1(3) CURRICULUM VITAE I. PERSONAL DATA Elisabeth Lindahl 52 12 19 1968 Snickargatan 47, SE- 903 60 Umeå, Sweden + 46 70 631 5173 Department of Nursing SE- 901 87 Umeå, Sweden + 46 90 786 92 57 elisabeth.lindahl@umu.se II. EDUCATION Institution and location Degree or credits Dates Grammar school, Örnsköldsvik GCE at A-level 1971 Grammar school, Uppsala Natural sciences, one year 1973 as complement to the GCE Uppsala University Psychology, 20 credits 1974 College of Nursing, Uppsala Registered Nurse 1977 College of Health and Caring Sciences, Umeå BSc in Medical Nursing 1983 Registered Nurse Teacher (RNT) 1992 MSc in Nursing Science 1996 PhD in Nursing Science 2008 III. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Position or duties Agency and Location Dates Au pair Pforzheim, BRD 1971-1972 Nurse aid Kungsgärdets hospital, Uppsala 1974 Registered Nurse Neurological clinic 1977-1978 University Hospital, Uppsala Registered Nurse Geriatric, orthopedic and 1980-1994 neurological clinics, University Hospital, Umeå Teacher Vocational programme in nursing, 1994 Vårdgymnasiet, Umeå Lecturer College of Health and Caring 1994-1997
2(3) Sciences, Umeå Lecturer Department of Nursing, 1997-2009-03-31 Part time project assistant Department of Nursing 2000-08-01 2002-01-31 PhD student Department of Nursing 2002-02-01 2008-12-19 Senior Lecturer Department of Nursing from 2009-04-01 Associate Head and Deputy Head Department of Nursing 2010-09-01 2014-12-31 Manager for all courses on basic level Department of Nursing from 2017-11-01-2018-03-15 IV. POST GRADUATE COURSES Topic Institution and Location Dates Writing research applications The Vårdal Foundation 1998-01-13 Phenomenological Hermeneutics Department of Nursing 1998-06-08 as research method Interpretation of the communication with Department of Nursing, 1999-02-12 people with severe dementia Modern person-focused philosophy Department of Nursing, 1999-06-21 in nursing Philosophy of Science, 5 credits Department of Philosophy 1999-11-08 and Linguistics, Introduction course for doctoral students Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, May 2001 Evidens based nursing, systematic analysis Department of Nursing, 2002-03-19 and quality assurance of literature. Kulturella perspektiv inom områdena folkhälsa, vård och omsorg; Forskarutbildningskurs, 5p, Uppsala University. 2002-11-29 The body in health and illness; forskarutbildningskurs, 3p, Nationella forskarskolan för vård och omsorg and the Karolinska Institute. 2004-11-23 The role of the teacher, UPC, 2010-03-16
3(3) Supervising PhD- students, UPC, Fall 2014 V. PEDAGOGICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPERIENCES - Qualitative research methods - Life world perspectives in wound care - Bachelor theses and Master theses: supervision and examinations - Pedagogical responsibilities for and assessments of students in clinical settings - Participated in as well as being responsible of curriculum development, been course administrator, developed and carried out exams on basic level - Distance learning: developed and carried out internet based courses - Developed and implemented the concept of peer-learning during clinical training in the nursing programme - Within Erasmus agreements: Participated in teaching mobility programmes in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Ghent, Belgium. - Within Nordplus agreements: Participated in teaching mobility programmes and network meetings in all the Nordic countries - Participated in developing and carrying out an intensive course on wound care for nursing students from the Nordic countries within the Nordplus Network 2005 - Within bilateral agreements: Participated in teaching mobility programmes in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and Dayton, Ohio, USA. - Within Linnaeus- Palme Programme: April 2014, three weeks of teaching at Muhimibili University of Health and Applied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania o Course for master students in Nursing: Qualitative research methods o Nursing Ethics for nursing students and nursing staff o Basic wound care for nursing students - Contact teacher for Slovenia - Participated in seminars för PhD- students - CO-supervised a master student at MUHAS during 2014 - Co-supervised Helena Claesson Lingehall during her PhD-studies - Mentor for new faculties in the Department of Nursing, VI. COMMISSIONS International coordinator at the Department of Nursing, fall 1998 fall 2005. Member of the International Committee at the Faculty of Medicine, 1999-10-13 2005-06-31. Member of the International Group in the Department of Nursing since 2008-08. Member of the Curriculum Committee for Degree of Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Radiology Nursing from 2010-07-01 2010-12-31
4(3) Member of the Curriculum Committee for Nursing Education on basic and advanced level 2013-01- 21-2014-09-30, and from 2017-10-02 2018-03-15. Substitute member of the board of the National Clinical Exam for the Nursing Degree, National Network 2014-2017 VI. MEMBERSHIPS Member of the Swedish Nurses Association (SSF). Member of the Swedish Wound Care Nurses Association (SSiS) and also member of the board. Member of the European Wound Management Association (EWMA). Member of the editorial board of Sårmagasinet, the Swedish Wound Care Journal for nurses since 2014-08-01. VII. RESEARCH I have been involved in a research project titled Support to relatives and carers of persons with dementia and behavioural disturbances at institution. A controlled study. The aim of the study was to test if improved ability to interpret the meaning of disturbing behaviour would lead to a reduction of the occurrence of the disturbing behaviour. The settings are one group dwelling for people with dementia and one comparable group dwelling as control. The intervention consisted of supervising sessions during one year and lectures focusing on behavioural disturbances. Methods used in research were interviews and observations of carers and patients combined with reflective talks about the observed interaction. Professor Astrid Norberg was the scientific leader of the project. My main duties have been data collecting on part time basis during 1998 and 1999. My doctoral thesis focused on patients and nurses encounter with impurity in nursing care. The historical perspective is important to understand the phenomena of purity and impurity today. My interest for the topic comes from working with data collected in a research project where retired employees from various health care professions were asked to narrate nursing care given around 1950 in a county in northern Sweden. This was the first article in my thesis. The scientific leader for the project was professor Astrid Norberg. The three following articles focus on living with malodorous exuding ulcers and caring for people with these ulcers. Wound care is demanding and challenging for nurses today and the bodily perspective, how the wounded body impacts one s self picture, is important to highlight. Nurses need knowledge and support to make assessments and provide the best treatments and care. I am now involved in a study focusing on patients with hard- to- heal wounds, and how to optimize the communication between hospitals and district nurses in benefit of the patients.
