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Heli Kuivila; Minna Koskimäki; Maria Kääriäinen; Meeri Koivula; Sari Parmila-Savukoski; Merja Männistö; Kristina Mikkonen – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2024
Health science teacher candidates should acquire skills for professional development during their education as teachers, both to ensure their professional competence and improve the quality of learning. This study aimed to identify the competence levels and competence development needs of health science teacher candidates, and the factors…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teachers
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Pramila-Savukoski, Sari; Kärnä, Raila; Kuivila, Heli-Maria; Oikarainen, Ashlee; Törmänen, Tiina; Juntunen, Jonna; Järvelä, Sanna; Mikkonen, Kristina – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2023
Background: Health sciences education prepares students for social- and healthcare by developing evidence-based nursing, leadership and working life skills, including collaboration. Due to the changes caused by the global pandemic, health sciences education has shifted more to online and hybrid contexts, which can challenge students' competence…
Descriptors: Competence, Health Sciences, Student Development, Blended Learning
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Dimitra Perifanou; Eleni Konstantinou; Anne Nikula; Kristina Grendova; Aija Ahokas; Joan-Carles Casas-Baroy; Daniela Cavani; Paola Ferri; Paola Galbany-Estragués; Cinzia Gradellini; Michaela Machajova; Daniela Mecugni; Sari Nyman; Xavier Palomar-Aumatell; Janka Prnova; Montse Romero Mas; Carme Roure Pujol; Heli Thomander; Evanthia Sakellari – Higher Education Studies, 2024
Immunization is a highly cost-effective investment in health, proven to be an effective tool in controlling and eliminating dangerous infectious diseases. Health science students require evidence-based knowledge to tackle challenges in healthcare, particularly in the field of vaccination. The aim of the current study is to asses students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immunization Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Communicable Diseases
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Kohvakka, Mikko – European Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This paper analyses the phenomena of co-existence of competing moral principles in a university merger. In doing so, the paper builds on Boltanski and Thévenot's theoretical framework of orders of worth to account for the ways in which different social actors, both inside and outside academia, actively engage in justification work to solve…
Descriptors: Universities, Organizational Change, Moral Values, College Faculty
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Arvaja, Maarit – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
This article reports on a qualitative study on the dialogical approach to learning in the context of higher education. The aim was to shed light on the "I"-Position and multivoicedness in students' identity building and to provide empirical substantiation for these theoretical constructs, focusing especially on the connection between…
Descriptors: College Students, Health Sciences, Online Courses, College Science
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Haaranen, Ari; Saarti, Jarmo; Miettola, Juhani; Erkkilä, Arja T. – Africa Education Review, 2016
The HEI-ICI project involves cooperation between the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and three African partners. The main aim of the project, now in its fourth year, has been to develop education in health sciences and to improve the quality of teaching. The target has been to develop the skills of selected junior faculty from the Public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Partnerships in Education, Educational Development