UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Report 2019

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

Dr Mohamad Saab on Erasmus+ Teaching Visit to the University of Borås in Sweden

health nursing students about the latest research on men’s health promotion and the steps to design and deliver effective and targeted health promotion interventions. A highlight of Dr Saab’s visit was the tour of the Swedish School of Textiles where textiles are used by biomedical engineers to improve health. Mohamad was also introduced to the latest simulation technologies at the University of Borås. Dr Saab is the third Lecturer from the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery to visit the University of Borås. He hopes that his visit will lead to future collaborations between the two institutions.

Dr Mohamad Saab, Lecturer at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, received Erasmus funding to deliver eight hours of teaching at the University of Borås in Sweden on the week of September 2nd, 2019. Mohamad presented during a staff research event about the different research activities at the UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery, including his own research on the use of virtual reality to promote men’s awareness of testicular diseases. Mohamad spoke to undergraduate nursing students about gender and diversity in health promotion and disease prevention and introduced the students to the latest trends in health promotion. He also spoke to postgraduate public

Dr Saab spoke to staff, undergraduate, and postgraduate nursing students at the University of Borås about the latest research at the UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Dr Saab provided evidence-based guidelines to design, deliver, and test effective health promotion interventions

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Pictured left (l-r): Dr Laura Darcy (Senior Lecturer, University of Borås), Ms Yvonne Samuelsson (Education Officer, University of Borås), and Dr Mohamad Saab (Lecturer, UCC).

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