Norwegian version of this page

Our aim

SHE´s vision is to educate globally anchored health professionals who make sustainable healthcare decisions without compromising future and global needs.

Logo of SHE, a human beeing in a green tree

The figure shows how SHE intends to translate learning contents and outcomes into concrete principles for education for sustainable health education.

Our vision

SHE´s vision is to educate globally anchored health professionals who make sustainable healthcare decisions without compromising future and global needs. The overall objective of SHE is to inspire critical reflection among future health professionals about the meaning and implications of sustainability in healthcare, and more specifically, how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) challenge health professional decision-making.  

In order to foster a critical approach to sustainability we draw on and expand a framework of competencies for sustainable development developed by UNESCO and adapt this framework for the use in health professional education. 

Our basic assumption is that we by fostering these key competencies and combining them with health-relevant knowledge and an interdisciplinary approach can prepare future health professionals for making sustainable evidence-based decisions on different levels of health care. SHE will translate and test learning principles as outlined in the implementation model above.

Aim and objectives

SHE aims to develop, implement and disseminate innovative education strategies, conduct translational research (from research to education) on sustainability in medicine, and provide students and healthcare workers with knowledge and skills needed to incorporate sustainability values and principles into comprehensive medical decisions. Its educational activities are designed to raise students’ awareness of how concepts related to the SDGs gain from and might serve many and sometimes conflicting agendas as they find their way from the political to the professional and practical levels of the healthcare system. On the one hand, the SDGs call for immediate change, on the other, they reconcile an economic growth model and a monolithic, top-down, and universalized agenda defined from the point of view of the political establishment and within the dominant political discourse. In order to serve as change agents, students cannot simply be thought to implement the SDGs as a predefined agenda; they must also learn to depoliticize its concepts and acknowledge that there are different ways of understanding and practicing sustainability.

Here you can download a one-page description of SHE.

Centre for Excellence in Education

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE) is hosted by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo. SHE is financed by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills as a Centre for Excellence in Education over a period of 5 years with the possibility of an additional 5 years after a mid-term evaluation. 

Logo of Centre for Excellence in Education

Application

Here you`ll find the application to Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE) (pdf).

Published Sep. 23, 2020 6:13 PM - Last modified Sep. 1, 2023 8:55 AM