Research
My research concerns issues relating to quality of life, with special focus on lifestyle-related matters such as diet and exercise in various contexts.
Research topics have included attitudes of healthcare staff to elderly people’s diet and nutritional status, as well as the quality of life of hip fracture patients. I also have an ongoing collaboration with a research team that is studying musculoskeletal and connective tissue problems among people with type 1 diabetes compared to the general population, in relation to factors such as quality of life.
Pedagogy in patient education and undergraduate education are things I am passionate about, and have been an important part of my work.
Teaching and supervision
I have taught in the nursing and the specialist nursing programs, and have been examiner in nursing science. I have also taught in the first inter-professional course that is common to all students in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
I also have experience of teaching in the university pedagogy courses at Didacticum.
In particular I have supervised degree projects in orthopedics, lifestyle matters relating to diabetes and overweight, and healthcare in the event of failing functions in various contexts.
I have supervised five doctoral students to completion and currently have one supervision in the topic of orthopedic surgery.