Prosjekt Bakgrunn og Formål: Globaliseringen har ført til et presserende behov for en utdanning som reflekterer og forbereder individer for et internasjonalt arbeidsmarked og samfunn. Formålet med vårt prosjekt er å forbedre global utdanning innen helseprofesjonene ved å integrere internasjonale perspektiver gjennom aktiv læring. Vi sikter mot å utvikle studenter som er kulturelt bevisste og som kan ...

In this article, we develop, through drawing forward fragments of our experiences, a concept of reciprocity as always situated within the relational ontology of narrative inquiry. Reciprocity is most commonly understood within a transactional sense, an exchange of goods. We show important aspects of reciprocity in narrative inquiry, including the importance of intentionally creating and responding ...

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<p>Bakgrunn: Universitets- og høgskolerådet (UHR) og Nokut har vært opptatt av praksisstudiene og gitt føringer for å styrke kvaliteten på veiledning, veiledningskompetanse og samarbeid mellom ulike aktører. Studier viser at veiledningskompetanse er viktig for å ivareta kvaliteten i praksisveiledningen. Master i helsefag. Studieretning psykisk helse ved Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske ...

<i><p>Background</i>: Visual technologies are central to youth culture and are often the preferred communication means of adolescents. Although these tools can be beneficial in fostering relations, adolescents’ use of visual technologies and social media also raises ethical concerns.</p> <i><p>Aims</i>: We explored how school public health nurses identify and resolve the ethical challenges involved ...

Background: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological condition usually starting in early adulthood and regularly leading to severe disability. Immunotherapy options are growing in number and complexity, while costs of treatments are high and adherence rates remain low. Therefore, treatment decision-making has become more complex for patients. Structured decision coaching, based on the principles ...

This was a validation study of the Norwegian version of The Interprofessional Collaborative Competency Attainment Survey (ICCAS). ICCAS consists of 20 retrospective pre- and post-questions, where respondents rate their agreement with regard to self-assessed competencies after participating in interprofessional education courses. It has been validated across various settings. The questionnaire was ...

Otherwise healthy adolescent athletes presenting with respiratory symptoms consistent with exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) are frequently encountered in clinical practice. The symptoms are often incorrectly considered to result from exercise-induced asthma, and may be wrongly treated as such. Given the potential implications for health and performance if EILO is left untreated, a more ...

Being dependent on homecare potentially threatens a person’s integrity and autonomy, particularly when people are dependent on help to manage basic bodily functions that involve intimacy and nudity, making the person vulnerable despite being in his or her own home. As the population continues to age and live longer, more people are expected to be dependent on homecare. The aim of this study was ...