A movie about when students learn from each other

They have made a film to show how the students learn from each other when they are in education in the health care services of region's and municipalities.
– Peer Learning will be used by students and supervisors during the VFU, says Carina Nilsson and Birgitta Lindberg at Luleå University of Technology.

Current exam papers are presented

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Students practice teamwork in role play

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Sexuality in final stage of life

Talking about sexuality in health care is important, but it is a subject that is seldom addressed - particularly in the final stage of life. Emma Palmcrantz and Frida Henriksson, nursing students, found in their thesis that both patients and healthcare professionals feel unccomfortable adressing the subject and that the staff feel they do not have enough expertise.

Practicing structured communication in health care

Nursing students at Luleå University of Technology and medical students at the regional programme at the University of Umeå practice together for the first time structured communication to enhance patient safety. The model used is called SBAR.

Actors portray patients

One patient is depressed and has lost hope of his situation, while another is psychotic with paranoid features.
These are some of the cases that nursing students encountered during an exercise with actors.

Simulation gives a realistic scenario

In 2009 was simulations conducted at Luleå University of Technology. Today, simulation has expanded to include core competencies in each element .