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Heli
Virtanen
University Lecturer, Department of Nursing Science
Docent, Department of Nursing Science
Docent, PhD, RN, University Teacher
Empowering Patient Education (EPE)

Contact

+358 29 450 3148
+358 50 306 4134
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Empowering patient education
teaching and learning in patient education
competence and its evaluation in patient education

Biography

I am university teacher at the Department of Nursing Science in the University of Turku. I have worked as a researcher since year 2001 in the research project Empowering patient education (EPE). My research topic is learning and competence of empowering patient education. In addition, I have previous working experience as a nurse in surgical unit 10 years.
 

Teaching

Didactics in nursing science, nursing theory and supervising master and doctoral thesis

Research

Empowering patient education; teaching and learning in patient education, competence in empowering patient education. 

Publications

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Expectations and received knowledge by surgical patients (2007)

International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Rankinen S, Salantera S, Heikkinen K, Johansson K, Kaljonen A, Virtanen H, Leino-Kilpi H
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Empowering discourse in patient education (2007)

Patient Education and Counseling
Virtanen H, Leino-Kilpi H, Salantera S
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))