Monthly Archives: August 2019

Locally sourced educational refill!

On Monday 26th, those who wanted, might attend the AMEE (Association of Medical Education) congress free from any “PLANE SHAME”! By Skype, from the Congress in Vienna, we could attnd the main lecture and the following plenary discussion on “Medical work and Learning in Transition”. Provided with breakfast rolls and coffee those of us gathering in the Board room in the house of Armauer Hansen could discuss our local study organization!

The Unit for Learning continues with providing more low-threshold education: in the same location in the Armauer Hansen’s house, in early afternoon (during 15.00 to 15.45), the following drop-in sessions will be held:

30.09 Strengthening of practice (we host a lot of skill teaching in both pharmacy and medicine!)

28.10 Flipped classroom, how do students prepare for teaching?

26.11 Stringent PowerPoint use

09.12 Longitudinal assessment: experiences from map-evaluation in the 11th semester of the medical study.

And more in-depth pedagogy: do you need PRACTICAL training in using MittUiB / Canvas (the site where we will actually post handouts or literature proposals and create quizzes), or how to create multippl choice questions (MCQ) to be posted in the MCQ-database?

Our “super-user” Harald Wiker has offered to organize hands-on courses! First in line is the pharma environment (who cannot find their former posted files after the site front-page was reorganized..). Could please all group leaders ask their teachers what they need; new employees as well as long-time professors. We will come back with specific time- and theme slots. If these times do not fit with your needs, contact me and we will reorganize.

A farewell letter from Marius Alvheim

After 2 fantastic years as an apprentice at K2, with a diploma in hand, I set off for uncharted waters. I have met many wonderful people and learned a lot of useful things that I now carry with me in life. It’s hard to say goodbye to a job I’ve enjoyed so much, but sometimes in life, goodbye is something you have to say and change is not something you can prevent. So thank you for my time here everyone, and thanks for 2 amazing years. I’m going to miss K2 in its entirety and all the wonderful people here. With UiB mail disabled and phone delivered to K2’s new apprentice Tonje whom I hope you take good care of, I leave you with one quote from my favorite CEO Elon Musk.
“Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.”

I also leave my private email address if anyone needs it.
MariusAlvheim@gmail.com

Thanks for the time K2. You’re going to be missed.

(Norwegian) Informasjonsmøter om RETTE

RETTE er et nytt verktøy ved UiB hvor alle prosjekter som behandler personopplysninger skal registreres. I uke 33 og 34 er det opplæring og informasjonsmøter om verktøyet.

RETTE har som mål å heve kompetansen innen personvern hos studenter og ansatte, og skal være et verktøy for instituttene ved UiB så de kan være sikre på at personopplysninger behandles i henhold til gjeldende lovverk.

Det skal rulles ut ved hele UiB, men utrullingen starter først ved Det medisinske fakultet ved studiestart 2019.

I den forbindelse inviterer fakultetet til opplæring og informasjonsmøter om systemet for forskningsrådgivere, instituttledere, veiledere og andre som skal bruke verktøyet i uke 33 og 34.

Datoer for møter:

  • 21. august kl. 10-11
  • 21. august kl. 12-13
  • 28. august kl. 10-11
  • 28. august kl. 12-13

Rom: Undervisningsrom D301 ved Haukeland Universitetssjukehus, Sentralblokka

Mer info her.

(Norwegian) Støtte til likestillingstiltak 2019

Vi viser til vedlagte brev fra HR-avdelingen datert 20.5.2019, hvor det informeres om fagmiljøene sine muligheter til å søke støtte til likestillingstiltak.

Fristen for fakultetet å sende inn søknad om støtte til likestillingstiltak skulle vært 31.8.2019 men på grunn av en feil, har ikke fakultetet mottatt informasjon om saken før i juli måned og vi har fått noe utsettelse på søknaden.

Instituttene kan søke om støtte til likestillingstiltak ut fra kriteriene i HR-avdelingen sitt notat. Det forutsettes at instituttet / fagmiljøet bidrar med tilskudd tilsvarende søknadssummen.

Søknad om støtte til likestillingstiltak i fagmiljøene sendes fakultetet snarest, og senest innen 6.9.2019ved å legge inn søknaden i denne ephortesaken.

