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Preface

Dear students, colleagues and partners,

I have a great pleasure to introduce the second editi on of Tallinn Health Care College journal „Development and Internati onal Relati ons of Tallinn Health Care College“.

We share informati on about our acti viti es constantly with our partners in diff erent conferences, round tables and meeti ngs, but also through our college’s web-page www.tt k.ee – Cooperati on, where everybody can fi nd informati on about our cooperati on and partners, acti viti es of ongoing projects and community serving. But there are sti ll people who prefer to read informati on from a paper source, so I hope this will fi ll the gap.

In this material we will present the story about the creati on and development process of the curriculum and the chair of occupati onal therapy in Tallinn Health Care College as the best example of cooperati on with teaching staff , students and experts from other schools and organisati ons from Estonia and outside.

A short overview of projects that are supported from diff erent European Union programs will be also included.

We hope that the acquaintance with our acti viti es will encourage you to think about the possibiliti es of future cooperati on with us.

Sincerely,Tiina JuhansooVice Rector of Development and Foreign Relati ons

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CONTENTS

PrefaceContents 3Occupati onal therapy curriculum development through Internati onal cooperati on and project work 4LLP Erasmus programme Student mobility 11 Staff mobility 12 Intensive programmes 13 Networks 15Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovati on 16Nordplus Norlys 18Nordplus NordCare 20Balti c Sea Region Programme 21Grundtvig 22Networks 23

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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTOccupati onal therapy curriculum development through internati onal cooperati on and project work

Karin Lilienberg, MD, MSc Head of the chair/lecturer of occupati onal therapy

Key words: occupati onal therapy, curriculum development, cooperati on

Clarifi cati on of the need and working out curriculumThe necessity for occupati onal therapy educati on in Estonia was found thanks to the initi ati ve of the director of Tallinn Medical School Raimond Lihtmaa, who made cooperati on with hospitals and held consultati ons with the Estonian Physiatrist Associati on in rehabilitati on fi eld. To build up occupati onal therapy as new specialty curriculum, the school had to fi nd insti tuti ons with similar orientati on in foreign countries. The fi rst curriculum of occupati onal therapy was compiled by following the example of Norwegian occupati onal therapy curriculum. The goal of the curriculum was to provide professional educati on and modern knowledge about the society, to support the growth of students’ professional identi ty and their managing in labour market.

An occupati onal therapist is a health care practi ti oner who analyzes the impact of occupati on on health and quality of life in order to restore a functi onal interacti on between the person and the environment. The element, diff erenti ati ng occupati onal therapy from the rest of health care specialti es, is the use of occupati on, acti vity and adaptati on with social and physical environment to promote a person’s health and quality of his/her life. That means the occupati onal therapy educati on is mainly focused on occupati on and occupati onal performance, considering the local conditi ons, cultural specifi city and needs of Estonia.

The beginning of occupati onal therapy educati on and seeking partnersThe politi cal, social, economical and cultural characteristi cs of the state and the internati onal requirements for the specialty were taken into account while working with the curriculum. Ülle Ernits, head-teacher of Tallinn Medical School made cooperati on with the Ministry of Social Aff airs, supported by Ivi Normet and Pille Saar, and with the Ministry of Educati on and Research supported by Mati Kask, and gained acknowledgements for the curriculum. The curriculum was registered as a vocati onal higher educati on curriculum on March 9th, 2000 (decree No. 5-3/726 of the Ministry of Educati on and Research).

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Occupati onal therapy educati on in Estonia was launched in autumn 2000 when the fi rst students were accepted to Tallinn Health Care College (unti l 2005 Tallinn Medical School) into the specialty of occupati onal therapy. In the development of the curriculum, cooperati on was made with fi rst Estonian occupati onal therapists who graduated studies in Finland, Oulu Polytechnic in 1999. Aft er some ti me it was concluded that the fi rst curriculum was too much physiotherapy oriented. Following the recommendati on of the Estonian occupati onal therapists, the school took the orientati on to the speciality of occupati onal therapy as in Oulu Polytechnic, but no cooperati on with Oulu followed. Some elements from the curriculum of Oulu Polytechnic were transferred to the curriculum. The school conti nued search for new internati onal contacts for further curriculum development and teaching speciality subjects.

