Our Story
Learn, Share, Care initially started back in 2018 because I noticed that there was a mismatch in the way that international charities were providing healthcare education overseas versus the way that learners were being taught by educators in-country. This was leading to frustration on the part of the learners and the well meaning international educators. Significant amounts of time were being spent by chairites and organisations implementing teaching both online and in person, but learners didn’t seem to be getting as much out of the sessions as their counterparts in the countries where the educators came from.
Why was this? Simply put, nothing is culture free. From ways of doing, to how we speak and even more tangible examples such as application forms or creating a CV; everything is cultured. This means that the way we interact with one another in the classroom or online is also cultured. When different cultures come together, there can be a mismatch and meaning can be lost.
Learn, Share, Care aims to support organisations and charities to become more aware of how culture can impact our engagement with education so that we can value our multicultural learning opportunities rather than becoming frustrated by them. We do this through the provision of workshops and activities as well as offering a critical eye to any materials and processes currently in place.
We believe that everyone has the right to education and learning no matter where they are from or what they believe. My aim is to affect massive social change so that healthcare professionals from all over the globe can learn together, share knowledge and improve care.
Rhiannon - Founder of Learn, Share, Care
Rhiannon Eley
My name is Rhiannon, founder of Learn, Share, Care. I’m a qualified emergency nurse, educator and travel enthusiast having visited over 60 countries and worked in Laos, Madagascar and Somaliland.
I have been a qualified nurse since 2007 and have worked in healthcare education since 2013. On top of my BSc in Nursing, I have also completed an MSc in Advanced Practice, a Diploma in Tropical Nursing and a PGCert in Clinical Education. In 2018 I became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was shortlisted in 2019 for a Student Nursing Times Award for co-designing Get Your Ward In Order!, a board game for student nurses to help them learning prioritisation and management skills.
In 2020 I commenced my PhD studies with King’s College London looking at the experience of Nigerian migrant nurses in UK nursing education and in 2022 I became a Florence Nightingale Foundation Scholar leading the way in decolonizing the healthcare workplace and supporting the development of institutional cultural competence.