Mer info her.

Basic first aid course

Basic first aid course Thursday 19th September 2019 for foreign employees at The University of Bergen.

INTENSION:

The participants shall be able to examine a person regarding
respiration and circulation, and take action accordingly

TARGET GROUPE:    Foreign employees at The University of Bergen

CONTENT:

  • What is life-saving first aid?
  • Emergency services
  • Basic assessment and actions sick/injured person
  • Free airways
  • Cardiac pulmonary resuscitation
  • Unconscious person, recovery position
  • Foreign body airway obstruction

DATE:       Thursday 19th September

TIME:         From 0830 – 1130

LOCATION:   Museplass 1 – lower ground floor – Entrance from Prof. Keysersgt.

NUMBER:          Max. 22 participants

COURSE PROVIDER:   Røde Kors Førstehjelp

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  Thursday 12th September

REGISTRATION:  

https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=6883428

When the course is fully booked, the registration will be closed. If you would like to be put on an waiting list, please contact are.styve@uib.no

(Norwegian) Helse Vests utdanningskonferanse 2019

Helse Vest ønskjer å fokusere på den svært viktige rolla utdanning speler for helseføretaka. Utdanning bidreg til behova for gode helsetenester i framtida og vi ønskjer å fremje det faglege nivået på utdanning av helsepersonell i regionen.

Tid og stad
Torsdag 21. november klokka 16:00 til fredag 22. november klokka 14:00 på Clarion Hotel Bergen Airport.

Konferansen startar med registrering og kaffi. Det er middag om kvelden med utdeling av den første utdanningsprisen i Helse Vest. Konferansen blir avslutta med lunsj frå 13-14 fredagen.

Temaet for konferansen
Kvalitet i høgare utdanning.

Målgruppe
Leiarar og tilsette som arbeider med utdanningsrelaterte spørsmål.

Program og mer info finner du her.

Velkommen til Prisvinnersamtalen 2019!

Rektoratet har den store ære av å invitere deg til panelsamtale med vinnerne av Abel-, Holberg- og Kavliprisen. Temaet er «The Future of Humanity – What Remains to Be Discovered?» og det er første gang en slik samtale avholdes. Sted og tid: Universitetsaulaen onsdag 4. september, kl. 15.00 – 17.30.

(Norwegian) Frokostmøte 5/9: Opphavsrett og bildebruk i undervisning

Tema for første frokostseminar i UiB læringslab høsten 2019 er om opphavsrett og bildebruk i undervisningsplanlegging i Mitt UiB. Målgruppe er undervisere og andre innholdsprodusenter. Dato for frokostmøtet er 5. september.

Det vil for øvrig komme en komplett labfrokostserie for høsten om kort tid. Følg med på UiB læringslab sine nettsider.

New publications

Here are recent publications with contributions from K2 based on last week’s search on PubMed (and optionally articles that have not been included in previous lists). This time the list includes in total 2 recent publications. The entries appear in the order they were received from NCBI. If you have publications that are not included in this or previous lists, please send the references to Hege F. Berg.

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Welcome back from vacation!

I hope everyone has had a nice holiday returning with the batteries reloaded.

At the time of writing, the students have already begun, and many K2 employees are fully occupied with teaching. It is often busy getting started after the holiday. Switching from vacation to a hectic university life takes time. New students means more work at the start. Research never rests. Although many have picked up email and delt with the most urgent, most have probably a lot of outstanding tasks that now need to be sorted out.

On August 21, we had the visit of Rector Dag Rune Olsen, Vice-Rector for Education Oddrun Samdal and Vice-Rector for Global Relations Annelin Eriksen. Presentations were given by Researcher Randi Bertelsen (A New ERC Starting Grant – BRuSH), me (A completed ERC Advanced Grant – SELECTIONpreDISPOSED), Researcher Bergithe Eikeland Oftedal (Innovation in endocrinology), and Professor Stian Knappskog (Personalized Medicine in Cancer Treatment). Afterwards there was a tour of the university premises in the Glass Blocks. It was clear that the Rectorate was impressed with the quality of the research, that K2 alone stands for approx. 15% of all BOA at UiB, and great premises for research and teaching. Thanks to all who contributed.

Good luck with a new term!