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20210709_175531.thumb.jpg.aa5a07a60667d27884d816efcfbdfe7c.jpgJust as I did almost four years ago, you might have tried to research experiences with the Master Programme Integrative Health Science of Kristianstad University (Högskolan Kristianstad) in Sweden. And maybe just like me you realized that there is only limited information out there. Since enrolling in the programme in the autumn semester 2018 (HT18) I have been blogging on this page. Maybe this is even how you ended up here. 

 

As I am German my blog entries thus far have been written mostly in German. Or for the lack of a better world let's call it Germisch. Unfortunately, this might result in the first excitement of finding information about the programme turning to frustration, as a highly doubt any translation software will do my personal experience much good. Not to mention the frustration when discovering that yes, there is someone writing about the programme and course but not in the language of the course.

 

With this blog I am trying to change that and provide first hand insight through my googles, enabling you to experience the ups and downs, joys and frustrations, questions and answers through the lenses of my eyes.  However, be aware that this is my personal experience, yours might be a completely different one as our experiences are highly influenced by our backgrounds, perceptions and expectations.

 

Which is a good point - maybe some more background information about myself would be interesting.

 

Education & Courses:

 

Experience

  • 2018 - present: Case-Worker responsible for Unemployment Benefit II claims - Federal Employment Agency / jobcenter (gE), Germany
  • 2013 - 2015: Research Assistant with emphasis on hospital engineering - Germany
  • 2011 - 2015: Nursing Professional in Pediatric Acute Care and Respiratory Homecare - Germany
  • 2011 - 2015: lecturer for professional development in nursing (Berufspolitik in der Pflege) - Germany

 

I hope you enjoy reading. If you have any questions, simply contact me via PM.

 

 

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FV8014 - Integrative Health Sciences: Knowledge Development in Multi-Professional Work Places

Organization Practice

For me, it's now time to make good use of the days off. The next paper has to be submitted on 4.1.19. It deals with a human service institution and is to be related to the theories of O'Connor & Netting (2009).   So it's back to reading so I can do that at all. My "novel" for the next few days is "Organization Practice: A Guide to Understanding Human Service Organizations." And right at the beginning of the book the authors explain that you actually prefer to talk about systems. The appr
FV8014 - Integrative Health Sciences: Knowledge Development in Multi-Professional Work Places

FV8015 - Knowledge Development in Multi-Professional Work Places

Now I'm finally getting around to writing something about the content of the current module and also finishing the last one. I have probably mentioned the latter in particular before. Finally, I passed with VG, the feedback was round and I have to say, even though I was sceptical at the beginning, especially because of Foucault, in the end I enjoyed it and took away a lot. I found it interesting how different mechanisms can be explained through the theories of Turner and Foucault. While in my fi
FV8014 - Integrative Health Sciences: Knowledge Development in Multi-Professional Work Places

Examination 1 - Submission Deadline

... missed. And not even because I wasn't finished. Because I was already fisnished at 11:30 pm. So with 29 minutes to submit the thing, it shouldn't really be a problem. The emphasis is on actually. Because, although I wanted to submit the document in one of the valid formats that always worked in advance, it absolutely would not attach and upload. I saved it again. In the end, nothing could be done. I could not attach the file. And then the assignment was locked.   In an act of despe
FV8014 - Integrative Health Sciences: Knowledge Development in Multi-Professional Work Places

Interactionist Professional Theory by A. Abbott...

