Thematic European Network of Nursing (TENN
) belongs to the Socrates Higher Education Programme. The aim of this
network is to promote exelellence and to develop best practice of nursing
practice. Dr Saarikoski is a member of Mentorship sub-group.
The project is co-ordinated by St Martins College in the UK.
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Project Manager and co-designer of a digital teaching package covering
family-orientated care of acute psychosis. This digital learning package
'ADMISSIONS - English and Psychiatric
Care' enables students and practitioners to study English and
psychiatric care simultanously.
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Member of the educational team responsible for developing a Finnish
physical restraint -training programme for use with health care practitioners.
The original British technique has been modified. The modified programme
is called 'Hallittu fyysinen rajoittaminen' HFR
in Finnish.
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Referee of Journal
of Advanced Nursing (since 2004)
and
International Journal of Nursing
Studies (since 2005)
and
Journal
of Nursing Education Scholarship
(since 2006)
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Principal Investigator (PI) in the international research project (2007-2009)
to develop a new sub-scale for
measuring the quality of nurse teachers co-operation with
the crucial actors in the clinical practice of student
nurses (CLES+T scale). Seventeen Nursing Schools
from nine European countries have joined to the study. The
countries are Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Ireland,
Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and UK.
The study is supported by
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Active international teacher
exchange relationships include:
University of Portsmouth (1996); Manchester Metropolitan University (1998);
University College of Northampton (2000); Ecole Le Bon Secours, Geneva
(2002); La Universidad de Murcia (2004);
Dokuz Eylûl University, Izmir (2006)
Invited visiting lectures (e.g.):
Universidad de Alicante, Spain
(Oct. 2004); Escola Superior de Enfermagem, De D. Ana Guedes, Porto, Portugal (Nov.
2004); Catholic University of Applied
Sciences of Kempen, Turnhout, Belgium (May 2006),
University of Applied Sciences,
School of Heath Care of Windesheim (Jan. 2009)
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Member of the
Evaluating the Quality of Workplace Learning for Student
Nurses -project (2009-2010). The R&D-project
is organised by Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of
Technology (CPIT) and funded by Ako Aotearoa. The aim of the
project is e.g. to validate CLES+T scale also in New Zealand
nurse education context.
http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/project-register/683
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Member of Editorial Committee of
Nurse Education in Practice (since 2007)
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