Leena Salminen
PhD (Health sciences), Professor, Health Pedagogy
Areas of expertise
Research in Pedagogic health care and nursing education; competence of nursing students, competence of health care educators; teacher education and training and social media in health care education.
New Nurse Educator is an European level research and development project 2020-2023: https://new-nurse-educator.utu.fi/
Research in Pedagogic health care and nursing education; competence of nursing students, competence of health care educators; teacher education and training and social media in health care education.
New Nurse Educator is an European level research and development project 2020-2023: https://new-nurse-educator.utu.fi/
Research community or research topic
New Nurse Educator is an European level research and development project 2020-2023: https://new-nurse-educator.utu.fi/
New Nurse Educator is an European level research and development project 2020-2023: https://new-nurse-educator.utu.fi/
Biography
I am professor (emerita) at the Department of nursing science and responsible of nurse and health care teacher education. My main research areas are the competence of nurse teachers and the learning outcomes of health care education. I am also interested in how different generations experience the society and how they think about teaching and learning.
Teaching
Pedagogic and didactic solutions in nursing science, research methods, teacher training, social media in education and digital learning environments in Bachelor and Masters level of Nursing science. Doctoral courses (Nurse education research) and supervising the doctoral dissertation
Publications
- Maisteriopinnoilla avaimia tutkimustiedon käyttöön (2022)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Medication calculation skills of graduating nursing students within European context (2022)
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - ”Muutakin kuin kuulumisia” (2022)
- Pro terveys
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Näyttöön perustuva toiminta koulutuksen ja osaamisen perustana (2022)
- Haava
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Neuvola on suomalainen keksintö, joka täyttää tänä vuonna 100 vuotta (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Nurse educator education in six European countries: a descriptive study / Ausbildung von Pflegepädagog/-innen in sechs europäischen Ländern – eine deskriptive Studie (2022)
- International Journal of Health Professions
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Nursing students’ self-directed learning abilities and related factors at graduation: A multi-country cross-sectional study (2022)
- Nursing Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Patients and family members' perceptions of interprofessional teamwork in palliative care: A qualitative descriptive study (2022)
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Slovenian nurses’ research utilization competence and received support from nurse managers (2022)
- Pielegniarstwo 21 Wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Social-, health care and rehabilitation educators' competence: a cross-sectional study (2022)
- Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



