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The Faculty of Health Sciences educates competent healthcare professionals for health services in a state of constant transition. Our research covers subject areas related to health, medicine, ethics and welfare to ensure an interdisciplinary approach to health and healthcare services.
The UiS based research centre SHARE was established in 2017. Together with the national partner at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Gjøvik (NTNU Gjøvik), the centre constitutes Norway’s largest research group studying quality and safety in healthcare.
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Welcome to the Norwegian psychometrics gathering! The gathering is a yearly workshop for methodological and applied researchers within the field of psychometrics.
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Maja Hassel, next of kin and caregiver, thinks this year’s conference theme "Caregivers - from extra work to sound involvement?" is very relevant. However, she believes that not enough is being done on a regular basis to include caregiver perspectives.
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The Caring Futures research project invited five regional participants to a panel discussion at Sølvberget Library and Culture House, to discuss challenges related to future health and welfare services, with the spotlight on technology, ethics and care.
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In the end of September, Health Campus Stavanger, in collaboration with the Caring Futures research project invited researchers, clinicians, technology suppliers and next of kin to share their perspectives on ethics in the development and use of care technologies in the health and welfare sector.
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This is a theme of interest to both the author Cathrine Knudsen and the artist Kari Telstad Sundet. The event, Science Fiction from the Welfare State was hosted by the Kapittel festival on the premises of the art exhibition CARING FUTURES at Sølvberget Galleri. Associate Professor Ingvil Hellstrand (UiS) led this conversation between the two artists before an eager and engaged audience.
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The pandemic created practical difficulties in organizing the annual national caregiver conference as usual, but in retrospect, adopting a digital streaming solution led to increased conference participation.
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After a long and close collaboration, Ingvil Hellstrand (UiS) and curator Hege Tapio were able to deliver their opening speeches to mark the opening of the art exhibition CARING FUTURES at Sølvberget Galleri.
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The CARING FUTURES ART EXHIBITION takes place at Galleri Sølvberget 17 September –18 December 2022. The exhibition raises questions about ethics, technology and care at a time when the welfare state is changing.
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At a time when healthcare is at a crossroads, the "Global State of Patient Safety 2023 – Supporting Leaders" seminar hosted by SHARE - Centre for Resilience in Healthcare, served as the perfect precursor to the week-long kick-off of the EU project, Support4Resilience.
Doctors and surgeons from Stavanger University Hospital participate in the eHealth @ Hospital-2-Home project. This blog post features insights from two of these professionals, shedding light on their roles within the project and the motivation behind their involvement.
The eHealth@hospital-2-home-project has published the protocol for the randomised control trial of the nurse-assisted eHealth intervention for patients with heart failure and colorectal cancer post-hospital discharge.
Master’s research in the eHealth@Hospital-2-Home project explores the impact of the nurse assisted digital health intervention on the family members of participants in the feasibility study.
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SHARE - Center for Resilience in Healthcare recently hosted an international seminar titled “The future of quality and safety in healthcare – emerging topics and possible solutions” with good attendance and engagement.
"Being a student at the University of Stavanger was one of the best experiences I have had in my career to date", says former PHCC-student Abi Wild.
Linn Tjemsland and Linn Elisabeth Furseth are both intensive care nurses who work in the cardiac intermediate unit at Stavanger University Hospital. In 2021 they took the opportunity to expand their nursing experience by being involved in the conduct of a research project.
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SHARE – Center for Resilience in Healthcare at UiS is hosting Resilient Health Care Society’s summer conference at Sola Beach Hotel in 2024, which lasts from June 10th to 12th with a pre-conference on June 9th.
This blog will provide a short summary of presentations from members of the eHealth @ hospital-2-home research group.
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As a new partner, Section for Acute and Pre-hospital care at Oslo University Hospital strengthens research on prehospital patient safety in SHARE – Centre for Resilience in Healthcare
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SHARE – Center for Resilience in Healthcare is hosting an international seminar titled “The future of quality and safety in healthcare – emerging topics and possible solutions” at Ydalir Campus Hotel.
The research school gatherings will be held in March and October each year. In addition, summer and winter schools and writing seminars are offered.
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Researchers at the University of Stavanger have received 6 million euros from the prestigious EU research program Horizon Europe.
This article describes the second major phase of an intervention designed to enhance patient experiences during the critical transition from hospital to home.
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The UiS researcher moves elegantly between equal opportunities and gender diversity, welfare and caring sciences research and artificial intelligence and science fiction.
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She joins the existing team of nurses who have developed and are testing the nurse assisted digital application that aims to support people with heart failure and colorectal cancer following a hospital admission.
New post-doctoral researcher joins the eHealth @H2H project. She will work on the analysis of data from the feasibility work, and help the team as they now deliver the next stage of the project.
The use of digital apps and wearables to track our health information is on the rise. Thus, eHealth is a resource that may promote health management and patient engagement.
