SCHOLARSHIP. Karin Granqvist, an operating room nurse and doctoral student at Sahlgrenska Academy, has been awarded the Swedish Society of Nursing’s Florence Nightingale Scholarship, which is only given once in connection with the 200th birthday of this pioneering nurse. The scholarship is SEK 50,000. It is awarded in the field of hygiene, an area Florence Nightingale and her colleagues were widely recognized for in connection with their lifesaving work caring…
Three new Excellent Teachers named
DISTINCTION. Lena Hartelius, Inger Jansson and Helena Wigert – these are the latest to join Sahlgrenska Academy’s honored staff named Excellent Teachers. Our faculty has appointed 14 Excellent Teachers since the program’s inception in 2015. Lena Hartelius, a professor of speech therapy, teaches and supervises treatment of neurologically caused speech and language problems. What she most enjoys about teaching is often being surprised, impressed and happy. “The students and colleagues…
Language barriers effect parents’ participation in neonatal care
DOCTORAL THESIS. A warm smile and a caring hand on the shoulder are not enough to overcome the language barriers that can arise between parents and healthcare professionals in neonatal care when the parents have not mastered the Swedish language. A new thesis raises the questions of when and how to get the assistance of an interpreter. “Health professionals often say, in a well-intentioned way, that parents should let them…
The right of elderly people to culture
RESEARCH. Digital culture can make elderly people feel better. This is a hypothesis for a unique research project headed by the Institute of Health and Care Sciences. The institute is interviewing residents at homes for the elderly, staff and family members about their experience of classical music. There is a biting wind, and rain is in the air. Spring is arriving late, but inside the Södergården home for the elderly…
Inger Ekman summarizes her period as director of the Center for Person-Centered Care (GPCC)
ASSIGNMENT. On April 1 Inger Ekman leaves her assignment as director of the Center for Person-Centered Care (GPCC) due to the University’s rules for management assignments after reaching retirement age. During her time as director, person-centered care has gone from being a relatively unknown concept in Sweden to an approach that has been introduced by more than half of all Swedish county councils. Inger Ekman sums up her nine years…