Three new Labmed courses to meet healthcare’s skills needs
From patient safety and infection prevention to the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions. Three course ideas from the Department of Laboratory Medicine (Labmed) are now receiving funding to be developed into short courses for professionals.
Earlier this spring, KI’s departments were invited to contribute ideas for new short courses for professionals. The initiative is part of a government commission aimed at strengthening skills provision and making higher education more accessible and better aligned with the needs of working life.
Labmed courses awarded funding
- Quality improvement in changing healthcare – from governance to co-creation
Applicant: Anna Klara Rundlöf, Division of Clinical Chemistry
- Healthcare cleaning and infection prevention in health and social care
Applicants: Sophie Curbo and Catharina Hultgren, Division of Clinical Microbiology
- Advanced assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders in primary care
Applicant: Ulrika Aasa, Division of Clinical Physiology
Cleaning is an important part of patient safety
"The idea behind the course is based on the understanding that cleaning is an important part of patient safety. We want to make microbiology and the spread of infection understandable and useful for those who work with cleaning and healthcare hygiene in everyday practice, says Sophie Curbo, Associate Professor at the Division of Clinical Microbiology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine and one of the initiators of the course Healthcare hygiene cleaning and infection prevention in health and social care."
"Now that we have received funding, the next step is to turn the idea into an engaging online course and then make it available to the organisations that need it," she says.