RESEARCH COLLABORATION. Inger Ekman has led two EU-projects since 2013 with the aim of testing person-centred care in Europe. On the 11th March a conference with participants from 26 countries was held in order to produce a new plan for continued work. ‘Person-centred care 4 sustainable health systems – How to transform health care in the post-pandemic era’ was the title of the consensus conference was held on Thursday March 11th…
Meet our new Excellent Teachers – Mona Ringdal and Angela Bång
DISTINCTION. Mona Ringdal and Angela Bång, both associate professors at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, recently received the title of “Excellent Teacher” at the University of Gothenburg. This brings the number of teachers at Sahlgrenska Academy receiving this title in recognition of their teaching expertise to 16. A total of 29 people at the University of Gothenburg have now been awarded the title of Excellent Teacher, including the 16…
Many advantages with double degrees – a well-functioning collaboration enabled her defense of dissertation
DOCTORAL EDUCATION. The first doctoral student admitted to doctoral studies at both Sahlgrenska Academy and KU Leuven has now defended her dissertation. In addition to a double doctoral degree for Mariela Acuna Mora, from the very start the collaboration provides her with both a solid doctoral education and access to an established international network of researchers. Mariela Acuña Mora graduated as a nurse in her native Costa Rica. She came…
Christopher Holmberg and Linda Åhlström receive this year’s Pedagogical Award
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. The exam in quality development and improvement knowledge for our nursing students in their final semester has recently changed from a standard turn-in group assignment to an exam that also assesses the group’s work process using Active Learning Classrooms (ALC). The teachers behind this change, Christopher Holmberg and Linda Åhlström, have now received Sahlgrenska Academy’s 2020 Pedagogical Award. You may not nominate yourself for the award, and the…
Pregnant women feel more vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic
NEW STUDY. Pregnant women, and in many cases also new parents, think more about the coronavirus and feel more affected and worried about it than other groups. This is shown by research results from the University of Gothenburg, which have now been presented in both a report by the SOM Institute and in a scholarly article. The results come from the Swedish Pregnancy Panel (PregDem) study and from the SOM…