Teamwork in health care: Fjóla Dögg Sigurðardóttir & Sóley S. Bender at TEDxReykjavík

Sóley and Fjóla share with us two perspectives, of the organizer and the student, about the need and the value of interdisciplinary education for students at the school of health sciences at the University of Iceland.

Sóley is a Professor at the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Iceland and a former dean of that faculty. She has a MS degree in family planning administration from the University of Minnesota and a PhD from the University of Iceland where she focused her thesis on adolescent pregnancy. She has over the last four years been leading the preparation of the interprofessional educational program for students in the school of health sciences at the University of Iceland. Through the years she has been working in many national and international interprofessional teams.

Fjóla is a 5th year medical student at the University of Iceland and has for the last year been the chairman of the Icelandic Medical Student Organization. She has worked in various health care workplaces, and sat on the board of the Icelandic Medical Student Association's committee of public health for three years.

Their project's homepage: heilsutorg.hi.is

TEDxReykjavík was held for the fourth time on May 17th 2014 in Harpa conference and concert center. The audience experienced engaging and motivational talks from some of the brightest artists, thinkers and entrepreneurs in Iceland, and from further afield. You can find more about TEDxReykjavík at www.TEDxReykjavik.is

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