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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.

Monday

	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

Tuesday

	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

Wednesday

	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

Thursday

	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

Friday

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.

Contact

Johanna Helanen
Service Coordinator
Tel. +358 50 5291 895
johanna.helanen@hamk.fi

Tuija Jurvanen
Degree Programme in Social Services (incl. early education)
Tel. +358 50 5745 547
tuija.jurvanen@hamk.fi

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