Simulation teaching
Simulation teaching promotes multidisciplinarity and develops clinical skills, as well as many of the skills needed in a doctor's job, such as decision-making, communication, leadership and teamwork.
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Training
We offer pedagogical training tailored to the needs of the teaching and guidance staff of the Faculty of Medicine, as well as shorter training events.
We also offer elective courses for undergraduate students in the form of the Medical Pedagogy Pathway and the Study Skills online course.
Mentoring as support to help student grow into expert
Mentoring is provided during undergraduate education at the bachelor's and master's levels in biomedicine, as well as in the medical and dental licentiate programmes.
Increased Risk of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among Children with Immigrant Father
09.05.2019
Children born in Finland who had an immigrant father were two times more likely to be diagnosed with PTSD than those with two Finnish parents, discovered researchers from the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku. Researchers stress that schools and clinicians should become more aware of intergenerational transmission of trauma.
MediOpe — Education Development Unit
The MediOpe unit's tasks include supporting both teaching and learning at the Faculty of Medicine. The unit organises training for faculty teaching staff, supports the implementation and development of teaching, coordinates and develops mentoring programmes for undergraduate students and the faculty's student feedback system. The unit also supports curriculum development.
Business Collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine is a part of the unique health innovation ecosystem in Turku, which brings together four higher educational institutions, hospital district and approximately 100 bio and pharma companies.
Combining Artificial Intelligence with Well-being Gathers Leading International Experts to Turku
07.03.2019
The international Life Science Live event will gather medical and health care research communities and the business world to Finland in May. The cutting edge event will be arranged in the Turku Fair Center and keynote speakers include e.g. Karen Madden, Vice President of Perkin Elmer; Andrew Fried, Director of global Life Science Industry at IBM; and Dipak Kalra, President of the European Institute for Innovation through Health Data organisation.
Diverse Maritime Experience in Turku Stretches from River to Archipelago
04.03.2019
What Does Maritime Turku Feel like? was a multisensory study carried out at the University of Turku to explore citizens and tourists’ images of Turku as a maritime city. The new research method provides more precise information than before e.g. for developing urban design and tourism.
Parents’ Mental Health Problems Increase the Risk of Reactive Attachment Disorder in Children
22.01.2019
Children’s risk of being diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) increases if parents are diagnosed with any type of mental health disorder, discovered researchers from the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry of the University of Turku, Finland. Particularly parents’ alcohol and drug addiction and mother's depression were associated with reactive attachment disorder in children. The nationwide population-based study is the most extensive study on the risk factors of RAD.