Betydelsen av FoU-kompetensförsörjningsprogrammet som varit en medveten och strategisk satsning i... more Betydelsen av FoU-kompetensförsörjningsprogrammet som varit en medveten och strategisk satsning inom FoU-området kan sammanfattas på följande sätt: Deltagarnas behållning och föreskriven akademisk utveckling har haft en närmast hundraprocentig måluppfyllelse och gett kliniskt verksamma sjuksköterskor en bra start på sin akademiska karriär. Programmet illustrerar ett effektivt sätt att stimulera sjuksköterskors livslånga lärande genom att bygga upp förmågan att genomföra och tillämpa omvårdnadsforskning i klinisk praktik. Programmet har också bidragit till utvecklingen av kompetenta handledare för studenter under utbildning. Flertalet av deltagarna har utvecklat både en önskan om och kompetens för att ta på sig ledande uppdrag såväl inom den egna verksamheten som i gränsöverskridande projekt både inom Fyrbodal och nationellt. Programmet har medverkat till att bryta revirtänkande och kan bidra till en mer öppen och gränsöverskridande kultur inom Fyrbodalområdets hälso- och sjukvård. D...
This article evaluates the idea and ideal of the democracy dialogue in citizen and politician enc... more This article evaluates the idea and ideal of the democracy dialogue in citizen and politician encounters and the meaning of establishing a communication arena to develop health care. It further explores the meaning of establishing a communication arena to participant in such a group, the impact of on the political process and the outcome of the interaction and the dialogue. Through dialogue, citizen and politician have gain a mutual understanding an insight of complex health care problems from both perspectives. The results also indicate that such a dialogue is likely to influence the political agenda as well as decision-making-process in a more citizen focused perspective.
This article evaluates the idea and ideal of the democracy dialogue in citizen and politician enc... more This article evaluates the idea and ideal of the democracy dialogue in citizen and politician encounters and the meaning of establishing a communication arena to develop health care. It further explores the meaning of establishing a communication arena to participant in such a group, the impact of on the political process and the outcome of the interaction and the dialogue. Through dialogue, citizen and politician have gain a mutual understanding an insight of complex health care problems from both perspectives. The results also indicate that such a dialogue is likely to influence the political agenda as well as decision-making-process in a more citizen focused perspective.
In Europe, midwifery education has undergone a number of reforms in the past few decades. In seve... more In Europe, midwifery education has undergone a number of reforms in the past few decades. In several countries, it has shifted from vocational training to academic education. The higher education reform, known as the "Bologna process" aimed to create convergence in higher education among a number of European countries and enhance opportunities for mobility, employment and collaborative research. It also indicated a transparent and easily compared system of academic degrees, generating a new educational system in three cycles. This study explores the implementation of the process in Sweden when the midwifery education was transferred from diploma to postgraduate or master's level. The aim of this study was to analyse how the implementation of the Bologna process in the Swedish higher education system has impacted midwifery education programmes in the country. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were employed to analyse 32 questionnaire responses from teachers and the 2009-2010 curricula and syllabi of 11 postgraduate midwifery education programmes at Swedish universities and university colleges. The results revealed variations among the universities at the major subject into the three disciplines; midwifery, nursing and caring with different conceptualisations, even when the content was identical in the curricula to that of the midwifery professional knowledge base. Implementation of the new reform not only has accelerated the academisation process, but also puts higher demand on the students and requires higher competencies among teachers to involve more evidence-based knowledge, seminars, independent studies and a postgraduate degree project in the major subject. Thus the students earn not only a diploma in midwifery, but also a master's degree in the major subject, which affords the opportunity for an academic career. But still there is a tension between professional and academic education.
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives, 2014
The aim of this study was to obtain a deeper understanding of midwives' lived experience of c... more The aim of this study was to obtain a deeper understanding of midwives' lived experience of caring during childbirth in a Swedish context. Ten midwives were recruited from one university hospital with two separate delivery units in western Sweden. Data were collected by both written narratives and interviews. With an inductive approach using a descriptive phenomenological method, the answers to the question: "Can you describe a situation in which you felt that your caring was of importance for the woman and her partner?" were analysed. A general structure of the phenomenon of caring in midwifery during childbirth, including five key constituents: sharing the responsibility, being intentionally and authentically present, creating an atmosphere of calm serenity in a mutual relationship, possessing the embodied knowledge, and balancing on the borders in transition to parenthood. This study emphasises how the midwives shared the responsibility and their possessed embodied ...
