Empowering Patient Education 15th Anniversary Symposium

Abstract Submission is closed.

Abstract call

All abstracts will be peer-reviewed. Accepted abstracts will be included in the Abstract book, which will be shared with all the participants of the symposium. Outstanding submissions may also be considered for publication in an edited book in a publication series of the Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku. The presentation format is an oral presentation.

Registration for the symposium is open until 4 December 2023.

This event is free of charge.

Program

The schedule for the presentation sessions

Wednesday 13 December 2023
Venue: Haartman Auditorium, Turku University Hospital, Tyks T-hospital, Hämeentie 11, Turku, Finland

Leena Tuominen graduated as a nurse in 1987, with an MNSc (2012) and PhD (2023) from the University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science. Since 2015, she has worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Helsinki University Hospital, Comprehensive Cancer Centre. She is currently working as a project researcher at the University of Turku in the DigiCanTrain project, until the end of 2023.

Silja-Elisa Eskolin, Project coordinator, Doctoral researcher, PHN, RN, MTh
Healthvillage.fi, The Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland and Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland

Adelaida Zabalegui is a Nurse since 1982 (Spain), Master and Ph.D. in Nursing from New York University (1997) as a Fellow of the Spanish Ministry of Health. Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Medicine, Turku University (Finland) (2023).

Assistant Director of Nursing at New York City Bellevue Hospital. Director of Nursing and ViceDean of Medical and Health Science School (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya). Chief Nurse Officer and currently ViceDirector of Nursing at Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and Associate Professor at Barcelona University.

Full Professor and Advanced Researcher in elderly care, more than 300 publications, director of 26 doctoral thesis dissertations and Ex-Editor of the Spanish version of the journal “Nursing”.

Member of the Boards: European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS), Catalan Nursing Director Association (Cofounder of ACDI) and Nursing Now Campaign/Nursing Now Challenge as European representative.

Evanthia Sakellari is an Associate Professor in community health with a special interest in mental health promotion. She is a faculty member of the Department of Public and Community Health at the University of West Attica (Athens, Greece) and a member of the Research Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology where she leads the special academic unit of Health Promotion. Evanthia Sakellari has experience in numerous Erasmus+ projects and long experience in public health and health promotion interventions in the community. She has extensive research experience nationally and internationally which has led to a number of publications in peer-reviewed journals. Evanthia Sakellari has a rich teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Greece and at European Universities.

Helena Leino-Kilpi, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, FEANS, FRCN, Member of Academia Europea, is a professor in nursing science (emerita) and internationally known expert in nursing and health sciences. Her research is in the fields of health care and nursing education, ethics and clinical nursing, and also in empowering patient education. She has published more than 600 scientific, referee-based publications, including the validation of several instruments for international purposes. She has supervised 70 new PhDs and has for years taught research ethics at the European Academy of Nursing Science.

Leino-Kilpi has several academic duties. From 2002-2022 she was the Head of the Department of Nursing Science at the University of Turku, has been a member of advisory boards of universities, made research evaluations in different countries, and for different funding organizations, and is a member of editorial boards. She is an Honorary Doctor at the University of Klaipeda (Lithuania), a Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science, American Academy of Nursing and Royal College of Nursing, a Member of multidisciplinary Academia Europea, and an Advisory Board Member of The European Federation of Educators in Nursing Science. The President of Finland has given her Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose.

The venue is Tyks T-hospital, part of Tyks Main Hospital in Turku, Finland.

Visiting address:
Hämeentie 11,
205420 Turku, Finland

Main entrance 18A.

The Haartman Auditorium is located one floor lower than the main entrance.

Please note that there is a transport strike on Thursday 14 December in Finland! Public transport will come to a near complete standstill on Thursday throughout the country, affecting long-distance trains, commuter routes, and bus services.

Turku can be reached by boat, train, and bus. The nearest airport is in Helsinki.

If you travel from Helsinki by train, please choose Kupittaa as a destination (not Turku).

Here are some examples of accommodation options in Turku. More options, such as hotels, hostels and apartments, can be found at online travel agencies, for example, booking.com.

Hotels

Original Sokos Hotel Kupittaa

• Almost next to the Department of Nursing Science and Tyks T-hospital, only a couple minute walk from the hotel
• The train from Helsinki to Turku arrives here at the Kupittaa station. At the moment, the main train station of Turku is under renovation, so all the trains that come from Helsinki stop at the Kupittaa station.

If you prefer a more central location, we would suggest some other option, even though the walk from the hotel to the city centre is not long, less than 2 km.

Centro Hotel Turku

• Located in the city centre, less than a 1.7 km walk from the hotel to the Tyks T-hospital.

Scandic Hamburger Börs

• Located in the middle of the city centre, a 1.8 km walk from the hotel to the Tyks T-hospital.

Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel

• Located in the city centre by Aura River, a 2.3 km walk from the hotel to the Tyks T-hospital.

Original Sokos Hotel Wiklund

• Located in the middle of the city centre next to Scandic Hamburger Börs, a 1.8 km walk from the hotel to the Tyks T-hospital.

Hotel Kakola

• Located in the city centre, but closer to the harbour, a 3.5 km walk from the hotel to the Tyks T-hospital.
• The building is an old jail, which has an interesting history. In this area there are also a couple of really nice restaurants (Kakolan Ruusu, Kakola Brewery) and a nice spa, so we encourage you to visit here even though you would not book a room from here.

Holiday Club Caribia

• Located near the University campus, a 1.1 km walk to the Tyks T-hospital, and 2 km from the city centre.

Hostels and B&Bs

Bed&Breakfast Tuure

• Located in the city centre, a 2.1 km walk from the hostel to the Tyks T-hospital.
• Quite affordable prices compared to hotels, for example, a single room from 49€ / night (including breakfast) or a double room from 65€/ night (including breakfast).

Boat hostel S/S Bore

• S/S Bore is a museum ship, located near Turku Castle. A 4.2 km walk from the hostel to the Tyks T-hospital (the route is nice because you can enjoy the beautiful views around river Aura).
•  Quite affordable prices compared to hotels, prices starting from 40€/ night (including breakfast).