After the termination of the medical student internships, a natural arena for skill training has disappeared. Our newly trained doctors are authorized upon completing the professional curriculum and passing the exams. The government, employers and patients all have expectations regarding what procedures a newly trained doctor should be able to perform. This places new demands on the skill training incorporated in the teaching of medical students. Harmonized demands regarding what skills should be incorporated in the professional medical school is currently being worked out. The construction of a new skill center at MOF has high priority at the Dean’s Office. K2 has the academic responsibility for the skill center. In order to promote the teaching activities being done at the skill center, as well as provide better follow-up of student teachers employed at the skill center, K2 has, together with K1, appointed an academic supervisor group for the skill center. The group is led by Professor Sverre Lehmann. He is joined by experienced teachers from both K2 and K1. I am convinced that this academic supervisor group will contribute to an increased focus on skill training. At the same time it is important to emphasize that not all skill training should, could, or will be performed at the skill center, but a lot must also be integrated in our own teaching at bed post, laboratory or outpatient clinic. Not least are the practice periods at collaborating teaching hospitals very important arenas for documenting that key skills have been acquired.

Eva

Purchasing
The institute has decided that Monday November 24 at 2 pm is final deadline for making purchases on this year’s budget.

Travel reimbursement
Deadline for submitting forms for travel reimbursements that are to be paid in 2014 is Wednesday December 10 at 2 pm.  These forms must be signed by leader.

The prestigious Helse Vest research prize was awarded Professor and Chief Physician Øystein Bruserud for his research in acute leukemia. K2 congratulates!
Read more about this here (in Norwegian)

Following the top award granted Professor Helga Salvesen who has been awarded nearly 5 million kroner, Per Eyestein Lønning, Olav Dahl, Øystein Bruserud, Emmet McCormack, Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, Karl-Henning Kalland and Per Magne Ueland will also receive funds from the Norwegian Cancer Society. K2 congratulates! Read about this in
BT here(in Norwegian)

For more information (in Norwegian) Application deadline is December 1.

Is the will to change in the university and college sector in tune with the needs of the working community?
We are no longer suffering from a master’s disease, but what are the skills really needed in the future?
Is the multidisciplinary profile of many of our educational programmes adapted to the employment students will face?
Finally, what do we really mean when we talk about quality?

These are some of the questions asked at the seminar “Qualified and competent until Dovre falls?” which The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions and Bergen University College will arrange on November 14.

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European science foundation” (ESF) have received an invitation from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings to nominate potential outstanding young scientists to attend next year’s interdisciplinary meeting of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings which will be held from 28 June to 3 July 2015. For more information.  Nominations of scientists from K2 should be sent to kristian.jensen@k2.uib.no by no later than Friday November 14.  For more information about Nobel Laureate Meetings.

HSE-inspections is a review of locales, equipment and working methods in order to map out any potential risks for disease and injury to staff, environment and materials, as well as a consideration of necessary implementations.  Issues related to fire safety and external environment (i.e. dangerous waste and emissions) should also be evaluated.  Examples of issues to be mapped out are defective and substandard furniture and equipment, noise pollution, lack of proper lighting, reduced air quality, heat, messy and unhygienic working conditions or blocked escape routes.

HSE-inspection rounds will be carried at K2:

December 2, 1300 – 1600 in the Laboratory Building

December 3, 0900 – 1100 at the Children’s clinic

December 8, 1000 – 1200 at the Women’s clinic

Link to checklist of issues to be inspected are found at (in Norwegian)

All research groups must review the checklist and report and follow-up any deviances. Week 46 is deadline for submission of form to Irene Hjelmaas

A psychosocial work environment mapping will take place in early 2015, led by the HSE-sections.

As you should now know, all employees at UoB must send their travel claims through Pagaweb, and a print of the main page must be sent/delivered to the institute together with all receipts.

The travel expenses need to be formally approved by the project leader, to keep track of the economy. From this year on, all travel claims must have a signature from the project leader before it is sent to the economy section.

A note with directions for where the money should be pulled from, would also be helpful.