Nordic Forum for Nurse Educators 2024

11.-13. November
The impact of technology in nursing education
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Dear colleagues,

It is a true pleasure to invite you to attend the 7th Nordic Forum for Nurse Educators, which for the first time, is hosted in Akureyri, Iceland. The conference will take place from November 11 to November 13, 2024, at the University of Akureyri.

 

The 7th Nordic Forum for Nurse Educators will be organized by the School of Health, Business and Natural Sciences at the University of Akureyri in collaboration with Akureyri Hospital and NORDPLUS MEDICO – network (Nordic Medication Educators Network).

The core of this event is to share innovations, ideas and experiences of educators and discuss the latest innovations and developments in health care education relating to the use of technology. This event is targeted to educators, teachers and researchers working in professional education in different types of institutes, clinical education, and academia. We do not wish to limit the event only for those working with nursing education. There is so much common interest, good practices, and innovations to be shared between educators from different healthcare fields.

The conference will not be streamed online, we hope to see you in Akureyri, Iceland. The aim of the conference will be to introduce different perspectives on undergraduate and postgraduate health care education. Furthermore, learning environments, pedagogics, and professional development of health care educators. To meet up with dear colleagues and foster future collaboration opportunities and network in the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. Colleagues from the Nordic or Baltic countries are welcome amongst others interested.


Welcome to NFNE2024 in Iceland!

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Hafsteinn Einarsson - Language, Learning, and Healthcare: AI Innovations Relevant to Nursing Education

Hafsteinn Einarsson is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland. His teaching and research focus on the innovative application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in both education and healthcare domains.

In his teaching, he leads a course on applied artificial intelligence where students develop AI solutions from scratch where teh students decide what they want to build. These projects have included practical applications such as mole detection systems and hospital pamphlet questionnaire systems. He employs AI to personalize learning experiences, tailoring problems to match students' academic backgrounds and study domains. Furthermore, he applies AI to automate the creation of exams, enabling more frequent assessments.

Einarsson's research primarily centers on developing resources for AI systems to improve their understanding of Icelandic. He has developed various linguistic resources, including question-answering datasets and sentiment analysis datasets. These resources are crucial for advancing AI capabilities in the Icelandic language. Additionally, he has collaborated with the University Hospital in Iceland to create language models capable of predicting ICD-10 codes from electronic health records.

In his presentation, Hafsteinn will discuss his teaching methods and share insights from his work in applying AI to the healthcare domain. His expertise bridges the gap between computer science, education, and healthcare, offering perspectives that can be relevant to the integration of AI in nursing education and practice.

Helena Sigurðardóttir - Empower and Enhance: Digital Competences in Nursing Education

Helena Sigurðardóttir is an Educational Developer and Instructional Designer at the University of Akureyri, specialising in digital teaching methods and instructional design. With over twenty years of experience, she focuses on training faculty in pedagogical skills and digital tool integration. She has expertise in implementing telepresence robots and digital competencies to enhance engagement in higher education. She also leads international projects and collaborates with global partners to enhance educational technology. Helena is committed to discovering innovative educational solutions and contributing to the academic community. Her goal is to improve digital competencies and introduce new technologies in teaching to help educators adapt to modern educational environments. 

Dr. H. Ösp Egilsdóttir - Possibilities and challenges of using technology in nursing education

My current position is a head of department of the Institute of nursing and health science at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

My focus of teaching for the last years has been related to fundamental nursing care, basic physical assessment skills and clinical reasoning processes. These area of teaching has been in at the bachelor level (three-year) nursing education in Norway. My PhD research work and dissertation was an educational research project with mixed-method approach, where I co-design and tested a suite of mobile learning tool together with nursing students in all educational years. A significant element in the suite of mLearning tool was an integration of virtual simulation software. My research focus has also included researching virtual simulation including a scoping review on the topic. I have an extended professional network and collaboration partner related to researching and developing the use of virtual simulation within nursing education, especially related to learning health assessment and clinical reasoning. I have also been active in development of flexible and decentralized nursing education in the rural aeras (Telemark and Buskerud) surrounding the university. The aim was to offer nurse education to the people living in these areas and thereby meeting the critical need for nurses in the rural areas.

H. Ösp Egilsdóttir is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway

Dr. Katri Manninen - Learning and technology in nursing education 

Katri Manninen is RN, MSc, PhD, Senior Clinical Teacher and University Nurse at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm and researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Katri’s clinical work is at the Department of Infectious Diseases. Her particular interest, besides the field of infectious diseases, is medical education. She was a member of a team establishing a clinical education ward at the Department of Infectious diseases year 2005, and she is currently the pedagogical leader of the clinical education ward. Katri has also been programme director for Specialist Nursing Programme in Infectious Diseases, 2016-2022, at Red Cross University College, Stockholm. Her research field is learning in clinical context, and she is a member of a research team MINT at Karolinska Institutet. Her ongoing research is about learning in clinical context and more specifically authenticity in learning and about applying an explicit pedagogical framework in clinical education. Furthermore, she is involved in research about clinical reasoning, simulation, and ethics in clinical education. Katri is also involved in several pedagogical projects both nationally and internationally.

