Research

European Paramedic Curriculum (EPaCur) –A Nordic Unification in Paramedic Education?

26.11.2020 Education, Research

Author: Christoffer Ericsson, PhD Student, MSc, MHc, Degree Programme Director – Emergency Care, christoffer.ericsson@arcada.fi Flashing blue lights, traumatic accidents, life-saving acute procedures and time-critical action are elements that identify the innately rough and gritty out-of hospital environment or prehospital emergency care still today, even if mostly through vivid imagery of dramatically staged television scenes. Although these elements still do constitute a significant part of the ambulance work, paramedics today are…

Arcada’s researchers are contributing to the development of an ethical assessment of Artificial Intelligence

25.11.2020 Research

What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how should we handle the use of AI? These are issues that are being pondered in most EU institutions and large companies today. AI is a loose term that includes most methods (self-learning algorithms) that are used primarily to process collected data and to create decisions based on patterns found in data. In fact, even today, most people use and are controlled by an…

Suositellaan liikettä nivelrikkoon

04.11.2020 Research

Jyrki Kettunen, terveystieteiden dosentti, fysioterapeutti, Arcada; jyrki.kettunen@arcada.fi Hoitosuositusten, kuten fysioterapiasuositusten, tavoitteena on terveydenhuollon menetelmien vaikuttavuuden paraneminen edistämällä tieteelliseen näyttöön perustuvia käytäntöjä. Suosituksilla pyritään myös vähentämään hoitokäytäntöjen vaihtelua. Tämä blogiteksti pohjautuu Polven ja lonkan nivelrikon vuonna 2020 päivitettyyn fysioterapiasuositukseen[1], siitä julkaistuun artikkeliin Fysioterapia-lehdessä (Multanen et al., 2020) sekä kirjoittajan omiin kokemuksiin suositustyöstä. Hoitosuosituksen teko on periaatteessa helppoa: sovitaan aihe, kootaan ryhmä, pengotaan läpi, mitä aiheesta tiedetään, kirjoitetaan yksissä tuumin suositus ja…

Mobile journalism in Finnish TV-news broadcasting – The impact on news storytelling

04.11.2020 Education, Research, Student Life

Pirkka Maksimainen, Media Management MA student, department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Dr. Matteo Stocchetti Examiner: Dr. Mats Nylund A few years ago, MTV started to replace their typical imagery in news stories with video clips. They also launched their first 24/7 web-based news channel, MTV Uutiset Live, in February 2019. These actions have immensely increased the need for video footage. Since reactivity and costs are essential elements…

University management through the lens of research – Reflections on management studies at Tampere University.

28.10.2020 Education, Research

by dr. Michael von Boguslawski I completed a university management study programme at Tampere University during 2018-2019. Below, I would like to share some of the insights that the program offered. Universities have their own characteristics, compared for example to the private sector, which need to be taken into consideration in their management. For example, academic autonomy needs to be nurtured while the university simultaneously needs to be successful in…

Referentgranskning för vetenskaplig pålitlighet

06.10.2020 Research

Under sista hälften av september firades årets peer review –vecka https://peerreviewweek.wordpress.com/. Veckan är en årligen förekommande, världsomfattande temavecka, som vill föra fram vikten av peer review för vetenskaplig kvalitet. Peer review, på svenska referentgranskning, betyder granskning av en vetenskaplig artikel av sakkunniga innan den publiceras. Temat för årets peer review-vecka var pålitlighet. Referentgranskning handlar om pålitlighet: att försäkra kvaliteten hos vetenskapliga artiklar. Granskarna bidrar med sitt arbete till att avgöra,…

A set of functional lower limb tests for physiotherapists working with athletes

15.09.2020 Research

Tanja Hinkkanen, PT-student, Arcada UAS, tanja.hinkkanen@arcada.fi Alice Vidjeskog, PT-student, Arcada UAS Joachim Ring, PT., Master of Health Care, Degree Programme Director, Arcada UAS. joachim.ring@arcada.fi The aim of this text is to introduce a set of functional lower limb tests that can be used in physiotherapy with clients that are athletes or otherwise in good physical condition. It is important to find tests that are sufficiently challenging for that target group…

Our new research project ‘’ALL-IN for Plastics Recycling’’ at its start phase

17.07.2020 Cooperation, Projects, Research

The PLASTin research project is established for next 2 years to together with wider consortium to develop systemic, and environmentally optimized recycling concepts. The project is focusing on the new knowledge gained about recycling processes and technologies such as sorting, pretreatment, mechanical and chemical treatment and reject handling, and about system level understanding, allowing improved business opportunities based on recycling. The project will focus on certain challenging plastic waste fractions,…

Coachningens inverkan på stresshantering i kritiska lägen

10.06.2020 Research

Marcus Norrgård, sjukskötare HYH, marcus.norrgård@arcada.fi Eivor Wallinvirta, HVD, överlärare emerita, eivor.wallinvirta@arcada.fi Heikki Paakkonen, HVD, docent, överlärare, heikki.paakkonen@arcada.fi En vanlig dag på sjukhuset För sjukskötaren på intensivvårdsavdelningen kan en alldeles vanlig förmiddag tillbringas hos en patient som till exempel befinner sig i slutskedet av sin rehabiliteringsfas efter något större kirurgiskt ingrepp. Och precis under en diskussion tillsammans med patienten kring, låt säga, dennes tankar kring överflyttningen till en bäddavdelning, går larmet….

Virtual Reality Training for Dialysis Patients – The Future of Exercise Therapy Programs?

11.05.2020 Research

Maari Lehtoviita, PT-student, Arcada UAS, maari.lehtoviita@arcada.fi Joachim Ring, PT., Master of Health Care, Degree Programme Director, Arcada UAS. joachim.ring@arcada.fi Introduction Patients in hemodialysis seem to have a restricted physical function, low physical activity level and poor Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and therapeutic exercise seems to have a positive effect on these areas (Segura-Ortí et al 2018). However, therapeutic exercise is still not used as a regular part of the…