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Students and researchers at UiS are convinced that exoskeletons can be a useful aid for operating room nurses during long operations.
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During the conference “From Knowledge to Action – the role of carers is changing?” in Oslo on March 16 Stecy Yghemonos held the presentation “A European Care Strategy for caregivers and care receivers”.
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The Faculty of Health Sciences at UiS organized the course “Simulation-based learning in nursing education” from April 17th to April 21th, where nursing students from Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway participated.
Knowledge is most valuable when it is shared generously – read the annual report for Centre for Resilience in Healthcare.
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Patients and their families contribute to the resilience of healthcare systems. This is particularly evident as global health systems experience increased pressure. Dr. Harumi Kitamura and Carolyn Canfield shared their insights into how we can create environments that invite patient and family contributions to resilient systems in a recent webinar organised by the Resilient Health Care Society.
A new study describes important aspects in the development of a digital follow-up service for patients in need of long-term follow-up in the specialist healthcare service.
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A recent webinar organised by the Resilient Health Care Network focused on the intersection of individual psychological resilience and system resilience. Inger Johanne Bergerød (UiS), Elizabeth Austin (Macquarie Univeristy) and Ruth Baxter (University of Leeds) are responsible for these events.
The SAFETY project, funded under the program ERASMUS+ Knowledge Alliances is intended to widen the learning process in the medical field with high fidelity guided experiences.
This review suggests that patients with heart failure should receive prompt follow-up after hospitalization, and eHealth interventions have the potential to improve their quality of life.
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Researchers from “Caring Futures: Developing Care Ethics for Technology-Mediated Care Practices” were interviewed and quoted for an article and television segment in TV2 News about challenges to the implementation of welfare technology.
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Professor Stephen Billett from Griffith University Australia, is involved in several of SHARE – Centre for Resilience in Healthcare's projects. He is visiting the research center for three weeks and encourages others to engage in similar activities.
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Rosalynn Austin from the University of Southampton visited the Department of Public Health to discuss health promotion for people with health challenges. She comments on benefits of researcher mobility.
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All 10 Co-Researchers and two Researchers from SHARE attended the international youth mental health conference in Copenhagen in September and October. With more than 700 participants from 49 countries, the conference covered a wide range of topics to contribute with new knowledge and ideas on how mental health services can be developed, improved, implemented, and tested in research and innovation projects.
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SHARE – Center for Resilience in Healthcare is hosting an international quality and safety in healthcare seminar at Ydalir campus hotel. Organizing such events is one of the key activities of the centre.
Anna Julie la Cour Vågen chose Stavanger as her destination when she was going on exchange in her fourth semester. The student enjoyed herself so much that she already has plans for another stay at UiS in the sixth semester.
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The project will examine the mental health of indigenous and ethnic minority youth, in order to develop digital health services adapted to their needs.
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The research project eHealth@hospital-2-home arranged a seminar at The Faculty of Health Sciences at UiS. It was held in English, and several international researchers traveled to Stavanger for the occasion.
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Eldar Søreide is the new dean at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Stavanger from September 5th, 2022.
Sina Furnes Øyri and Inger Johanne Bergerød have been awarded a contract research project on a nationwide supervision of the child welfare service's follow-up of children in foster homes in 2022-2023.
The project will explore the impact of an upcoming country wide system audit on the child welfare services’ management and work practices. The project will focuse on the work process related to the follow-ups of children living in foster homes after proven regulatory breaches.
SHARE at UiS arranged a fully digital international symposium for early career research at the end of November.
In this project the main aim is to procure knowledge about the concept user participation applied on infants.
Effective teamwork and sufficient communication are critical components essential to patient safety in today’s specialized and complex healthcare services. Team training is important for an improved efficiency in inter-professional teamwork within hospitals.
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The Master programme in Prehospital Critical care is looking for motivated students who want to combine their studies with a job for the academic year 2021-22.
In this new paper, researcher at the University of Stavanger explore the associations between burden of treatment, psychological distress and health–related quality of life. They suggest that the treatment regimens need to be simplified and tailored to the individual heart failure patient to reduce the burden related to treatment and self-care.
Health and social services in Norway have adapted recovery as base for the mental health and substance use services. Research shows that this is easier said than done.
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Here we present a project that will substantially build on the findings of SAFETY+ and offers possibilities for future dissemination activities for SAFETY+.
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Two medical emergencies have been outlined in this article. The SAFETY Project is about trying to understand different types of emergencies and which skills healthcare professionals require.
The project aims to strengthen the capacity and quality of nursing and midwifery education at partner universities in Malawi and Tanzania.
COVCOM aims to develop effective, evidence-based video communication for translating complex but important health messages about infectious diseases and pandemics.
Research shows that occupational health services may be an abeyant asset for alcohol prevention, but need competence, time and resources.
The Pumps and Pipes initiative fosters collaboration and transfer of knowledge between oil and gas and the health sector.