Managing Minor Field Studies

Managing Minor Field Studies
Karl Hedman
Director of International Relations
The School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University
Doctoral thesis project at Lund University
Ambulance calls between doctors, nurses, emergency
operators and callers. Ethnographic fieldwork data from
the Stockholm Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre.
Global perspectives in teaching based on
ethnographic fieldwork by Karl Hedman
1. ”Nursing and social work with HIV and
AIDS patients in Papua New Guinea” and
“Homeless youth in poverty living in
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea”
in the course ”Healthcare in
developing countries”
2. Community work in New Orleans
after hurricane Katrina in the course ”Social
work, social change with groups and
in community”. Ethnographic fieldwork
in New Orleans, Louisiana, before, during
and after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Jönköping University
Jönköping University is characterised by
internationalisation, an entrepreneurial spirit and
collaborations with the surrounding society.
The university has over 12,000 students and is organised
as a foundation comprising four independent schools:
• The School of Health Sciences
• Jönköping International Business School
• School of Education and Communication
• School of Engineering
MFS management at The School of Health Sciences
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Biomedical Laboratory Science
- Clinical Physiology: MFS in Vietnam
- Laboratory Science: focused on the Nordic countries
Dental Hygiene: MFS in Vietnam
Diagnostic Radiology Nursing: MFS in Vietnam
Nursing: MFS in Tanzania, South Africa and Botswana
Occupational Therapy: MFS course ”Healthcare in developing
countries” and MFS in Vietnam, South Africa,
Prosthetics and Orthotics: Internationalisation built mainly on MFS:
Madagascar, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Malawi, India and Gambia.
Social Work: MFS in India and Vietnam
The School of Health Sciences
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Students: 2,300
Mobility per year:
International students: 100
International teachers (mainly
Linnaeus Palme and Erasmus teachers): 30
Employees:150
Courses in English: 30 ECTS per semester
in all programmes
The International Council of
The School of Health Sciences
Led by the director of international relations
Includes eight international programme coordinators
Discuss and make decisions about MFS management.
Involving teachers and students and
incentives
International coordinators:10% of work task distribution
Contact teachers: 5% of work task distribution
Contact students: increased chances of studying abroad
The contact teacher model of
The School of Health Sciences
31 contact teachers
Each contact teacher is responsible for one or more partner
universities
MFS contact teacher visits in developing countries
The contact student model of
The School of Health Sciences
The international association of the student union (SUSHI)
Integrating international students in Swedish cultural activities
Contact students participate in the promotion of MFS during
international days
Joint kick off weeks with international and Swedish students
International students coming in August are buddy students for
new international students during the January kick off week
Integrating global perspectives in teaching
Ingrid Widäng, Tanzania and
Botswana, MFS contact teacher
Malale Kija is a visiting lecturer and
the Head of department, Community
Health Nursing, Catholic University
of Health and Allied Sciences,
Bugando School of Nursing,
Mwanza, Tanzania
Integrating global perspectives in teaching
Lina Magnusson, course coordinator of
“Healthcare in developing countries”
Malawi, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Madagascar,
India
Gunilla Ljusegren, South Africa
Thomas Ehn, Brittmarie Jacobsson and
Kristina Brenner Blomqvist, Vietnam
Ingalill Gimbler Berglund, India
Jonas Sandberg, Karin Enskär and Annica
Herentz, South Africa
Minor Field Studies Activities
• MFS scholarships 2011: 17; 2012: 21
• MFS introductions to all students of The School of Health
Sciences in the first week of their education
• Follow up MFS informations during their education
• Minor Field Study Information Evenings: 50-60 students
• 2-3 MFS information meetings per month autumn 2012:
1-5 students
Minor Field Studies Activities
• MFS debriefing sessions: 10-12 MFS
students and contact teachers who have
returned home after Minor Field Studies
• MFS and Linnaeus Palme preparatory
course:
“Healthcare in developing countries”
Before the MFS: Field study preparation
Encourage students’ own initiatives and motivations
Choosing a topic or research project:
Is it worth researching?
Researchable? Possible ethical, legal and political considerations?
Turning a topic into a research question
Project plan
Focused on achievability
Ethical reflections regarding the MFS
projects
Mutuality
The issues
Informed consent
Privacy
Harm
Exploitation
MFS supervisors and contact persons in
the field
Minor Field Studies Debriefing Sessions
• Self-introduction of the participants
• Introduction to debriefing
• Aim: understanding and dealing with experienced events and
share recollections with others
• Facts
• Feelings
• Coping practices
• Future
• Closing: nurses in the room and referral to student health or
hospital
MFS experiences of reducing stress in the field
View the fieldwork as a way to learn new things about life
See challenges instead of problems
Find meaning in every task of the fieldwork
Reduce expectations of other people
Accept and let go of things that have happened
In the field
Field relations: initial responses, impression management and
reflecting about who you are in the field (learning about the local
languages and customs)
Establishing trust
Handling the strains and stresses of a field study
Field Study Diary
Detailed field notes
After the field study
Transcribing and analysing data
Setting
Describing events
Commentary
Identifying patterns
MFS students sharing their experiences at
the home university
Both in presentations open to all students and presentations in their
own programmes
Presentations by Vietnamese LP students inspiring the
Swedish students to do MFS projects in Vietnam
International week of Jönköping University
2013
Trends and best practices in internationalisation
Key speakers: Gudrun Paulsdottir, president of EAIE, Lasse Berg, author and
filmmaker and Renata Chlumska, adventurer athlete
Thank you for listening!
Please e-mail me if you have any questions:
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Website
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