... or how I try to beat time. This blog will be short. It's 7:43 pm. Time is running out, the deadline is 23:59 and my head is empty. Right now I'm doing the layout and hope to be able to write down my paper in a fit of madness. Then I have to deal with the new citation form. In the end, I plan to spend about 60 minutes on corrections and that. That gives me 3 hours with a short break in between to get it done.   Basically, there are three scenarios that are possible if I go through w
FV8014 - Integrative Health Sciences: Knowledge Development in Multi-Professional Work Places

System of Professions

So by now, at least I'm in the reading flow. I hope that I don't really need the last case studies for the assignment. But it doesn't look like it. But I'm more than unsure whether I'll actually make the deadline on Friday. But the worst thing that could happen is that I would lose my chance to pass the module with the VG, which I doubt at the moment anyway.    Dear Prof. Pundt, forgive me, but I still don't understand Swedish social scientists. Maybe I should try the German ones ;).
FV8014 - Integrative Health Sciences: Knowledge Development in Multi-Professional Work Places

Is this still good for me? - Doubt, frustration and more doubt

So I successfully completed the first module and, like 26 percent of the course, with the top grade VG. Since then, the second module "Knowledge Development in Multiprofessional Workplaces" has started seamlessly. Unfortunately, I can't necessarily say that it has got better. Although I now know when and what I have to take as my five exams, until 14 January, but oh well.    It started with a rather forced discussion in which you had to describe your organisation, fragmentation and integrati
FV8006 - Integrative Health Science:Perspectives on Health an Society

Final Exam: Integrative Application

Running...backwards but running. That's how it feels, or something like that. I would have liked to have finished or submitted my paper already. But an infection got in the way and then I stumbled into it, right into the middle of a motivational hole. What I really miss is the relaxed exchange with fellow students. At APOLLON, that always worked out well and you could just get in touch with others. At HKR, that's super difficult. You only see the students who are currently in your course on your
FV8006 - Integrative Health Science:Perspectives on Health an Society

Free studies = motivation brake or carte blanche to drop out?

I thought I would do a short interim report. Until 23:00 last night, I thought that what was happening in my group was a bad joke, because there were still 59 minutes until the deadline. And honestly, reading three articles in doubt and discussing a question about each one without having to go into what the group had previously discussed doesn't seem like such a high hurdle to me now. A quarter of a page (= a total of 1.5 pages) in one week is no mean feat either. What happened? From my group, 6
FV8006 - Integrative Health Science:Perspectives on Health an Society

Week 6-9: Paper, Research & Group Discussion the 2nd

It's time for a short update. The last discussion was very unsatisfactory, but in the end I got some very nice feedback from the grumpy professor and two tips that were just right for the first paper. There was also a short exchange in the group and two apologies, and we'll do better in the next discussion exam. But more about that later.   The paper was supposed to be between 3 and 4 pages and I used every last line of it. I even found it very exciting in the end, because what I didn'
FV8006 - Integrative Health Science:Perspectives on Health an Society

Week 4-5: Discussion without discussion and questions?-Not desired

I'm only going to write briefly today, because I first have to put the current emotions and thoughts regarding the continuation of my studies into a reasonably pragmatic order, freed from culture clash and "at my former faculty".  At the moment, the mood is somewhat depressed. Our course has not only halved in size so far, but at the same time there is a general dissatisfaction with the strong structure, which was never a problem at first after Prof. eins. While our group discussions were pretty
FV8006 - Integrative Health Science:Perspectives on Health an Society

Week 1-3: Foucault, Turner and if that's part-time....

So, having gained some distance from the internal discussions and at least seeing that an effort is being made, I thought I'd give it a try with an update. The first three weeks are now over. I thought I could do distance learning, but at the moment I have one or two doubts. I wrote the paper on integrative health and my views. It was not graded, but still had to be submitted by the deadline. I received nice feedback, even though it degenerated into a bit of stress in the end. But that was more
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Intro: Studying in Sweden - how and why?

German Blog/ Deutscher Blog  -> Hier geht's lang   While finalizing my bachelor studies, I quite often reflected on what to do next. Would it be merely working or resuming education? As I quite like the concept of distance education I knew that if I would be conducting a master's degree it needed to be remote. Having heard of the options in Sweden, I was surprised to discover that as EU-Citizen I would not only be qualified to study free of charge but also part-time. The onl
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