fail. residents add non-resident fees.

The UW-Eau Claire Faculty Leader will issue Estimated Additional Costs for all grades for the course using the usual UW-Eau Students Claire A-F grading scale. Grades are typically not Meals $250 available until late summer after you have Personal Expenses $200 submitted your final assignment. Passport/photo $135 Airfare MSP to Taiwan $1,800

Total Additional Costs $2,385 Program Information The program allows nursing students to learn about traditional Chinese medicine and holistic Total Cost Estimates nursing. Students will observe integrative If you add up everything you will pay to UW-Eau medicine at different clinical settings within an Claire, and estimated additional costs, the total is acute care hospital, at an alternative birthing around $2,715 for an undergraduate center, and at a catholic hospital in rural Taiwan. Wisconsin resident student. While Nursing students at UW-Eau Claire have knowledge within Western medical health FLIIE Funding systems, this immersion give them a chance to This program is supported by Blugold compare and contrast differences between Commitment FLIIE Funding for undergraduate Eastern holistic and Western curative ways. UWEC students. While students are encouraged to participate in multiple high-impact immersion

3 programs, each student is eligible to receive of the program without the subsidy. Blugold BCDT funding for only one FLIIE experience. Commitment program support is based on Graduate and non-UWEC students are not student enrollment and can only benefit students eligible to receive this funding. actually participating in program.

Blugold Commitment funding is not able to Currency Exchange cover costs of tuition, but will include about The currency of Taiwan is the Taiwan dollar. $2100/student towards the program fee in 2017. The exchange rate as of February 2017 was about 31.37 TWD per U.S. dollar. Souvenirs & Personal Travel The amount of personal funds to cover souvenirs Credit Cards and personal travel will vary based on your In addition to the information on credit cards in shopping habits, off-program entertainment, your Study Abroad Handbook, you should be personal spending habits, etc. We do not expect aware that credit cards are not as widely you will spend a lot on personal travel as you accepted in Taiwan as they are in the U.S. have limited opportunities to travel during the Only major stores, tourist hotels, and travel program due to a full calendar, though you might agencies are likely to take them. have time before or after the official program dates. ATMs: Credit/Debit Card Use 24-hour ATMs are plentiful in the large cities you Program Refunds from UW-Eau Claire will be traveling to. The most commonly The $30 application fee is non-refundable. The accepted U.S. cards are Visa and MasterCard. $150 deposit is non-refundable except in the case You can also draw cash as soon as you land at the of a documented medical or family emergency. airport. You should compare the international transaction fee charged by your different banks; The withdrawal deadline for the program is the fee can range from 1-3%. Some travelers March 1. No refunds are available after have reported ATMs snatching back money if March 1, and if you withdraw after March 1, you don't remove it within around 30 seconds; you will be required to pay all program costs others have reported having to wait 30 seconds or and any funds already committed on your more for the funds to be released from the behalf, up to the full program cost. All machine. withdrawals must be in writing.

Traveler’s Checks Undergraduate students who withdraw will lose Traveler’s checks can be burdensome to use their FLIIE funding. As such, they will be because you need to cash them at a bank or expected to pay ALL non-refundable program exchange bureau, which may not be readily costs paid to UW-Eau Claire. For example, the available outside the airport. It is recommended FLIIE funding covers about $2100/student. that you do not bring traveler’s checks, but However, a student who withdraws after the instead use debit cards to take out money in the refund deadline would be responsible for paying local currency. the $2400 estimated cost, which is the true cost