 

Programme (PDF)

Programme

MONDAY 11. NOVEMBER

15:00- 18:00 Registration at the University of Akureyri, Norðurslóð 2
Light refreshments and beverages

18:30 - Get together at the Forest Lagoon
Register here for a unique experience in a natural environment! A bus will go from Hotel KEA at 18:30 and back to the hotel at 21:50. There is a restaurant that closes at 20:00.

TUESDAY 12. NOVEMBER

08:30-09:00 Registration at the University of Akureyri, Norðurslóð 2

09:00 Opening and Keynote Speakers - Room M101

09:00 Opening ceremony - Sigríður Sía Jónsdóttir, Head of Faculty of Nursing at the University of Akureyri

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

09:15 Learning and technology in nursing education
Dr. Katri Manninen

10:00 Empower and Enhance: Digital Competences in Nursing Education
Helena Sigurðardóttir

10:45 BREAK

SESSION I 11:10 - ROOM M101
Moderator: Kristín Linda Húnfjörð Hjartardóttir

SKILLS TRAINING AND CLINICAL PRACTICE IN NURSING EDUCATION

11:10 Designing for student autonomy combining theory and clinical practice – a qualitative study with a faculty perspective
Angelica Fredholm, Charlotte Silén and Katri Manninen

11:30 Application of Pharmacology Knowledge Among Nursing Students in Clinical Settings
Nijole Galdikiene

11:50 Communication with students in a flexible learning environment: challenges and solutions for creating a personal learning environment
Sigfríður Inga Karlsdóttir

12:10 LUNCH at Kaffi Borg on the second floor of the university


SESSION II 11:10 - ROOM M102
Moderator: Hulda Sædís Bryngeirsdóttir

DESIGNING A FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 

11:10 Development of a program in dementia-coordination
Dr. Kristín Þórarinsdóttir

11:30 Utilizing Technology to Deliver a Guided Self-Study Course: Integrating Synchronous and Asynchronous Lessons for Healthcare Students
Jette Jörgensen Mebrouk

11:50 EduCanNURS: An Innovation in Cancer Nursing Education
Isa Öhberg, Anne-Mari Seppälä, Tarja Bergfors, Maura Dowling and Silvija Piškorjanac

12:10 LUNCH at Kaffi Borg on the second floor of the university

 

12:10 LUNCH

SESSION III 13:00 - ROOM M101
Moderator: Þorbjörg jónsdóttir

MENTAL HEALTH IN NURSING EDUCATION

13:00 Learning objectives in a new clinically oriented advanced practice mental health nurses
Gísli Kort Kristófersson, Kristin Linda Hjartardóttir, Jóhanna Bernharðsdóttir, Eydís Kristín Sveinbjarnardóttir and Helga Sif Friðjónsdóttir

13:20 Outcomes in a new clinically oriented advanced practice mental health nurses
Gísli Kort Kristófersson, Kristin Linda Hjartardóttir, Jóhanna Bernharðsdóttir, Eydís Krístín Sveinbjarnardóttir and Helga Sif Friðjónsdóttir

13:40 Introduction to a simulation-based teaching project using standardized patients in a new graduate program for psychiatric-mental health nurses
Kristín Linda H. Hjartardóttir, Þórhalla Sigurðardóttir, Merrie Kaas and Gísli Kort Kristófersson

14:00 BREAK


SESSION IV 13:00 - ROOM M102
moderator: Deniz harputlu

ENHANCING NURSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

13:00 A virtue-based approach to teaching person-centred care in nursing education
Kristin Thorarinsdottir, Hafdis Skúladóttir and Sigurður Kristinsson

13:20 Transforming anatomy and physiology education with BioDigital: Immersive 3D experience for the next generation of healthcare professionals
Sébastien Devaleriola

14:00 BREAK

14:30-16:00 Simulation at Akureyri Hospital, Eyrarlandsvegur
Hrafnhildur Lilja Jónsdóttir, Þórhalla Sigurðardóttir og Kolbrún Sigurlásdóttir

We will go with a bus from the University of Akureyri and walk through the botanical garden for som fresh air on our way to the hospital.

