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Nursing education at Lund University

Staffan Karlsson

RNT, PhD, Senior Lecturer/Researcher

LundUniversity

Lund University

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•One of six Departments at the Faculty of Medicine

•Education and research within the field of health science

•Collaboration with general health care, regional authorities and the surrounding society.

•1 300 full-time students.

The Department of Health Sciences

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•Six programmes leading to professional and BSc/MSc/Master degrees within Medicine, Midwifery

• Nursing (including ten specialist nurse programmes)

•Radiography

•Occupational Therapy

• Physiotherapy

•70 doctoral students

•200 employees.

The Department of Health Sciences

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Under graduate education, 3 years

Registered Nurse and Bachelor of Nursing Science

Spec nurse and Master of Science (1 year)

Postgraduate education, 4 years

PhD in Caring Science with a major in Nursing

Master of Science in Nursing (2 years)

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Basic and ethics of nursing, 9 credits

Anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, 13,5 credits

Scientific theory and research methodology I, 7,5 credits

Biomedicine I, 9 credits

Health and ill-health in the elderly, 7,5 credits

Clinical training in municipal elderly care, 4,5 credits

Health and ill-health in a life perspective, 9 credits

Clinical training in somatic care, 15 credits

Biomedicine II, 7,5 credits

Mental health and ill-health, 7,5 credits

Clinical training in psychiatric care, 7,5 credits

Teaching tasks in care, 7,5 credits

Leadership and organisation in health care, 7,5 credits

Clinical training in outpatient care including maternity and peadiatric care, 7,5 credits

Scientific theory and research methodology II, 7,5 credits

Clinical training in somatic care including emergency care, 15 credits

Optinal theoretical depth course, 7,5 credits

Clinical training in optinal nursing field, 7,5 credits

Clinical training in home-based care, 7,5 credits

Degree essay in nursing (degree project), 15 credits

Clinical training

Medicine

Nursing

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

Nursing programme

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Optional courses

Optional theoretical depth course, 7,5 credits

•Nutrition and wound treatment•Emergency care•Pain and pain treatment•Peadiatric care

Clinical training in optional nursing field, 7,5 credits

•Nutrition and wound treatment•Emergency care•Pain and pain treatment•Peadiatric care•Global health

Clinical training

NursingTerm 5

Term 6

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Specialist nursing programmes

1 year programmes (full time)

Elderly care Psychiatric care

Paedriatic care Oncology care

Anaesthesiology care Intensive care

Internal medicine Surgical care

Operating room Ambulance service

Other

Primary Health Care 1 ¼ year

Midwifery 1½ year

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Internet based learning

Partly or complete

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•Degree of Master of Medical Science (Two Years)

•Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy

•120 higher education credits

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Nordic Master's Degree Programme in Gerontology – NordMaG

120 higher education credits

•University of Jyväskylä, Finland

•University of Iceland, Iceland

•Lund University, Sweden

A multidisciplinary and jointly implemented degree programme in higher education in the Nordic countries in the field of gerontology

http://www.jyu.fi/sport/laitokset/terveys/en/Nordplus/nordmag

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Pedagogical outlook

•Based on the student taking active responsibility for learning.

•According to the Higher Education Act, provide knowledge and skills

•Reality-based cases form the work for problem based learning.

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Pedagogical outlook

•Give the student a capacity for independent and critical assessment

•Ability to solve problems independently

•Ability to follow developments within the nursing area.

• Post graduate courses; general for all students (about 10 weeks) and specific in relation to the studies and subject (about 30 weeks)

• A main supervisor and at least one co-supervisor

• Regular seminars (once a month)

• The thesis: 4 papers (2 have to be published/accepted) and a theoretical framework. Thesis being defended during a public seminar with an opponent and an external examination board.

• Graduation once a year for all new PhDs at Lund University in the cathedral (in the end of May every year)

Postgraduate studies, 4 year PhD program

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Nursing research

•Ageing, Elderly care

•Midwifery

•Palliative care

•Paediatric care

•Psychiatric care