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Insurance to determine if your medication is legal HEALTH & SAFETY and how to go about taking your medications Additional information on these issues, as well as abroad. information on CISI insurance, is included in the Health Issues and Safety Abroad sections of your If you have specific questions about whether or Study Abroad Handbook. not your medication is a controlled substance in your host country, contact: Immunizations The CDC recommends that travelers to Taiwan Assist America, the information/assistance discuss several vaccinations with a doctor at least branch of CISI insurance, the UW-System study four-six weeks prior to travel. You can find the abroad insurance provider. list of vaccinations here: - Toll free Assist America 24/7/365 #: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/travel 800-872-1414 (U.S. calls), 1-609-986- er/none/taiwan?s_cid=ncezid-dgmq-travel- 1234 (worldwide calls; call collect) single-001 - E-mail: [email protected] - Identify yourself with reference number 01-AA-CIS-01133 There are very few required vaccinations for travelers anywhere in the world. Requirements Water can only be placed by the government of the Tap water is generally considered unsafe. You particular country, and because such should drink bottled, filtered or boiled water at requirements often discourage tourists, all times. Brush your teeth with this water also. governments are reluctant to establish them. CDC recommendations should be taken very Carbonated bottled water, soft drinks, beer, wine, seriously. However, since many of the hot tea, and coffee are usually safe. Be sure to recommendations depend on the type of travel wipe off the top of a bottle before drinking out of you anticipate doing, or the length of time you it, or ask for a straw. By making sure that you are are staying, you need to meet with a doctor to drinking uncontaminated water, you can reduce determine what's best for your individual your exposure to many diseases such as situation. infectious hepatitis, cholera, diarrhea and dysentery. Where water is contaminated, ice is UW-Eau Claire's Student Health Services offers also contaminated—you may wish to learn to immunizations (IG, tetanus, Hepatitis B, etc.) order drinks without ice. and health education on international travel for a small fee. Tel. (715) 836-5360. Often, your When you are not in control of your water supply, health insurance will cover the cost of consider bringing a portable water purifier, immunizations. available at most outdoor stores, and boil water vigorously for at least 10 minutes, or use water Prescriptions purification tablets (one tablet per quart of clear Not all medications that are legal in the United water, or two tablets if water is cloudy). States are legal in Taiwan. It is important to check with TEAM Assist, a feature of your CISI

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Other Keys to Staying Healthy  Wash your hands frequently, always using Sexual Harassment & Assault soap. Harassment: Female travelers have reported  If you are buying food from street vendors, everything from staring, lewd and suggestive stick to breads or fruits that you peel yourself. comments to catcalls, and groping. Often these (The knives used might be dirty.) Fruits that incidents occur in crowded areas such as market cannot be peeled, fruit juices diluted with places, bus/train stations, and public streets. water, raw vegetables and salads that have Women travelers in Taiwan are advised to not been washed with disinfected water respect local dress and customs as a way to should be avoided. minimize harassment.  In addition to bringing anti-diarrhea medication, some students experience the Assault: Crimes against women including rape opposite effect. It is a good idea to bring have also been reported in various places in along fiber snacks or constipation Taiwan. Suggestions to maintain stringent medication. security precautions include:  Avoid public transport after dark without the Medical Facilities company of known and trusted companions. We will be working with staff in two regional  Restrict evening entertainment to well- hospitals. If students need healthcare, we will known venues. seek care from our partners in these hospitals.  Avoid isolated areas any time of day. These hospitals are equipped with  Keep your hotel room number confidential. comprehensive healthcare resources.  Lock your hotel room and use deadlocks/door chains while in your room. More info on Health & Safety in  Hire only reliable cars and drivers. Avoid Taiwan traveling alone in cabs at night. Detailed information on crime, road safety, drug  Keep conversations with unknown men penalties, and terrorist activity in Taiwan is short—getting involved conversations with included in the State Department Consular unknown men can be interpreted as a sign of Information Sheet. It is highly recommended that sexual interest. you read through that information carefully before travel to Taiwan. Safety in-and-around Taiwan will be discussed during orientation. REQUIRED Emergency Contacts General emergency procedures are described in DOCUMENTS the Study Abroad Handbook, and the UW-Eau Passport Claire faculty and local staff are available if General passport information is found in your difficulties arise. You will receive an emergency Study Abroad Handbook, but you will need a contact card prior to departure; be sure to keep it valid passport with an expiration date more than with you at all times. The information is also on six months after the end of the program. the last page of this guide.

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Visa • Medications – both prescription* and over the A visa is official permission to visit a country and counter. Past students recommend bringing is granted by the government of that country. A your own pain relievers, lotions, and cold/flu visa is not necessary for US citizens if you are medicine. staying under 90 days. • Travel size tissues and toilet paper (Bring several packs and always have one on you because often times, Chinese public restrooms PACKING TIPS don’t provide toilet paper.) In addition to the general packing information in • Wet wipes/hand sanitizer (travel size) your Study Abroad Handbook, you should know • A small purse or bag to carry tissues/toilet the following about Taiwan. paper, and sanitizer • A fork and a knife that you want to carry on Clothing & Weather you when you eat at the cafeteria (Only spoons Weather in May is warm and humid with and chopsticks are provided, you may go hungry frequent afternoon thunderstorms, if you struggle with chopsticks.) because May is in the rainy season. There is • Phrase Book of English to Mandarin more rainfall in the south than in the north. • Trinkets from Eau Claire or the U.S. that you Average low and temperatures are 21 °C (61 °F) can give to local friends and 26 °C (79 °F).