19:00 Dinner - 3 course dinner in Aurora restaurant

 

WEDNESDAY 13. NOVEMBER

08:45-09:15 Registration

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Room M101
Moderator: Sigfríður Inga Karlsdóttir

09:15 Possibilities and challenges of using technology in nursing education 
Dr. H. Ösp Egilsdóttir

10:00 Language, Learning, and Healthcare: AI Innovations Relevant to Nursing Education
Dr. Hafsteinn Einarsson

10:45 BREAK

SESSION I 11:10 - ROOM M101
Moderator: Árún Kristín Sigurðardóttir

ADVANCING NURSING EDUCATION THROUGH SIMULATION

11:10 Improving of Undergraduate Nursing students Competencies through Simulation-based Experiences
Asta Mazioniene, Rimante Morkuniene and Andželika Zavackienė

11:30 Learning Strategies and Technology Use in Simulation-Based Learning - A Qualitative Pilot Study in Nursing Education
Malin Forsbrand and Line Christiansen

12:10 LUNCH at Kaffi Borg on the second floor of the university


SESSION II 11:10 - ROOM M102
Moderator: Jette jörgensen mebrouk

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND CLINICAL PERFORMANCE

11:10 Shall we Learn together? Peer-learning as a path to being self-directed
Jessica Silfver, Maria Appelroth and Annika Skogster

11:30 Development of clinical performance of students through the nursing education
Hafdís Skúladóttir and Margrét Hrönn Svavarsdóttir

11:50 Validity and reliability of an online clinical assessment tool for nursing education
Margrét Hrönn Svavarsdóttir and Hafdís Skúladóttir

12:10 LUNCH at Kaffi Borg on the second floor of the university

INNOVATIONSIN NURSING EDUCATION - ROOM M101
moderator: hafdís skúladóttir

13:00 A curriculum on Post-Traumatic Growth: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Hulda S. Bryngeirsdóttir

13:20 From on-site education and examination in Lishui, China of Swedish lecturer to seminars and examination via Zoom
Annica Björkman, Tao Ran, Lijuan Xu, Maria Engström, Annika Nilsson and Bernice Skytt

13:40 Pedagogical use of Artificial Intelligence in health and medical science education. Chat GTP-Resource in education
Sarah Karlsso and Eva Westergren

14:00 Unlocking EHR Documentation in Iceland
Þórbjörg Þórhildur Snorradóttir, Helix

14:20 BREAK

14:40 Closing session - Introduction conference 8th NFNE 2026

Location

The University of Akureyri is in an especially beautiful location in the heart of Akureyri town, in North of Iceland. All of the University’s operations are carried out in the campus area. 

The Conference fee

  Early bird prices After 1st September 2024
Participants from Nordic countries and countries outside and Baltic region

2-days 400€* 1-day 200€*

2-days 500€* 1-day 250€*
Participants from the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

2-days 250€* 1-day 150€*

2-days 350€* 1-day 250€*
Students (master students, teacher students)

2-days 250€* 1-day 150€*

2-days 350€* 1-day 250€*

Dinner 12.11.2024 (optional): 3 course dinner in Aurora restaurant, 75€.

Contact

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Accommodation

Inquiries regarding registration, hotel accommodation, and payment should be directed to aslaug@unak.is.

Hótel KEA (in the city center)

Deal for NFNE2024 participants, valid until 31.5.2024 or 31.8.2024.

Offer: 10% discount applied automatically to all room types, stay period November 10th to 14th 2024.

Booking period:

  • December 6th 2023 to May 31st 2024 for semi-flexible bookings
  • June 1st 2024 to August 31st 2024 for non-refundable bookings
  • Further information on terms and conditions is below

Booking process:

  • Webpage
  • Use the code: NFNE2024
  • Please make sure to select Hotel Kea on the right side in the booking process.
  • The promo code is applied in a box below “Guests & options”, next to the calendar.
  • For multiple room bookings (up to 4 rooms) please select “Set manually” below the first room. From there you can toggle guests per room. The search will then show the total amount for all rooms.

Terms and conditions:

From December 6th 2023 until May 31st 2024

10% discount for bookings made on semi-flex terms.
Cancellation is free until 7 days before arrival.
Cancellations made within 7 days before arrival will be charged 100% cancellation fee.
Payment is made on arrival.

From June 1st 2024 until August 31st 2024

10% discount on bookings made on non-refundable terms.
Bookings made on non-refundable terms can not be refunded or modified in case of cancellation.
Full payment is made at the time of booking.

Berjaya Akureyri Hotel (close to the city center)

Deal for NFNE2024 participants, valid until 19.08.2024.

  • Double room for one person: 24,050 ISK
  • Double room for 2 people in a room: 27,600 ISK
  • Breakfast is included

The reservation number is: 3272945.

BOOKING LINK

Hotel Akureyri

Deal for NFNE2024 participants at Hotel Akureyri Dynheimar and Hotel Akureyri Skjaldborg. Small double or Superior double with ocean view.

Booking process: