
Nordic Forum for Nurse Educators (NFNE 2022)
Turku University of Applied Sciences, ICT City building, Joukahaisenkatu 3, 20520 Turku, Finland,
14.11.2022 klo 14:00 - 16.11.2022 klo 15:30
The Nordic Forum for Nurse Educators (NFNE) was launched in Rovaniemi, Finland 2011. After that the event has been organized in Sweden, Norway, Estonia and Lithuania. In 2022, it is time to come back to Finland. The 6th NFNE2022 will be organized in Turku 14-16.11.2022, Finland by Turku University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with University of Turku, Hospital District of Southwest Finland and NORDPLUS MEDICO -network (Nordic Medication Educators network).
The core of this event is to share innovations, ideas and experiences of educators and discuss the latest innovations and developments in health care education. This event is targeted to educators, teachers and researchers working in professional education in different types of institutes, clinical education, and academia. We do not wish to limit the event only for those working with nursing education. There is so much common interest, good practices and innovations to be shared between educators from different health care fields.
During the two main days we will be looking into different perspectives on undergraduate and postgraduate health care education: pedagogics and learning environments, but also on professional development of health care educators. This event aims to be relaxed and cozy in atmosphere, thus providing information on the latest research and development in education and great opportunities for networking and fostering future collaboration in the Nordic and Baltic region of Europe. If you are outside the Nordic or Baltic countries, don’t worry, you are still warmly welcome.
Call for abstracts was open from 1st January 2022 until 31st March 2022
You can submit your abstract on the following themes:
- Perspectives on teaching and learning in the era of digitalization
- Curriculum development (including different types of thesis)
- Clinical learning environment
- Advanced practice education
- Sustainability in health care education
- Professional development of health care educators
Abstracts should be submitted no later than 31 March 2022 4 pm Cet hours.
Abstract call is now closed. For late abstracts, please contact virpi.sulosaari(at)turkuamk.fi
Abstract Guidelines are available down below (click the "Näytä lisää+" button).
Information regarding acceptance of abstracts presentation or posters presentation will be sent to the authors no later than 15th June 2022.
Abstract Guidelines
Abstract call 1.1.2022-31.3.2022
Abstract topics
We welcome abstract proposals on the following themes:
- Perspectives on teaching and learning the era of digitalization
- Curriculum development (including different types of theses)
- Clinical learning environment
- Advanced practice education
- Sustainability in health care education
- Professional development of health care educators
Guidelines for abstracts for oral presentations and ePosters
Criteria for abstracts
The abstracts may be about research and /or development projects in the field of health care education. When submitting your abstract, please indicate the abstract theme you believe your abstract would be best organized under. Oral presentation will be 15 minutes and ePoster presentation 5 minutes with discussion.
The limit is 300 words excluding abstract title and author information.
The abstracts should be structured using a title and background, aims, methods, results and conclusions sections.
All abstracts must be written in good English.
Abstract proposals must be submitted no later than 31 March, 2022.
Information regarding acceptance of abstracts presentation or posters presentation will be sent to the authors no later than 15th June 2022. All Presenting Authors must register before 15th August 2022 (and pay) to attend the Conference.
Please note that the conference abstracts will be available on the conference website.
Early bird prices Participants from Nordic countries and countries outside Nordic and Baltic region |
2-days 350€* 1-day 170€* |
After 15th August 2022 Participants from Nordic countries and countries outside Nordic and Baltic region |
2-days 450€* 1-day 200€* |
Early bird prices Participants from the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) |
2-days 200€* 1-day 120€* |
After 15th August 2022 Participants from the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) |
2-days 300€* 1-day 200€* |
Early bird prices Students (master students, teacher students) |
2-days 200€* 1-day 120€* |
After 15th August 2022 Students (master students, teacher students) |
2-days 200€* 1-day 120€* |
Dinner** 15.11.2022 in Kakola (was previously a prison, website ) |
60€** |
*Conference fee includes get-together evening 14th November 2022 (refreshments and light dinner), and coffee/ lunch during the conference days 15-16.11.2022.
** 3 course meal and a drink
Online registration is open from 1st May 2022 until 15th September 2022.
Link to registration
If a registrant is unable to attend the forum for any reason, they may substitute someone else to attend in their place.
Registrations cancelled more than 60 days before the forum are eligible for an 100% refund of the registration fees paid. Registrations cancelled less than 60 days, but more than 30 days before the forum are eligible for a 50% refund of the registration fees paid. Registrations cancelled less than 30 days before the forum are no longer eligible for a refund.
Please note: We kindly ask all international visitors to fill in this form for statistical purposes .
14.11.2022
14:00-18:00 Registration
18:00- 20:00 Get together event (EduCity, Joukahaisenkatu 7)
Welcome words: Katja Heikkinen, Head of Education and research, Principal lecturer Virpi Sulosaari, Turku UAS
15.11.2022
8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.20 Opening session
Welcome to NFNE2022: Head of Education, Katja Heikkinen, Turku UAS; Professor Leena Salminen, UTU; Director of Nursing Excellence, Asta Heikkilä, TYKS
Practical instructions, Virpi Sulosaari
9.20-9.50 Keynote lecture I
“Perspectives on nursing education research” Professor Helena Leino-Kilpi, University of Turku, FIN
9.50-10.20 Keynote lecture II
“Workplace perspectives linked with retention of the nurse workforce – role of undergraduate education” Professor Steve Tee, Bournemouth University, UK
10.20-10.30 Discussion
10.30-11.00 Coffee break, Exhibition
11.00-11.30 Keynote lecture III
“The move towards Competency-based Education in Nursing calls us to be both innovative and courageous. Are we?” Michael Sautter, Chief Learning Officer, Laerdal Medical
11.30-12.30 Sessions I (Two parallel sessions)
12.30-13.30 Lunch, Exhibition
13.30-15.00 Sessions II (Three parallel sessions)
15.00-15.30 Coffee break, Exhibition
15.30-16.30 Interactive session including networking activity (Pitch talks)
16.40-17.00 Campus visit (TUAS ICT building special facilities for social and health care students, mini-hospital and Health Campus Turku SimuCenter)
19:00- *Dinner at Kakola restaurant (obs. price not included in the participation fee.
Separate payment)* https://hotelkakola.fi/en/restaurants/ Kakolankatu 14
16.11.2022
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9.30 Keynote lecture IV (Dr Katri Manninen)
"Experiencing authenticity: student learning in clinical practice" Dr Katri Manninen, Swedish Red Cross University, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, SWE
9.30-10.00 Keynote lecture V
“Perspectives on teaching and learning in the era of digitalization” PhD(c) Marjo Joshi, Turku UAS, FIN
10.00-10.15 Discussion
10.15-10.45 Coffee break, Exhibition
10.45-12.00 Session III (Two parallel sessions)
12.00-13.00 Lunch, Exhibition
13.00-14.00 Sessions IV (two parallel sessions)
14.00-14.30 Coffee break, Exhibition
14.30-15.00 Closing session
*Changes might occur.
15.11.2022 11.30-12.30 SESSIONS I
1. Session Perspectives on teaching and learning
Location: LAMBDA ICT_C1027_Lambda (ICT-City) Moderator: Asta Heikkilä
Time | Presentation topic | Presenter |
11.30-11.50 | Competence and attitudes of nurses towards the application of evidence-based practice in inpatient settings | Asta Mazioniene, Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania |
11.50-12.10 | Our journey from traditional OSCEs to skills assessment using video-based and Artificial Intelligence technology |
Daniela Lehwaldt, Dublin City University, Ireland |
ePosters | ||
12.10-12.20 | Methods and evaluation of an online course: Empowering Patient Education (EPE) | Heli Virtanen, University of Turku, Finland |
12.20-12.30 | Discussion | Moderator |
2. Session Perspectives on teaching and learning
Location: BETA ICT_B1032_Beta (ICT-City) Moderator: Heli Virtanen
Time | Presentation topic | Presenter |
11.30-11.50 | Are Virtual Reality Glasses and Virtual Learning Material Useful for Nursing Students? | Mari Salminen-Tuomaala, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
11.50-12.10 | Development of e-learning material to enhance mastering of clinical skills in nursing | Saara Laaksonen, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
ePosters | ||
12.10-12.20 | Postoperative care learning with 360 Video simulation | Tiina Nurmela, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
12.20-12.30 | Discussion | Moderator |
15.11.2022 SESSIONS II 13.30-15.00
3. Session Simulation workshop (room: Simucenter)
13:30-14:45 Separate program/Instructions
4. Session Advanced Practice
Location: LAMBDA ICT_C1027_Lambda (ICT-City) Moderator: Virpi Sulosaari
Time | Presentation topic | Presenter |
13.30-13.50 | Advanced Practice Programmes in the Nordic and Baltic countries: an overview | Virpi Sulosaari, Turku University of Applied Sciences |
13.50-14.10 | The application of Advance Practice Nursing roles in Finnish health care | Anna Axelin, University of Turku, Finland |
14.10-14.30 | Curriculum Development in the Advanced Practice Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care Education | Nina Kilkku, Tampere University of Applied Sciences |
ePosters | ||
14.30-14.40 | Tackling future challenges of sustainable development in NP education | Anja Liimatainen, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
14.40-15.00 | Discussion | Moderator |
5. Session Professional development of health care educators
Location: BETA ICT_B1032_Beta (ICT-City) Moderator: Mari Berglund
Time | Presentation topic | Presenter |
13.30-13.50 | Nurse educator’s competence and cooperation with students | Leena Salminen, University of Turku, Finland |
13.50-14.10 | Exercises promoting educators’ occupational well-being during working hours | Jenni Rinne, University of Turku, Finland |
14.10-14.30 | Leading for common European nurse educator education. A new Agenda for Nurse Educator in Europe – Erasmus + -project | Leena Salminen, University of Turku, Finland |
ePosters | ||
14.30-14.40 | Occupational Well-being Development in Social and Health Care Education | Anneli Vauhkonen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland |
14.40-14.50 | Transforming Residential Child Care Training Digital – lesson learnt from European co-working | Tiina Pelander, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
14.50-15.00 | Discussion | Moderator |
16.11.2022 SESSIONS III 10:45-12:00
6. Session Clinical learning environment
Location: BETA ICT_B1032_Beta (ICT-City) Moderator: Teija Franck
Time | Presentation topic | Presenter |
10.45-11.05 | Nursing students’ experiences of their learning environment in clinical placement during the COVID-19 pandemic | Tanja Thomassen, University College Nordjylland, DK |
11.05-11.25 | Tailoring clinical studies for the generation Z | Rika Levy-Malmberg, Novia School of Applied Sciences, Finland |
11.25-11.45 | Learning to assess the need and urgency for care in immersive and interactive digital environment | Sanna Ojala, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
11.45-12.00 | Discussion | Moderator |
7. Session Perspectives on teaching and learning
Location: LAMBDA ICT_C1027_Lambda (ICT-City) Moderator: Mari Berglund
Time | Presentation topic | Presenter |
10.45-11.05 | Links between depression, anxiety and stress experienced by nursing students and academic motivation | Nijole Galdikiene, Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania |
11.05-11.25 | Estonian nursing students’ assessments of sources of stress based on ISSN measure – cross-sectional survey | Maarika Jaguson, University of Tartu, Estonia |
11.25-11.45 | Bachelor level nursing students’ attitudes on mental health problems | Pia Keiski, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
11.45-12.00 | Discussion | Moderator |
8. Session Simulation workshop (in collaboration with Laerdal)
16.11.2022 SESSIONS IV 13:00-14:00
9. Session Simulation Learning environments
Location: LAMBDA ICT_C1027_Lambda (ICT-City Moderator: Tiina Pelander
Time | Presentation topic | Presenter |
13.00-13.20 | Development of a novel method to conduct defusing sessions via remote connections | Olavi Kujanpää Police University College, Finland |
13.20-13.40 | Clinical simulations online, a positive experience among first year students | Annika Skogster, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
ePosters | ||
13.40-13.50 | Multi-Professional Simulations of Older People Care among Health Care and Medical Students | Teija Franck, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
13.50-14.00 | Discussion | Moderator |
10. Session Perspectives on teaching and learning
Location: BETA ICT_B1032_Beta (ICT-City) Moderator: Leena Salminen
Time | Presentation topic | Presenter |
13.00-13.20 | Developing the 10 rights in medication administration – a Nordic accomplishment | Eva Westergren, University of Gävle, Sweden |
ePosters | ||
13.20-13.30 | Learning medication administration and calculation in Virtual Reality | Teija Franck, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
13.30-13.40 | Finnish graduating student nurses’ medication calculation skills – a call for further studies | Imane Elonen, University of Turku, Finland |
13.40-14.00 | Discussion | Moderator |
11. Session Simulation workshop (in collaboration with Laerdal)
Professor Steve Tee
Professor Steve Tee DClinP, MA, PGCEA, BA, DPSN, RMN, PFHEA, NTF
Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University
Steve joined Bournemouth University as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences in September 2015. Before that he was Dean for education at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London and Associate Dean at the University of Southampton. He has worked in the NHS and in higher education for thirty years and provided strategic and operational leadership in a range of senior roles. He was a former Chair of the London Higher Health Group and more recently was appointed Emeritus Professor at Bournemouth University.
As a nurse he has worked in acute, rehabilitation and community settings. His research interests include participatory approaches to health care delivery and education particularly focusing on service user involvement. As a professor, he has researched and published widely on many aspects of nurse education in healthcare and has edited books and journals, having been associate editor of Nurse Education Today for more than 10 years. He was appointed Principal Fellow of Kings College London and the Higher Education Academy in 2014 and National Teaching Fellow in 2015.
He believes strongly that patients and their families should be at the heart of clinical decision-making and care delivery, to ensure that all healthcare practitioners have the values of care and compassion as well as the capability to provide world-class evidence-based healthcare.

Senior clinical lecturer Katri Manninen
Katri Manninen
Senior clinical lecturer, RN, MSc, PhD
Swedish Red Cross University, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet
Katri works part-time at Swedish Red Cross University since 2015 and is program director for specialist program in nursing within infectious diseases, a program that she started together with a team of colleagues at the university and from the infectious clinics in Sweden. Year 2005 she established, together with a team of colleagues at the Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases, a clinical education ward for nursing students. Currently she is the pedagogical leader of the clinical education ward. She also works as a university nurse responsible for educational issues, evolving the nursing care with special responsibility for patient involvement. As a nurse she works at the department of infectious diseases and has also previously worked in geriatric clinic.
Beside the education and clinical work, Katri is a researcher within medical education and her specific research field is learning in clinical practice. She has studied student learning, from the perspectives of students, supervisors and patients, in a clinical setting with an explicit pedagogical framework. She is currently involved in research project about designing for trust in clinical education, educating clinical supervisors, learning clinical reasoning and forming a pedagogical framework for clinical education for all healthcare professions.
She strongly believes that today´s students need to experience authenticity during their clinical education to become tomorrow´s professionals and educators need to understand the complexity of learning process to be able to give both challenges and support for the students. Furthermore, patients should be involved as active participants in students’ learning.
Preliminary title:
Authenticity and learning in clinical practice

Professor Helena Leino-Kilpi
Helena Leino-Kilpi, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN, FEANS, FRCN, Member of Academia Europea
Helena Leino-Kilpi is a professor and chair, Head of the Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Faculty of Medicine, and Nurse director in Turku University Hospital.
She is internationally well-known expert in nursing and health sciences. Her research is in the fields of health care and nursing education, ethics and clinical nursing. In nursing education, her expertise lies in the evaluation of learning outcomes, especially from the perspective of cognitive structuring and nursing competence. Furthermore, she has developed instruments for educational purposes, as well as made international comparisons. Altogether, she has published around 600 scientific, referee-based publications, mostly with international collaborators. She also has supervised 70 new PhDs in nursing science, and has for years taught research ethics in the European Academy of Nursing Science. She is a board member of the Baltic Sea Region Doctoral Network, and active in Nordic collaboration.
Leino-Kilpi has several academic duties. She has been a member of advisory boards of universities, made research evaluations in different countries, and for different funding organisations, and is a member of editorial boards. She is Honorary Doctor in the University of Klaipeda (Lithuania), Fellow of European Academy of Nursing Science and American Academy of Nursing, Member of multidisciplinary Academia Europea and Advisory member of the European Federation of Educators in Nursing Science (FINE) and Honorary member of the Royal College of Nursing.
Education, she believes, is an instrument for creating the future of nursing and nursing science. We only need new ways of thinking, knowledge, courage and competence – and high-level of research in the field.

Chief advisor Marjo Joshi
Marjo Joshi, Chief Advisor, MA, PhD(c) Ed.
Future Learning Design, Collaboration and Development, Turku University of Applied Sciences
Marjo Joshi works as Chief Advisor and Team Leader of Future Learning Design at Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland. In her role, she develops education at organisational level, e.g. pedagogy, quality, digitalisation and internationalisation of teaching and learning. Her work focuses on development of pedagogy and its meaningful use in onsite, hybrid and online learning contexts. In addition, she manages the pedagogical support and training for teachers and the quality process of innovation pedagogy.