Internati onal co-operati on for studies and development of curriculumTeisi Remmel as the head of school council found contacts with Inga-Britt Lindström, President of Swedish Associati on of Occupati onal Therapists, and the school concluded a cooperati on agreement with the Swedish Associati on of Occupati onal Therapists in 2002. The associati on had experiences in the same kind of cooperati on with Riga Stradins University (Latvia) and the State Academy of Medicine of St. Petersburg (Russia). As a result of the cooperati on occupati onal therapy studies had been opened in the menti oned higher educati onal insti tuti ons.

The leaders of the co-operati onal project from Sweden were the President of the Swedish Associati on of Occupati onal Therapists Inga-Britt Lindström and professor emeritus of occupati onal therapy from Umeå University Inga-Britt Bränholm, professor emeritus Chris Kersti n Henriksson from Linköping University joined later on. Project coordinator of Tallinn Medical School was rehabilitati on doctor and teacher Lia Lasn.

The completed curriculum (140 CP/210 ECTS) was registered in the Ministry of Educati on and Research already at the level of applied higher educati on (code 5500605), decree no. 975 on September 5th, 2002. The joint project for the tuiti on of students and the speciality teachers by occupati onal therapy lecturers from the universiti es of Sweden in the volume of 120 ECTS was launched in October 2002. The project also included practi cal training under the supervision of Swedish occupati onal therapists in Estonian practi cal training bases and the simultaneous tuiti on for future Estonian practi cal training and diploma paper supervisors. The cooperati on project was fi nanced by East-European Committ ee.

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Photo: from left Taali Kask, Chris Kersti n Henriksson, Ülle Ernits, Inga-Britt Lindström, Mati Kask

Modifi cati on of curriculum and internati onal approvalAccording to Estonian legislati on, the durati on of applied higher educati onal studies in the sphere of health care is 3 to 4,5 years. The bases for the compilati on of curriculum are the philosophy and evidence-based internati onally accepted theoreti cal foundati ons of the specialty. Internati onally acknowledged requirements for professional tuiti on are applied in the curriculum in cooperati on with professional specialists approved by the Swedish Associati on of Occupati onal Therapists. In cooperati on with Swedish Associati on of Occupati onal Therapists the earlier curriculum was complemented, considering the philosophy and aims of occupati onal therapy and requirements of the minimum educati onal standard of occupati onal therapists by the World Federati on of Occupati onal Therapists (WFOT). The curriculum was submitt ed to the Ministry of Educati on and Research, Ministry of Social Aff airs, Estonian Associati on of Occupati onal Therapists and Swedish Associati on of Occupati onal Therapists to apply their offi cial statement and to be further referred to the world organisati on. The modifi ed curriculum, 160 CP/240 ECTS, was registered (code 5500608) by the Ministry of Educati on and Research decree No. 119, on February 9th, 2004. Occupati onal Therapy Educati onal Program in Estonia at Tallinn Medical School was evaluated and fully approved by WFOT on May 1st, 2004.

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The fi rst occupati onal therapists graduated Tallinn Medical School in 2004. Two fi rst full-ti me teachers with MD background, Lia Lasn, and author of the arti cle, passed the previously menti oned curriculum, had fi eldwork practi ce in Sweden and were awarded the diploma of occupati onal therapist.

Curriculum development through internati onal contactsThe student- and teacher exchange and joint tuiti on projects have had an important role in the development of occupati onal therapy educati on.Several professional contacts started from cooperati onal project work with Swedish Associati on of Occupati onal Therapists. Tight connecti ons with Riga Stradins University have been helpful in curriculum development and professional growth of Estonian occupati onal therapists. Several graduates from Tallinn Medical School department of occupati onal therapy took part in the annual conference of the Associati on of Latvian Occupati onal Therapists, and following conference of Occupati onal Therapists from Balti c Countries “Occupati onal therapy practi ce: internati onal experience”, held in Latvia, Kurzeme Nati onal Rehabilitati on Center “Tērvete” on June 10–11, 2005. Since 2005, Riga Stradins University has become the main Erasmus mobility partner insti tuti on of our occupati onal therapy students and teachers.