Betydelsen av FoU-kompetensförsörjningsprogrammet som varit en medveten och strategisk satsning i... more Betydelsen av FoU-kompetensförsörjningsprogrammet som varit en medveten och strategisk satsning inom FoU-området kan sammanfattas på följande sätt: Deltagarnas behållning och föreskriven akademisk utveckling har haft en närmast hundraprocentig måluppfyllelse och gett kliniskt verksamma sjuksköterskor en bra start på sin akademiska karriär. Programmet illustrerar ett effektivt sätt att stimulera sjuksköterskors livslånga lärande genom att bygga upp förmågan att genomföra och tillämpa omvårdnadsforskning i klinisk praktik. Programmet har också bidragit till utvecklingen av kompetenta handledare för studenter under utbildning. Flertalet av deltagarna har utvecklat både en önskan om och kompetens för att ta på sig ledande uppdrag såväl inom den egna verksamheten som i gränsöverskridande projekt både inom Fyrbodal och nationellt. Programmet har medverkat till att bryta revirtänkande och kan bidra till en mer öppen och gränsöverskridande kultur inom Fyrbodalområdets hälso- och sjukvård. D...
This article evaluates the idea and ideal of the democracy dialogue in citizen and politician enc... more This article evaluates the idea and ideal of the democracy dialogue in citizen and politician encounters and the meaning of establishing a communication arena to develop health care. It further explores the meaning of establishing a communication arena to participant in such a group, the impact of on the political process and the outcome of the interaction and the dialogue. Through dialogue, citizen and politician have gain a mutual understanding an insight of complex health care problems from both perspectives. The results also indicate that such a dialogue is likely to influence the political agenda as well as decision-making-process in a more citizen focused perspective.
This article evaluates the idea and ideal of the democracy dialogue in citizen and politician enc... more This article evaluates the idea and ideal of the democracy dialogue in citizen and politician encounters and the meaning of establishing a communication arena to develop health care. It further explores the meaning of establishing a communication arena to participant in such a group, the impact of on the political process and the outcome of the interaction and the dialogue. Through dialogue, citizen and politician have gain a mutual understanding an insight of complex health care problems from both perspectives. The results also indicate that such a dialogue is likely to influence the political agenda as well as decision-making-process in a more citizen focused perspective.
In Europe, midwifery education has undergone a number of reforms in the past few decades. In seve... more In Europe, midwifery education has undergone a number of reforms in the past few decades. In several countries, it has shifted from vocational training to academic education. The higher education reform, known as the "Bologna process" aimed to create convergence in higher education among a number of European countries and enhance opportunities for mobility, employment and collaborative research. It also indicated a transparent and easily compared system of academic degrees, generating a new educational system in three cycles. This study explores the implementation of the process in Sweden when the midwifery education was transferred from diploma to postgraduate or master's level. The aim of this study was to analyse how the implementation of the Bologna process in the Swedish higher education system has impacted midwifery education programmes in the country. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were employed to analyse 32 questionnaire responses from teachers and the 2009-2010 curricula and syllabi of 11 postgraduate midwifery education programmes at Swedish universities and university colleges. The results revealed variations among the universities at the major subject into the three disciplines; midwifery, nursing and caring with different conceptualisations, even when the content was identical in the curricula to that of the midwifery professional knowledge base. Implementation of the new reform not only has accelerated the academisation process, but also puts higher demand on the students and requires higher competencies among teachers to involve more evidence-based knowledge, seminars, independent studies and a postgraduate degree project in the major subject. Thus the students earn not only a diploma in midwifery, but also a master's degree in the major subject, which affords the opportunity for an academic career. But still there is a tension between professional and academic education.
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives, 2014
The aim of this study was to obtain a deeper understanding of midwives' lived experience of c... more The aim of this study was to obtain a deeper understanding of midwives' lived experience of caring during childbirth in a Swedish context. Ten midwives were recruited from one university hospital with two separate delivery units in western Sweden. Data were collected by both written narratives and interviews. With an inductive approach using a descriptive phenomenological method, the answers to the question: "Can you describe a situation in which you felt that your caring was of importance for the woman and her partner?" were analysed. A general structure of the phenomenon of caring in midwifery during childbirth, including five key constituents: sharing the responsibility, being intentionally and authentically present, creating an atmosphere of calm serenity in a mutual relationship, possessing the embodied knowledge, and balancing on the borders in transition to parenthood. This study emphasises how the midwives shared the responsibility and their possessed embodied ...
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