SASUF satellite event - workshop part of project Breaking Fences

Utilizing a normlab to address discrimating factors and unequal care in health education

Inequality and discriminatory factors affecting access to healthcare remain insufficiently researched and underexplored within the field of Health Sciences, particularly in the context of Social Sustainability. Coordinating efforts on an overarching level and sharing insights on addressing these issues offer numerous benefits. At the University West, we are leading the 'Breaking Fences' project with the objective of raising awareness about these knowledge gaps in health studies, emphasizing the importance of Social Sustainability. This initiative is prompted by the observation that prevailing curricular activities for health students predominantly focus on clinical knowledge and outcomes. There is a noticeable scarcity of aesthetic learning experiences that foster critical thinking through art creation and the utilization of students' creativity. The Breaking Fences project seeks to address this gap by responding to an escalating demand for the incorporation of innovative educational methods, essential to meet the evolving competencies required for health workers globally.
In our endeavor to implement a novel set of educational activities for health students, we undertook a mission to establish a mobile norm lab as a focal point for addressing and visualizing educational efforts related to norm- criticism, creativity, and consciousness in healthcare education. Consequently, for this satellite event, we pose the following question: What is a norm lab, and how can it be effectively utilized for health students? How can we start a norm-creative collaboration between Sweden and South Africa?

The satellite event relies significantly on active participation from the attendees. Through project presentations, guided tour of the University West Clinical Learning Center, hands-on exercises, and collective reflections, the innovative norm-creative pedagogy is explored and developed. In this context, the process itself becomes the product.

Speakers

Prof. Elisabeth Dahlborg

Susanna Höglund Arveklev
 
Prof. Kristina Areskoug Josefsson

Prof. Henrik Eriksson

Carl-Fredrik Miles
 

Keywords: Educational methods, Norm creativity, social sustainability

To register for this event please use the following link:
https://forms.office.com/e/wJi8BdNag6

This workshop has an upper limit of 30 participants.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Susanna Höglund Arveklev: susanna.arveklev-hoglund@hv.se