Since starting at Turku UAS in 2005, she has worked as Senior Lecturer (Business English Communication, Intercultural Communication), and Teacher Tutor with extensive teaching experience to degree programme students and corporate clients at local and international level. Previously she managed the pedagogical design of online degree education at institutional level, and she was responsible for pedagogical and operational implementation of an international fully online degree programme. She has been involved in several national and international projects related to communication, cultures and online education and pedagogy. Currently she is the Project Manager for a national ministry-funded project, coordinated by Turku UAS, that aims to develop Online Degree Programme Networks. In addition, she is involved in the pedagogical work of the national Digivision 2030 project that aims to create an open learning ecosystem in higher education. Her previous experience includes working as an Assessment Leader at Edexcel Pearson, UK.
Joshi’s PhD research focuses on the holistic design of online degree programmes. Her current research interests include strategies for developing online learning at institutional level and quality of online education. In addition, she is interested in the support for teachers and students in online and international teaching and learning contexts. Please see a full list of publications with access at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjojoshi/
Joshi believes online education can offer flexible study opportunities and access to studies for all students. She believes that good design can ensure successful implementation when creating online education. Also, it is important to ensure that students and teachers are supported in the process for enjoyable teaching and learning experiences. Digitalization is part of our daily work, studies and life, and it is important that we embrace the possibilities together.

Chief Learning Officer Michael Sautter
Michael Sautter, Chief Learning Officer, Laerdal Medical
Michael is passionate about the transformational potential of education. Since his early years in the Royal Norwegian Cavalry, through his training and work as a teacher on all levels, he has taken a keen interest in the two key processes in education: Teaching and Learning. He did his M.Phil in Educational Science at the University of Tromsoe in 1997, and then worked as a PhD Fellow at the department of Psychology at the University of Bergen. After a few years as a researcher in telecom, he joined Laerdal back in 2005. Ever since he has travelled the world learning and sharing best practices in Healthcare Education and Healthcare Quality Improvement.

Organisation committee
Dr, principal lecturer Virpi Sulosaari, Turku University of Applied Sciences (Chair)
Dr, principal lecturer, degree programme leader Tiina Pelander, Turku University of Applied Sciences
MNSc, senior lecturer, degree programme leader, Mari Berglund, Turku University of Applied Sciences
MNSc, clinical nurse educator, Minna Tuukkanen, University of Turku and Hospital District of Southwest Finland
Scientific committee
Professor Leena Salminen, University of Turku (Chair)
Dr, university lecturer Heli Virtanen, University of Turku
PhD-candidate, Imane Elonen, University of Turku
Dr, Director of Nursing Excellence, Asta Heikkilä, Hospital District of Southwest Finland
Dr, Virpi Sulosaari, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Assoc. Prof, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Asta Mazioniene, Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania
Assistant Professor., Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir , University of Akureyri, Iceland
Dr, senior lecturer, Ann Lykkegaard Sørensen, Aalborg University, Denmark
MSc, Senior lecturer, Merle Varik, Tartu Health Care College, Estonia
Dr (MD), researcher Jolanta Pupure, P. Stradins Medical College of the University of Latvia, Latvia
Assistant Professor, May Helen Midtbus, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Virpi Sulosaari
Dr, principal lecturer Turku University of Applied Sciences (Chair)
Phone: +358 44 907 4569
Email: virpi.sulosaari @ turkuamk.fi
Deal for for NFNE2022 participants:
Centro hotel (in the city centre),
www.centrohotel.com/en/index.php
Single room 106 €/night/room
Twin 124 €/night/room
Prices include WiFi, buffet breakfast (valid until 14.9.2022)
Sokos Hotel Kupittaa (next to campus),
www.sokoshotels.fi/en/turku/original-sokos-hotel-kupittaa
Standard Single room 112 €/night/room
Standard Twin 132 €/night/room
Use the code: NFNE2022
Other hotels kissmyturku.com /
This conference is organised by Turku University of Applied Sciences, University of Turku and Hospital District of Southwest Finland in collaboration with Nordplus MEDICO network. MEDICO is a Nordplus network. The cooperation started in November 2011 and includes partners from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, involving a total of 12 universities.

