LEADERSHIP ASSIGNMENT. Since this summer Karin Ahlberg and Carina Sparud Lundin have served as head and deputy head of the Institute of Health and Care Sciences. Strengthening the institute as a workplace and its collaboration both within and outside of Sahlgrenska Academy are two important areas for the new leadership duo. “It’s fun to take on an overall leadership role and to start as the new head of the institute…
GU rises in this year’s Shanghai ranking
RANKING. The University of Gothenburg (GU) has moved up in this year’s Shanghai ranking, which now places it among the top 150 universities in the world. Within the ranking by subject area, GU does best in odontology, where it ranks 21st in the world. In clinical medicine the university rises to 33rd place. In recent years the University of Gothenburg has been situated around the 200 mark, but it has…
Drama for nurses – award-winning educational tool
EDUCATION. The annual teaching award at Sahlgrenska Academy has been awarded to a group of teachers who have long worked with drama to prepare nursing students and specialist nurses for their careers. The drama exercises are well supported by research and the intended learning outcomes listed in the program syllabus, providing students with the opportunity to practice, test and reflect. Linda Berg, Stina Larsson, Margret Lepp and Helena Wigert are…
Strong development for health sciences with Ingela Lundgren as head of the institute
LEADERSHIP ASSIGNMENT. For eight years, Ingela Lundgren has been head of one of Sahlgrenska Academy’s smallest units, the Institute of Health and Care Sciences. Heading the institute has not been a small assignment though, but rather a complex and multifaceted one. As head of the institute, she has managed to increase the proportion of teachers with a doctorate. Compared with the other institutes at Sahlgrenska Academy, the institute where Ingela…
Fruitful meeting when the Ministry of Education and Research visited Sahlgrenska Academy
EDUCATION. As part of the inquiry into the specialist nursing program being conducted by commission of the government, Special Inquirer Kenth Nauclér and his colleagues are making site visits at some selected higher education institutions. For two days last week, Sahlgrenska Academy was visited, and the inquiry team was impressed by the good collaboration between higher education institutions and the health care system in the region. The visit to Sahlgrenska…