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A pioneer in drama in nursing education retires

5 September, 2022

Author Gerhard Kelling, Professor Maria Mischo-Kelling, Associate Professor Janeth Leksell, Professor Joakim Öhlen, Professor Jan Nilsson, Senior Lecturer Anne Floden, Associate Professor and Head of Section Monica Petterson and Professor Margret Lepp.

 

PEOPLE. Professor Margret Lepp, a driving force in the development of drama in nursing education, has now resigned from the Institute of Health and Care Sciences. A two-hour long symposium with invited speakers preceded a traditional party in her honor.

[Scroll down to see more photos from the retirement celebration.]

Professor Jan Nilsson.

It became clear during the symposium that Margret Lepp, in addition to being a highly valued colleague and friend, also made enduring and major contributions in her field of healthcare education, where she is regarded as a pioneer in Sweden. Several of the speakers noted that she had also made important contributions to knowledge building in the subject of health sciences. Lepp was consistently described as a clear-sighted and solution-oriented mentor and role model, who was also extremely productive in her scholarly and educational work. She has authored over a hundred research publications, including many books. With great enthusiasm, she has had multiple, wide-ranging teaching assignments. Her colleagues noted the large number of examinations she has carried out.

The world as a workplace

She has inspired many to expand their international networks and collaborations, including through her long-term presidency of the Swedish section of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the international organization for nurses.

Professor emerita Karin Ringsberg and Professor Margret Lepp.

“I dreamed of having the whole world as my workplace, and that’s the way it turned out,” Lepp said during her presentation.

Lepp has been actively involved in the Institute of Health and Care Sciences for 15 years and has served as a professor of health sciences, specializing in health care education.

Now she continues as professor emerita at the institute and with her international connections, including as an adjunct professor at Griffith’s School of Nursing and Midwifery at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, and as a visiting professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

She also continues her involvement in the European Network of Nursing Academies (ENNA), an organization she co-founded. ENNA endeavors to strengthen nursing education and the conditions for further education and dissemination of knowledge about current healthcare education and health sciences research.

Associate Professor Linda Berg.

During the symposium, Margret Lepp gave a presentation about her journey from her nursing degree in Borås in 1978 via advanced training in psychiatric nursing and a healthcare teacher’s degree to becoming an authorized drama in nursing teacher in 1994. In 1998 she defended her doctoral thesis in Lund, which dealt with learning with drama in healthcare and nursing education.

Awarded for contributions to education

Former PhD student: Emina Čirgić, Chief Dentist, Odont.dr. / Clinic Manager and Eva Karin Bergström, Licensed Dental Hygienist, Odont dr, and Head of Unit.

Drama in nursing education provides an opportunity for a group of employees or students to reflect on and consider different aspects of ethical problems, dilemmas, or conflicts. It offers them an opportunity to empathize with how another person experiences a situation, which provides profound empathic insights. In other words, the basis of drama in nursing education is to practice, try and reflect. It is a much-appreciated feature among Sahlgrenska Academy’s nursing students, both at undergraduate and master’s levels.

In 2018 Margret Lepp was awarded Sahlgrenska Academy’s Educational Award, together with her colleagues Linda Berg, Stina Larsson, and Helena Wigert. She also was awarded the Swedish Association of Educational Writers award in 2021. And earlier this year Lepp received the title of Excellent Teacher.

Important subject for the institute

For Lepp it seemed self-evident that the subject of healthcare education would be represented within the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, both to continue quality assurance in the undergraduate and specialist training of nurses and to develop tools and other prerequisites for continuing education for employed nursing staff.

“You helped us understand the importance of continued research in healthcare education,” Section Manager Monica Pettersson noted in her farewell remarks when all the guests gathered for cake in the break room.

“Drama is a very important element in our teaching, and it is also very popular with our students. We absolutely want to continue offering drama in nursing education as part of our training,” Pettersson added.

BY: ELIN LINDSTRÖM

 

Professor emerita Karin Ringsberg.
Lecturer Lisen Dellenborg.
Professor emerita Ingegerd Bergbom.
Associate Professor Janeth Leksell.
Professor Maria Mischo-Kelling.
Professor Jan Nilsson, Professor Margret Lepp and Professor Maria Mischo-Kelling.
Professor Marie Berg, Assistant Professor Ewa Gadd, Professor Joakim Öhlen and retired Assistant Professor and international coordinator Bibi Kennergren.

By: Elin Lindström
Tagged With: institutionen för vårdvetenskap och hälsa, Internationalisering

Comments

  1. Jehad Halabi says

    29 September, 2022 at 15:02

    Great activity and well-prepared well deserved for Professor Margret. The accomplishments done by my great Friend and colleague, Margret, are worldwide and sustainable impact is there on many people, including myself. I worked with her for many years when I was in Jordan and after that when I joined another university ins Saudi. She is a great mentor, role model, and supporter. above all, she is a great human caring person. I am so honored to have worked with her and more to come even after retirement. This great professor continues to give without limits. she has been an asset to Gothenburg University, an institution I respect highly and collaborated with for many years in different exchange projects.
    Wish her all the best in the new chapter of her life.
    Professor Jehad Halabi from Jordan
    September 29, 2022

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