Becoming member of professional European networkStarti ng from 2004, Tallinn Health Care College is a member insti tuti on of the European Network of Occupati onal Therapy in Higher Educati on (ENOTHE) - a Themati c Network of SOCRATES/ERASMUS (LLP/ERASMUS) program. In the ENOTHE network, our college is cooperati ng with more than 50 diff erent educati onal- and research insti tuti ons as well as the insti tuti ons fostering practi cal occupati onal therapy.

Occupati onal therapy teachers of the college parti cipated in ENOTHE Teachers’ Training project intensive course on the theme of ‘Tuning curricula and making project applicati ons’ together with the Eastern- and Central-European colleagues in the frames of Socrates/Erasmus program in 2005 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Curriculum development through internati onal intensive coursesAs an initi ati ve of Teacher Training project group and in the leadership of the executi ve manager of ENOTHE Hanneke Van Bruggen, internati onal intensive courses granted by EU were held in Ankara, Turkey in October 2006, Rousse, Bulgaria in March 2008 and Riga, Latvia in March 2009. The theme of the intensive courses was Community Based Occupati onal Therapy with Occupati onally Deprived groups (Towards Social Inclusion). The aim of the intensive courses was deepening knowledge of occupati onal therapists and students in social area dealing with marginalized populati on groups (unemployed, people with disabiliti es, elderly living alone, street-children). Parti cipants of the Intensive course were occupati onal therapy lecturers and students from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Holland, Spain and England. Main topics were

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occupati onal deprivati on, community based occupati onal therapy and fi eldwork with marginalized groups (street-children in Ankara, unemployed and disabled people in Rousse, and elderly in Riga).Parti cipati ng lecturer from Tallinn Health Care College was the author of arti cle, and occupati onal therapy students Britt a Frank and Katrin Viira in Ankara 2006; Liina Vulla, Mariliis Romandi and Jürgen Mets in Rousse 2008; Hanna-Sti ina Heinmets, Sandra Pais, Jelena Eestalu and Kairi Lees in Riga 2010.

Photo: Conference of occupati onal therapists in Latvia, 2005

Internati onal course “Core Components in Occupati onal Therapy” took place in Estonia in May 2006 in the volume of 3 ECTS under Erasmus program project during 1st October 2005 to 30th September 2006. Project partners were Oulu Polytechnic, School of Health Sciences and Social Services (Finland); University of Ljubljana (Slovenia); University of Tartu (Estonia); Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia (Finland); Artevelde Insti tute for Higher Educati on (Belgium) and Tallinn Health College (Estonia) together with Estonian Occupati onal Therapy Associati on; Academical Associati on of Estonian Occupati onal Therapists and Finnish Associati on of Occupati onal Therapy. The interdisciplinary approach of this course made it possible to introduce occupati onal therapy also to the students of other health care professions besides occupati onal therapists. Parti cipati ng from Tallinn Health College were occupati onal therapy students Mariliis Romandi, Ann Rajaver and Liina Vulla, nursing student Dana Neklesa, and the author of the arti cle as supervisor.

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In the frames of LLP/ERASMUS program, also the interdisciplinary courses on Palliati ve and End-of-life Care have been held in Belgium three ti mes since 2008. The author has taken part in this module for all three years as teacher and supervisor of students. In 2008, parti cipati ng from Tallinn Health Care College were occupati onal therapy students Ulla Küüts, Siiri Siimenson, Ave Uke, Sandra Pais and Hanna-Sti ina Heinmets; in 2009 besides occupati onal therapy students Lille Laas, Kati Koemets and Kaarel Kuimet also nursing students Kariina Künnap and Sandra Morgen took part. In 2010, the parti cipants were occupati onal therapy student Veera Shmyreitshik and pharmacy students Madina Saifudinova and Yana Kobrieva. Both students and teachers acquired knowledge about specifi c theme, improved skills on project work and e-learning, experienced interdisciplinary team-work and intercultural diversiti es.

Intensive courses have enabled the development of occupati onal therapy curriculum with new opti onal subjects. Parti cipati on in the project has provided the necessary knowledge for applied research work and also material for fi nal paper to the students.

In 2008, the author of the arti cle joined the advanced course „Universal Design in Community Planning“, organized by Nordic School of Public Health in cooperati on with Norwegian Ministry of the Environment and Nordic Council of Ministers’ Offi ces in the Balti c States. The target group of the course were architects, engineers, occupati onal therapists, politi cians, planners, all those who deal with municipal planning issues. The course was built around Nordic/Balti c exchange of experiences and illustrated the cross-secti onal processes required to make a society accessible to everybody.

Partnering contacts made it possible to develop occupati onal therapy curriculum with starti ng new opti onal subject “Universal Design” to occupati onal therapy students.

In conclusion, occupati onal therapy as quite a new speciality in Estonia has been taught in Tallinn Health Care College merely ten years and is developing thanks to several contacts and project work with partnering universiti es and higher educati onal insti tuti ons of occupati onal therapy in Europe and of higher educati onal insti tuti ons with related specialti es in Estonia.

AcknowledgementsThe author is very thankful to the colleagues of Tallinn Health Care College for the help in compiling this arti cle. Special thanks to rector Ülle Ernits for the materials about the beginning of occupati onal therapy educati on and Tiina Juhansoo for constructi ve supervision.

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Cibule, L., Liepina, Z., Tomsone, S., Kalnina, I., Lilienberg, K., Marciulynaite, N., Cirtautas, A. (2009). New trends in Occupati onal Therapy Educati on: Sharing Experience from Intensive Programme “A European Perspecti ve on Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabiliti es and Elderly”. Internati onal Journal of Rehabilitati on Research. Vol. 32, suppl. 1, August 2009: S115 - S115.

Lilienberg, K., Vardja, H. (2009). Internati onal intensive course as educati onal method: positi ve experiences in occupati onal therapy. Health of migrants and displaced persons Implicati ons for educati on - Conference book: Cohehre Conference ‘09. Tallinn.

Lilienberg, K. (2009). Experiences of LLP/ERASMUS teaching staff mobility in Riga Stradins University. From Higher Educati on Insti tuti ons to Community. Tallinn Health Care College Internati onal Week Conference May 18-22. Tallinn.

Lilienberg, K. (2009). Refl ecti ons on Nordic Balti c Academic course Universal Design in Community Planning. From Higher Educati on Insti tuti ons to Community. Tallinn Health Care College Internati onal Week Conference May 18-22. Tallinn.

Lilienberg, K. (2009). Experiences of LLP/ERASMUS internati onal intensive courses. From Higher Educati on Insti tuti ons to Community. Tallinn Health Care College Internati onal Week Conference May 18-22. Tallinn.

Curriculum Occupati onal Therapist Code: 5500608. Self- evaluati on report, prepared for the Higher Educati on Quality Assessment Council. Tallinn Medical School, Medical Technical Department. Tallinn 2005.

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LLP Erasmus programmeStudent mobility

The Erasmus programme, and Erasmus student mobility in parti cular, forms an important part of internati onalisati on at Tallinn Health Care College. Currently we have Erasmus bilateral agreements with 54 higher educati on insti tuti ons. The number of incoming and outgoing students has gradually increased: in the 2009/2010 academic year we had 8 foreign students studying/practi cing at Tallinn Health Care College and in 2010/2011 we hosted 16 students from Erasmus partner insti tuti ons. The number of outgoing students increased from 13 students in the 2009/2010 academic year to 16 students studying/practi cing abroad in 2010/2011.

Miguel Graça, Milene Miquelino, Nádia Vieira and Leize Furtado from Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Portugal, in Tallinn Health Care College, chair of nursing

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LLP Erasmus programmeStaff mobility

In 2009/2010, 26 teachers from our Erasmus partner insti tuti ons were involved in our teaching process and 5 of our teachers were exchange teachers abroad; in 2010/2011 we had 23 exchange teachers lecturing in our college and 5 of our teachers were teaching in partner insti tuti ons. In 2009/2010, 3 staff members were studying abroad in the frames of Erasmus mobility and we off ered learning possibiliti es for 6 staff members from Erasmus partner insti tuti ons; in 2010/2011 there were 4 outgoing and 6 incoming staff members.

Eve Epner parti cipati ng in Internati onal Week for Non-Teaching Staff held in Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

In connecti on with the celebrati on of the 25th anniversary of Erasmus Programme in 2012, a competi ti on for the selecti on of Erasmus Student and Staff Ambassadors from all parti cipati ng countries took place, where Tallinn Health Care College was represented by a student Kariina Künnap and a teacher Irena Bartels – and Irena Bartels was chosen a candidate for Staff Ambassador from Estonia!

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LLP Erasmus programmeIntensive programmes

LLP Erasmus Interdiciplinary Programme on Palliati ve and end-of-life Care (IPPE) is coordinated by the University College Arteveldehogeschool, Belgium and the partners are Tallinn Health Care College, Estonia; Oslo University College, Norway; Vilnius College in Higher Educati on, Lithuania; Setubal Polytechnic Insti tute, Portugal; Technological Educati onal Insti tuti on (T.E.I.) of Athens, Greece; and Charles University, Czech Republic. External organisati ons/experts are Palliati ve Network Gent, East-Flanders and Palliati ve Network Brugge, North West Flanders.Karin Lilienberg and students Veera Šmõreitšik, Yana Kobrieva and Madina Saifudinova parti cipated in the IPPE intensive course in Belgium during 17.01. - 29.01.2010. The course was ocusing on end-of-life issues with the aim to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and practi cal needs of clients and caregivers.

LLP Erasmus IP project “Well, MEN? Men´s Wellbeing and Health in a European Perspecti ve” coordinator is Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen, Belgium and partners are Yrkeshögskolan Novia, Finland; Tallinn Health Care College, Estonia; Klaipedos Kolegija, Lithuania; Universidada de Cadiz, Spain; Atei of Thessaloniki and GreeceTechnologico Ekpaideft iko Idryma Athininas, Greece.Men’s health and wellbeing have eff ects on the individuals and families as well as on the nati onal economy e.g. in the form of lower producti vity and higher health care costs. The project aims at looking at men’s health and wellbeing from a broad perspecti ve: physical, mental, social, cultural and spiritual/existenti al with the goal to give the students tools for their future work. Intensive course of the project took place in Turku Novia University of Applied Sciences, Finland (02.-15.05.2010). Parti cipants in the course were lecturer Ave Kõrve and students Minni-Triin Kasemets, Mari Piir, Liina Kokk and Riin Rodenberg.In the Well, MEN2 (Best Practi ces in Social and Health Care) intensive course in Belgium during 15.05.-28.05.2011, parti cipants from Tallinn Health Care College were lecturer Ave Kõrve and students Liisi Aas, Jaanika Jõgi, Essi Vahtras and Merike Lauri.

The LLP Erasmus Intensive Programme on Poverty and Social Exclusion (IPPSE) (1.09.2010-31.08.2011) is aimed at enhancing interdisciplinary cooperati on between health care, rehabilitati on and social work; developing strategies and exchange experti se on a community based approach and a strategy of empowerment; enhancing the awareness and knowledge of the questi on of poverty and social exclusion by means of interdisciplinary, multi actor and internati onal exchange.

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Project partners are Hesinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland; University College Arteveldehogeschool, Belgium; Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary; Hogeschool Rott erdam, the Netherlands; University of Vic, Spain; and Portuguese Red Cross Health School, Portugal.

The representati ves of Tallinn Health Care College in the IPPSE sub-project ICHCI-3 (subject: Interprofessional Program on Poverty and Social Exclusion) Moonika Viigimäe (work area: public health policy) and Pille Javed (work area: social determinants of health; health promoti on strategies to prevent social exclusion; community empowerment) with students Raimo Pregel, Sandra Mägi, Alar Kaljakin, Liisa Salak and Juta Fjodorova parti cipated in the IPPSE course in Finland during the period 9.-21.05.2011.

The members of the Tallinn Health Care College work-group in the Interdisciplinary Programme on Chronic and End-of-Life Care (IPCEC) (1.09.2010-30.08.2011) Karin Lilienberg and students Triine Talve, Darja Nossova, Kristi ina Asu and Külli Kurm parti cipated in the internati onal IPCEC intensive course in Belgium during 23.01.-4.02.2011. IPCEC is coordinated by the University College Arteveldehogeschool, Belgium, and partners are Tallinn Health Care College, Estonia; Oslo University College, Norway; Vilnius College in Higher Educati on, Lithuania; Setubal Polytechnic Insti tute, Portugal; Technological Educati onal Insti tuti on (T.E.I.) of Athens, Greece; and Charles University, Czech Republic. External organisati ons/experts are Palliati ve Network Gent, East-Flanders, and Palliati ve Network Brugge, North West Flanders.

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LLP Erasmus programme Networks

Laine Parts is representi ng Tallinn Health Care College in the network “Dieti ti ans Ensuring Educati on, Teaching and Professional Quality” (DIETS2), durati on 1.10.2010-30.09.2013.

The aims of the DIETS2 are to defi ne and publish 2nd and 3rd level specifi c dieteti c competences and a framework for their use (include ECTS); produce pedagogic standards for dieteti c placements and guidance for placement opportuniti es in non-clinical areas; publish a ‘toolkit’ for LLL, a database of current educati on provision at 2nd and 3rd cycle and future needs.

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Transfer of Innovati on

Social and Health Care Teachers against Violence (HEVI) 2008–2010, a Leonardo da Vinci transfer of innovati on project was aimed at supporti ng teachers in updati ng their knowledge about inti mate partner violence, including contemporary European research and new principles and measures for preventi ng violence. As a result of the project, a training material was elaborated for teachers who teach the violence topic. Partners: Palmenia Centre for Conti nuing Educati on (co-ordinator), University of Helsinki, Lapland Vocati onal College, Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, Savo Vocati onal College, Finland; SIGNAL – interventi on in health care sector against violence against women, and Charité Akademie Conti nuing School for Nursing Teachers and Nurses, Germany; School of Applied Social Science, University College, Ireland; Fundeni NursingPost High School; Ministry of Public Health; Nati onal Agency for Family Protecti on, Romania; Tallinn Health Care College, Tartu School of Health Care, Ministry of Social Aff airs, Estonia; Medical University Sofi a, Ministry of Health, Bulgaria; Medical Professional Educati on Centre of Ministry of Health, Latvia.

HEVI Estonian advisory group meeti ng at Tallinn Health Care College, September 2010

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Transfer of Innovati on

The Leonardo da Vinci transfer of innovati on project „New Ideas for New Areas (NINA)“ 01.12.2009-30.09.2010 was launched in the framework of cooperati on agreement between NGO QUIN-Estonia and Tallinn Health Care College. The aim of the project was to pilot study materials for developing a course in the fi eld of enterprisingness in partner insti tuti ons in the frames of Leonardo da Vinci programme project for transferring innovati ons. The project was coordinated by NGO QUIN-Estonia. Project members in Tallinn Health Care College: Tiina Juhansoo, Irena Bartels, Olga Tea Krek, Alina Zaitseva, Merit Tammela, Lusine Sarkisjan, Tereza Rekap, Tiina Alango. During 2009-2010, Tallinn Health Care College has organized three work-meeti ngs.

NINA project meeti ng in Tallinn Health Care College, December 2009

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Nordplus Norlys

Norlys is a nursing network aiming to widen and deepen professional knowledge, skills and way of thinking by enhancing student and teacher mobility among its member insti tuti ons/countries, and to develop common intensive courses.

The Norlys exchange scholarship was granted to the following Tallinn Health Care College teachers and students: Andra Õismaa in Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences, Finland; Irena Bartels and Anneli Kärema in Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Students: Natalia Barbarosh and Aleksandr Alberg in Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences, Lili Tiri and Epp Pärgma in Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland; Panainti Posmatš in Uppsala University, Sweden; Julia Molok in Oslo University College, Norway. Tallinn Health Care College received: Elina Lautamäki from Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland.

Norlys meeti ng in Tallinn Health Care College, September 2009

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Nordplus Norlys

In the framework of NORDPLUS Norlys network intensive courses, an internati onal intensive course “Nordic/Balti c perspecti ves on nursing diagnoses and diagnosti cs” was organized at Tallinn Health Care College during 11.-15 April 2011.

Parti cipants came from 8 diff erent higher educati on insti tuti ons from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Estonia. Organizers from Tallinn Health Care College: vive-rector of development and internati onal relati ons Tiina Juhansoo, and nursing lecturers Kristi Voll and Jekaterina Šteinmiller.

The project parti cipants at Tallinn Health Care College, April 2011

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Nordplus NordCare

The main idea of the NordCare project is that teachers and students from diff erent countries can meet, share and develop their ideas and innovati ons about common topics in nursing and health care under a headline of pediatric health promoti on. The network will further develop the research within nursing and nursing educati on.

Project partners: Pirkanmaa University of Applied Sciences, Finland; Professionshǿjskolen Metropol, Denmark; Tallinn Health Care College, Estonia; Kauno Medicinos Universitetas, Lithuania; Hǿgeskolen I Hedmark and Universitet I Tromsǿ, Norway; Karlstads Universitet nad Röda Korsets Högskola, Sweden.

An intensive course “Pediatric health care and promoti on” was held during September 28–October 2 in Tallinn. Parti cipants from Tallinn Health Care College: teachers Tiina Juhansoo, Sirje Tarraste and Mare Tupits with students Kiira Ponomarjova, Panainti Posmatš and Olga Gordiko.

In the frames of NordCare project, Tallinn Health Care College nursing lecturer Mare Tupits teached in Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland during 10-14 May, 2010.

Practi cal training in NordCare intensive course “Paediatric health care

and promoti on” team in Tallinn Health Care College, October 2009

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Balti c Sea Region Programme

The “Improvement of public health by promoti on of equitably distributed high quality primary health care systems (ImPrim)” 17.09.2009-16.12.2012 project aims at promoti ng equitably distributed high quality primary health care services in the Balti c Sea region in order to increase the cost-effi ciency of the public health system and to counteract more effi ciently communicable diseases as well as health problems related to social factors.

The project’s contact coordinator in Tallinn Health Care College is nursing lecturer Irma Nool.

Project partners: Swedish Committ ee for Internati onal Health Care Collaborati on (leading partner), and Blekinge Centre of Competence, Sweden; Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland; State Pati ent Fund of Lithuania, and the Insti tute of Hygiene, Lithuania; Health Compulsory Insurance State Agency, and Latvian Family Physicians’ Associati on, Latvia; University of Tartu, Ministry of Social Aff airs of Estonia, Tallinn Health Care College, Estonia; College of Family Physicians, Poland, BelMAPO - Belarussian Medical Academy for Conti nuous Educati on, and Gomel Regional Health Care Authoriti es, Belorussia.

In the framework of the ImPrim project, Tallinn Health Care College nursing student Marina Golõnina parti cipated on intensive courses for primary level nurses at the Blekinge Competency Center of Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland during 14-19 November 2010.

Tallinn Health Care College nursing lecturer Tiina Tõemets parti cipated in a work-shop about applying moti vati ng interviewing in fi rst level health care in Turku UAS, Finland during 29-31 May, 2011.

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Grundtvig

The Grundtvig project “Mindwellness - Improving learning capaciti es and mental health of elder people” 1.12.2008 - 30.11.2010 aimed at developing innovati ve training materials addressed to elder people (working or reti red people), in order to help preserving the fi tness of their mind, to prevent dementi a and preserve independence.Parti cipati ng organizati ons: Union General de Trabajadores - Euskadi, and XXI INVESLAN, S.L Spain; Volkshilfe Steiermark Gemeinnuetzige BetriebsGesmbH, Austria; Insti tut für Projektbegleitung und Kompetenzentwicklung - pro-kompetenz - e.V., Germany; Århus social- og sundhedsskole, Denmark; Tallinn Health Care College, Estonia; TREBAG Vagyon- és Projektmenedze Kft , and University of Pécs, Hungary; S&T Società Cooperati va, Italy; PRO-MED Spólka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia, Poland; Point Europa Ltd., United Kingdom.

Meeti ng of the MINDWELLNESS project in Hungary, October 2010

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Networks

Tallinn Health Care College is a member of several internati onal networks:European Academy of Optometry and Opti cs (EAOO) is aiming to advance the profession of optometrics, to develop our scienti fi c knowledge base, and to support and promote lifelong learning for optometrists and opti cians across Europe.

The mission of Internati onal Union for Health Promoti on and Educati on (IUHPE) is to promote global health and to contribute to the achievement of equity in health between and within countries of the world. The IUHPE fulfi ls its mission by building and operati ng an independent, global, professional network of people and insti tuti ons to encourage the free exchange of ideas, knowledge, know-how, experiences, and the development of relevant collaborati ve projects, both at global and regional levels.

The European Associati on for Health Informati on and Libraries (EAHIL) is an acti ve professional associati on uniti ng and moti vati ng librarians and informati on offi cers working in medical and health science libraries in Europe. EAHIL encourages professional development, improves cooperati on and enables exchanges of experience amongst its members. The associati on counts about 1 000 members from about 30 European countries.

The European Associati on for Internati onal Educati on (EAIE) is a non-profi t organizati on whose main aim is the sti mulati on and facilitati on of the internati onalizati on of higher educati on in Europe and around the world, and to meet the professional needs of individuals acti ve in internati onal educati on.European Network of Occupati onal Therapy in Higher Educati on (ENOTHE) was founded in 1995 within the framework of the European Union on the initi ati ve of COTEC (Council of Occupati onal Therapists for the European Countries) with fi nancial support from ERASMUS.

The general aims of ENOTHE are to unite the European Occupati onal Therapy Educati onal Programmes and proposed Programmes (Insti tutes, Schools, Universiti es etc.) in order to advance the educati on and the body of knowledge of occupati onal therapy; to work with COTEC to promote occupati onal therapy educati on in Europe; and to sti mulate European standards of occupati onal therapy educati on in higher educati on using WFOT standards and methods of quality assurance in order to reach mutual recogniti on.

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European Associati on of Insti tuti ons in Higher Educati on (EURASHE) aims to defend the interests of the professionally oriented HEIs, and to conti nuously enhance the importance and the quality of higher professional educati on in Europe.

Refl ecti ng the interest of Professional Higher Educati on in Europe, EURASHE organises analyses, surveys, conferences and seminars related to this sector. EURASHE gives advice to the European Commission, Directorate Educati on and Culture, and to the Bologna Follow-up Group. Tallinn Health College is represented in the project by rector Ülle Ernits.

Consorti um of Insti tutes of Higher Educati on in Health and Rehabilitati on In Europe (COHEHRE) is a non-profi t organisati on whose aim is to facilitate Europeanisati on between higher educati on insti tuti ons within Europe who off er professional educati on to health and social care students.In April 22-24, 2009, Tallinn Health Care College hosted the COHEHRE conference in Tallinn.

COHEHRE conference in Tallinn Health Care College, April 22-24, 2009