5(3) I have been involved in a previous study with Professor Majda Pahor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, focusing on students perceptions of what knowledge they will need, and their perceptions of how they think they will need research knowledge in their coming profession. I am now involved in a project aiming to illuminate experiences of peer-learning within clinical settings at Umeå university. Interviews were performed with nursing students, enrolled nurses and registered nurses. VIII. ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS Lindahl, E (1997). The patients suffering, how it is communicated and responded to. Abstract accepted at the biennial conference for members of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals. Official commentator at IAHC s 19 th INTERNATIONAL NURSING CONFERENCE, Helsinki, 1997 to a presentation by Ashe, J; The use of storytelling in death education for nursing students. Lindahl E (1999). Carers experiences of behavioural disturbances among persons with dementia presented to members of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals at the biennial conference. Lindahl E (2001) Purity important in Nursing Care Before and Around 1950 presented to members of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals at the biennial conference. Presentation: Canadian Association for the History of Nursing, 14 th Annual Conference, Winnipeg June 8-10, 2001: Purity Important in Nursing Care in Northern Sweden, Before and Around 1950. Presentation: The 8 th Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference, April 4-6, 2002, Banff: Purity: an Important Phenomenon in Nursing Care. Lindahl E (2003) Managing to remain close when it is hard. Part of o symposium led by professor Astrid Norberg and presented to the Swedish Association of Health Professionals at the biennial conference. Invited speaker at the annual Nursing and Midwifery Conference, 12-14 May 2005 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Presentation: 16 th Conference of the European Wound Management Association, Prague, May 18-20 2006: The meaning of living with malodorous exuding ulcers. Invited speaker at the annual SSiS (Swedish Wound Care Nurses Association ) conference, 4 December 2006 in Stockholm: Living with malodorous exuding ulcers, an interview study
6(3) reflecting patients experiences. Invited speaker at the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing International Nursing History Conference, Toronto 5-7 June 2008: Balancing on and sometimes crossing lines for the sake of those being in need. Invited speaker at the ÖGVP (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Vaskuläre Pflege) annual conference 24-25 September 2009 in Vienna: Professionelle Pflege in Schweden. IX. PUBLICATIONS Doctoral Thesis Striving for purity. Interviews with people with malodorous exuding ulcers and their nurses. Dissertation No. 1227, 2008. Department of Nursing,, Sweden. Defended 2008-12-19. Articles included in the thesis Lindahl E, Gilje F, Norberg A. (2004) Striving for Purity: Shared Understandings in Retired Swedish Care Providers Narratives on Nursing Care Around 1950. Journal of Holistic Nursing 22 (4), 333-350. Lindahl E, Norberg A & Söderberg A. (2007) The meaning of living with malodorous exuding ulcers. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness in association with Journal of Clinical Nursing 16 (3a), 68-75. Lindahl E, Norberg A & Söderberg A. (2008) The meaning of caring for people with malodorous exuding ulcers. Journal of Advanced Nursing 62 (2), 163-171. Lindahl E, Gilje F, Norberg A & Söderberg A. (2010) Nurses ethical reflections on caring for people with malodorous exuding ulcers. Nursing Ethics 17 (6), 777-790. Articles Graneheim UH, Lindahl E, Kihlgren M. (1997) Descriptions of Suffering in Connection with Life Values: Healthy Individuals Reflections in Interviews. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 11, 145-150. Glasberg AL, Eriksson S, Dahlqvist V, Lindahl E, Strandberg G, Söderberg A, Sörlie V, Norberg A. (2006) Development and Initial Validation of the Stress of Conscience Questionnaire. Nursing Ethics 13 (6), 633-648.
7(3) Dahlqvist V, Eriksson S, Glasberg AL, Lindahl E, LützenK, Strandberg G, Söderberg A, Sörlie V, Norberg A. (2007) Development of the Perceptions of Conscience Questionnaire. Nursing Ethics 14 (2), 181-193. Lingehall HC, Smulter H, Olofsson B, Lindahl E. (2015) Experiences of undergoing cardiac surgery among older people diagnosed with postoperative delirium:one year follow-up. BMC Nursing 30, 14: 17. Pahor M, Domajnko B, Lindahl E. (2015) Nursing students' perceptions of knowledge: an international perspective. Obzornik zdravstvene nege, 49(1), 18 25.