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Catarina Wallengren

Senior Lecturer

Learning and Leadership for Health Care Professionals
Telephone
+46 31-786 40 58
+46 766-18 40 58
Mail
catarina.wallengren@gu.se
Visiting address
Arvid wallgrens backe hus 1 och 2
41346 Göteborg
Room number
1315
Postal address
Box 457
40530 Göteborg

About Catarina Wallengren

Research Profile: Catarina is a Registered Nurse and a qualified teacher in nursing. She is an Associate Professor (Docent) in Caring Science Education.

Research: Catarina’s research focuses on the development of person-centred care (PCC) and on how support structures, such as education and training, can be developed and implemented within clinical practice, academic environments and civil society.

Teaching: Catarina is course coordinator for the course “Leadership and Learning” (15 ECTS credits, semester 6) within the Bachelor’s Programme in Nursing. She is also course coordinator for the course “Degree Project for Part-Time Specialist Nursing Programmes” (15 ECTS credits), which is part of the Specialist Nursing Programme.She supervises and examines degree projects at both undergraduate and advanced levels, and supervises doctoral students at the postgraduate level. In addition, she teaches within the areas of learning, innovation and person-centred care across several programmes, including the Nursing Programme, Radiography Programme and KUSK Programme, as well as at advanced level.

Academic Roles

Research Group Leader: Catarina leads the research group within the complete academic environment “Pedagogy and Healthcare Leadership for Professional Development” and GPCC-EDU.Within this academic environment, research and development activities focus on the six core competencies in healthcare: Person-centred care,  Interprofessional teamwork, Evidence-based practice, Quality improvement, Informatics and Patient safety. 

Scientific Linking Pin: Catarina serves as a Scientific Linking Pin at the Living and Policy Lab for Person-Centred Care and Services, a collaborative platform where research, practice, education, and policy are integrated to develop and implement knowledge in health and social care. Within this lab, Catarina’s research profile focuses on the development and implementation of person-centred care in health and social care contexts. 

Teaching: Catarina is course coordinator for the course “Leadership and Learning” (15 ECTS credits, semester 6) within the Bachelor’s Programme in Nursing. She is also course coordinator for the course “Degree Project for Part-Time Specialist Nursing Programmes” (15 ECTS credits), which is part of the Specialist Nursing Programme.She supervises and examines degree projects at both undergraduate and advanced levels, and supervises doctoral students at the postgraduate level. In addition, she teaches within the areas of learning, innovation and person-centred care across several programmes, including the Nursing Programme, Radiography Programme and KUSK Programme, as well as at advanced level.

Doctoral Supervision: 

Research Collaborators:

  • Mari Lundberg – Physiotherapist, Professor
  • Caroline Feldthusen – Physiotherapist, Associate Professor
  • Emma Forsgren – Speech and Language Therapist, PhD
  •  Ida Björkman – Registered Nurse, Associate Professor
  • Axel Wolf – Specialist Nurse, Professor
  • Elin Siira – Registered Nurse, PhD
  • Kristina Rosengren – Registered Nurse, Associate Professor
  • Hanna Falk – Specialist Nurse, Associate Professor
  • Ramona Schenell – Specialist Nurse, PhD
  • Sonia Sunny – Specialist Nurse, PhD
  • Jana Bergholz - Patient Co-Researcher, PhD

Completed Research Projects

Implementation of person-centred care within health professions education programmes.

https://www.gu.se/forskning/implementering-av-personcentrering-pa-programmen-for-halsoprofessioner

Designing, developing, and evaluating a person-centered support model for women with breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy

https://gupea.ub.gu.se/items/ebf29413-237e-456a-ad02-8a3c9e987e45

Experiences of being a haemophilia carrier and the mother of a child with haemophilia.

https://gupea.ub.gu.se/items/2a5cc646-d1f5-4103-8a36-b022923fd92b

 

Completed Impact Projects 

Learning Related to Person-Centered Care in Health Science Education Programs

https://www.gu.se/en/gpcc/learning-related-to-person-centered-care-in-health-science-education-programs

Conference aimed at transforming healthcare education to better equip students for person-centred practice.

https://www.gu.se/nyheter/konferens-siktar-pa-att-stalla-om-vardutbildningar-for-att-utrusta-studenter-for-att-jobba-personcentrerat

Students need to get more person-centred care knowledge and tools: Some highlights from LearnPCC conference

https://www.gu.se/en/news/students-need-to-get-more-person-centred-care-knowledge-and-tools-some-highlights-from-learnpcc-conference

Keywords: Learning, Person-centred care, Pedagogy, Innovation, Implementation, Intervention, Facilitation.