EXHIBITION. A large number of conference and event visitors were interested in learning more about person-centered care when GPCC participated for the third time at the Quality Fair. For three days they could listen to seminars, visit the GPCC booth or participate in other activities outside the fair. The Quality Fair was held November 14-16 in Gothenburg, with a total of 7300 visitors. Many visited the GPCC stand, where they could…
R building – an open meeting place and center for excellence
COLLABORATION. Last Friday saw the grand inauguration of R building at Mölndal hospital. The building will be a large space focusing on musculoskeletal functions and diseases, with the ambition to become a creative meeting place for researchers, students, colleagues and various patient groups. The first sod of earth for the large 7,000 m2 building was dug out in March 2015 and the project has cost almost quarter of a billion Swedish…
Unique joint clinical training in the center of Sahlgrenska Life
MEDICINAREBERGET. A new large clinical skills training center where both health-care personnel and students can hone their abilities of carrying out different tasks, learn new techniques and learn how to cooperate across professional borders. The idea has been greatly appreciated on both sides of Per Dubbsgatan and is well on the way to being a joint initiative within Sahlgrenska Life. The clinical training center is currently operating under the working…
Henrik Sjövall: How do you show someone round a hospital, and an island community, in two days?
CHRONICLE. Three times Henrik Sjövall has had the privilege of visiting the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, a faculty of medicine founded by Dr Arjun Karki, which hopefully will provide the Nepalese countryside with doctors. When Arjun recently made a quick visit to Gothenburg, Henrik took the chance to show him a hospital, university and an island community to which he is proud to belong. Many years ago, I was…
Research colleagues run for science
SPORTS. Why march for science when you can run? In the spring, colleagues from the MIVAC research center donned their running shoes and team shirts and participated in three different races: Women’s Run Riga, Göteborgsvarvet, and Blodomloppet. One of the enthusiastic runners from MIVAC is doctoral student Inta Gribonika, who believes that these races are about more than just wellness care for the employees: “We run not only to promote a…