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HAMK Wellbeing
International Week

Wellbeing International Week 2023

The annual Wellbeing International Week is organised by HAMK School of Wellbeing, bringing together lecturers and students of nursing, social work and early childhood education from our partner universities in different countries. This year the week is held during February 20th – 24th 2023. The theme of the week is:  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

 

WIW23 Live: https://hamk.zoom.us/j/66322602463

The programme of the week

As usual, the week will consist of many inspiring events: a seminar on Monday, followed by workshops and lectures on topics related to nursing, social care and early education from Tuesday till Thursday.

During the week, you will have a chance to expand your horizons, connect, and create networks for the future.

 

  Hämeenlinna
9:00 – 9:45 Registration Building C lobby
10:00 – 10:10 A music performance by HAMK students
10:10 – 10:30 Opening words by the Dean of the School of Wellbeing, Anna Olkinuora
10:30 – 11:00

Keynote lectures

Merja Saarela, HAMK Smart Research unit

Universal design thinking transforms constraints into possibilities

11:00 – 11:30

Scott McPherson, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland

Using film to tackle mental health stigma

11:30 – 12:00

Megan C Jones, University of Rhode Island, U.S., AmScan Fellow 22-23 & Fulbright Finland grantee 21-22, University of Helsinki

Queer and Trans allyship and Awareness

12:00 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 15:00 Breakout sessions
15:05-15:30 Info of the week
Evening

Staff dinner for visiting lecturers

Get together and sauna for students

  Hämeenlinna   Hämeenlinna
  Lectures   Workshops
9:00 – 10:20

Linda Mogambi

Nursing Education in Kenya

9:00 – 11:30

Lia van Vliet

A workshop on role taking in teams

9:00 – 10:20

Erika Zimmer Brandt

The use of digital media to support and enhance vulnerable children’s perspectives, voices and choices

9:00 – 11:30

Myriam Jansen & Esther Kamphuis

How to take responsibility for your judgements and needs?

9:00 – 10:20

Peter Griffiths

Palliative and end of life care

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
9:00 – 10:20 Marika Ahonen & Jaana Malmisuo                                        Escape room, 8 persons per group 13:00 – 15:30

Scott McPherson

Mental Health in Movies

10:40 – 12:00 Marika Ahonen & Jaana Malmisuo                                        Escape room, 8 persons per group 13:00 – 15:30

Morten Hauge Nielsen

Workshop in Forum-theatre

10:40 – 12:00

Rose Benter Awuor Owuor

Prevalence and Determinants of Burnout among Nurses in Public; sub-County Hospitals, Homa-Bay County, Kenya

13:00 – 15:30

Floor Brouwer & Hillary Boeke-Vos

Mild intellectual disability and addiction. Where do we (they) meet each other

10:40 – 12:00

Karen Leonard

Bringing systemic relational reflexivity into our practice

13:00 – 15:30

Agatha Christine Onyango

Activities of various Non-governmental Organizations in reaching out to the Kenyan population

10:40 – 12:00

Martina Fröhlich

Scientific dialogue with children in Theory and Practice, UniKid&UniCare in Austria

13:00 – 15:30

Neil Gibson

Photography – what is it and how it can be used personally and professionally, part 1

10:40 – 12:00

Vanessa Lozano

What we know about compensation and dyslexia?

13:00 – 15:30

Ashok Gladston Xavier

Tools of social analysis for social workers. Community assessment analytical tools that will be useful for social workers who wish to work in various settings.

    13:00 – 15:30

Louise Slessor & Marion Turquier

Communication and Humour in Health and Social Care, part 1

    13:00 – 15:30

Janice Elich Monroe

Leveraging Transitions

    13:00 – 15:30

Rozemarie Spijkerman & Yvonne Welling-de Haan

Rafa Rafa: A workshop on a simulation game on intercultural communication

    Evening Get together and sauna for visiting lecturers
  Hämeenlinna   Forssa (only for HAMK students)
  Workshops   Lectures
9:00 – 11:30

Esther Hijmans & Nelleke Dijkema

Social Circus; creating an experimental learning space

9:00 – 10:15

Ingeborg de Reus & Hillary Boeke-Vos

Pedagogical innovation of birth care

9:00 – 11:30

Marcha van der Laan & Hardus Brunt

Exploring mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion in a time of digital upbringing: Abstract Workshop #like and cancel?

10:25-11:30

Anne-Mieke Pol

Intercultural competences – working in a globalized world

9:00 – 11:30

Karen Leonard

Appreciating Differences within our Practice

  Workshop
9:00 – 11:30

Ashok Gladston Xavier

Tools of social analysis for social workers. Community assessment analytical tools that will be useful for social workers who wish to work in various settings

9:00 – 11:30

Linda Mogambi

Nursing Education in Kenya

9:00 – 11:30

Louise Slessor & Marion Turquier

Communication and Humour in Health and Social Care, part 2

11:30 – 13:00

Campus / museum tour

Lunch

9:00 – 11:30

Neil Gibson

Photography – what is it and how it can be used personally and professionally, part 2

13:00 – 15:30

Rose Benter Awuor Owuor

Burnout Experience among Nurses in Public Hospitals; A Case of Homa-Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch 13:00 – 15:30

John Larkin & Lisa Kerr

Comparative Healthcare

12:30 – 15:00

Janneke Metselaar, Anne-Marie Opdam-Van Zoelen & Magda Hengst

Experiences of young people growing up in stepfamilies

   
12:30 – 15:00

Martina Fröhlich

Scientific dialogue with children in Theory and Practice, UniKid&UniCare in Austria

   
12:30 – 15:00

Niels Nørrind Hansen

Communities of Learning in Social Education

   
12:30 – 15:00

Peter Griffiths

Dying to help – how to encounter patients in palliative and end of life care settings

   
12:30 – 15:00

Vanessa Lozano

Why do they say impairments when they should say diversity?

   
Evening  Hockey game    
  Hämeenlinna
  Workshops
9:30 – 12:00

Vanessa Lozano

Why do they say impairments when they should say diversity?

9:30 – 12:00

Janice Elich Monroe

What Type of Character are you? 

9:30 – 12:00

Agatha Christine Onyango

Activities of various Non-governmental Organizations in reaching out to the Kenyan population

9:30 – 12:00

Karen Leonard

Appreciating Differences within our Practice

9:30 – 12:00

Linda Mogambi

Nursing Education in Kenya

9:30 – 12:00

Rose Benter Awuor Owuor

Experience and Strategies of Management of   Burnout: A Qualitative Study Among  Nurses in Homa-Bay County, Kenya

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:30

Ashok Gladston Xavier and Mikko Romppanen

Closing session: keynotelectures and feedback

Evening Live music and dancing in a local bar

Visiting lecturers

The call for papers is now closed. We will have almost thirty visiting lecturers this year. They come from our partner universities in Ireland, Holland, Scotland, Denmark, Kenya, Wales, France, Spain, USA, Austria, and India. We have many visiting lecturers from our partner universities who come back year after year, and the event has become almost like a family reunion. We would like to welcome new members into our “WIW family”, so if you are interested in participating in the Wellbeing International Week 2024, please contact: tuija.jurvanen@hamk.fi.

Visiting students

We warmly welcome international students to join the Wellbeing International Week.  We prioritize students from our partner universities that also send visiting lecturers.   Unfortunately, for WIW2023, the places are already full and we cannot accept more enrolments from international students.

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