EDUCATION By way of introduction it entails more jobs for program and course directors at Sahlgrenska University Hospital but in the long run a convenient routine that improves the quality of our education. This will be the result of the new routines for the quality management that is now in place for all basic and advanced level courses at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ), which has…
Women’s health is the focus of an advanced physiotherapy course
EDUCATION. The autumn of 2017 will mark the first time that Sahlgrenska Academy offers the course “Women’s health and physiotherapy with a specialization in gynecology, obstetrics and urology.” The course is offered at the advanced level and is the only one of its kind in Sweden. The course is intended for qualified and registered physiotherapists, and this autumn’s course has drawn physiotherapists from all over the country to Gothenburg. The…
255 to share SEK 200 million in ALF project funding
GRANTS. The year’s call for proposals for ALF project funding has now been completed, and a total of nearly SEK 200 million has been allocated to the 255 applications ranked highest by the assessment groups. Two of the largest grant recipients are Christopher Gillberg and Ann Hellström, who are each receiving SEK six million over three years. For both Christopher Gillberg and Ann Hellström, the ALF funding is very important…
Akademiliv the podcast (in Swedish): new episode with Elisabet Wentz
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. The latest episode of Akademiliv the podcast has been released. This time our guest is Elisabet Wentz, who recently was appointed professor of general psychiatry with a special focus on anorexia nervosa. She is a member of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology. Among other things, she is currently working on a follow-up of a group of individuals who had anorexia in their…
Agneta Holmäng feels ready to become dean
ELECTION OF THE NEW DEAN. In just a few days, on November 16, the advisory board of Sahlgrenska Academy will elect a new dean. The candidate put forward for election is Agneta Holmäng, who was also one of the final candidates in the elections that were held last spring. Freelance journalist Lotta Engelbrektson interviewed Agneta Holmäng for Akademiliv. Should Agneta Holmäng be trusted with the responsibility of becoming the next…