Take clothing that is machine washable and does GETTING TO TAIWAN not wrinkle easily. Choose a color scheme and Fox Travel bring mix-and-match clothing. Dark colors show All students on faculty-led immersion programs dirt less quickly when you travel. sponsored through UWEC are required to purchase their international flights through Fox Appliances World Travel. Please contact a Fox World Travel The standard electric current in Taiwan is 110- agent (open 7:00am-5:30pm on weekdays) 120 volts. U.S. appliances such as hair dryers through one of the options below: and razors run on 110 volts. If you plan to bring  Call toll-free 866-230-8787 (option 4) these appliances, you might need a converter.  Email [email protected] with There are outlets in your hotel room that will fit Group Code in subject line U.S. style plugs. You may also choose to simply  Give them GROUP CODE 09UW798 buy the appliances you need in Taiwan.

Have ready: Other Items to Bring  Name exactly as it appears on your passport • At least one towel and washcloth  Passport number and expiration date • A big bottle of mosquito repellent with DEET  Credit card number to charge • Personal products like shampoo, body wash/bath bar, deodorant, other personal health, beauty and hygiene products that you may need (travel size is recommended)

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Travel Arrangements It is your responsibility to make travel COMMUNICATION arrangements to Taiwan. The International Information on accessing your UW-Eau Claire e- Immersions Team encourages you to consider mail address, which you need to check while traveling with another program participant—a abroad, is in your Study Abroad Handbook. travel companion can make arrival in a new country safer and much less intimidating! You Time Difference will have the opportunity to discuss travel Taiwan is 14 hours ahead of Eau Claire. For arrangements with your fellow study abroad example, when it is 1:00 PM on a Thursday in participants during orientation. Eau Claire, it is 3:00 AM on Friday.

The faculty will meet you at an agreed upon Telephone Information meeting place and time at Taipei International From the U.S. to Taiwan: To call someone in Airport where you will go to the hotel together. Taiwan, you must first dial 011, which is the Pick up service will be arranged to meet international dialing code. Next, you dial 886 students arriving at the designated time. (the country code for Taiwan), and the rest of the Should you not arrive at the designated time, you number. will be responsible for finding your own way to the hotel. It is always a good idea to have some You will not have phones in your rooms and will foreign currency when you arrive in-country. be responsible for any international calls made from the hotel. We suggest looking into calling cards or online calling programs such as Skype (free download to your computer) to speak to SETTLING IN friends and family at home. Another option is Housing WhatsApp, an app that allows you to We will stay at the employee housing at St. Mary communicate at no cost with anyone else, as long Hospital and affiliated business hotel at An-Nan as you have a Wi-Fi connection. This is Hospital. Two to four same gender students will particularly helpful when communication with share a room. These rooms will have air others in the group from hostels, airports en condition or fan for comfortable sleep at night. route, restaurants, cafes or museums.

Food Computer/E-mail Access Ethnic Taiwanese and or Chinese food can be We will purchase sim cards at the airport for each expected. We will dine at the Hospital employee member to use on his/her cell phones. At hotels dining room with warm and healthy meals during and hospitals, we will use their public servers to this trip. log on to Internet.

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CONTACT NAMES & ADDRESSES GENERAL UW-EAU CLAIRE & CISI CONTACT INFORMATION IS IN YOUR STUDY ABROAD HANDBOOK.

UWEC ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Shanti Freitas Intercultural Immersion Coordinator [email protected] Schofield Hall 17 (ORSP) Phone: (715) 836-6037 Fax: (715) 836-4948 OTHER RESOURCES UWEC Faculty The U.S. Department of State offers useful Dr. Der-Fa Lu travel information on the “Travel” section of Nursing Faculty their Web site- https://www.state.gov/travel/. Nursing 272 715-836-2444 [email protected] The American Institute in Taipei 3rd Floor, Consular Section #7, Lane 134, Hsin Yi Road, Section 3 UW-Eau Claire After Hours Numbers Taipei, 106 Taiwan (715)839-4972 or (715)577-9045 Telephone: +(886) 2-2162-2000 ext. 2306 In an after-hours emergency, please call Emergency Telephone: +(886) 2-2162-2000. University Police at (715) 577-9045. Calls can Fax: +(886) 2-2162-2239 be made to this number 24 hours a day. You [email protected] may get an answering machine; however, an officer is alerted as soon as you have left your

message. Be sure to give the officer the phone number you can be reached at, as well as what

type of assistance you require.

We suggest that you copy this page and leave it with your emergency contact and/or parents. Updated: 2/1/17 SF

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