Innovative Collaborations for Learning: Integration of Well-Being, Built Environment, and Multidisciplinary Practice

Innovation Hubs Where Students Learn in Authentic Environments

Podcast (16 minutes)

Nursing and healthcare education leaders from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland, joined Nurse Educator for a podcast in which they describe their initiatives to develop solutions to complex healthcare problems in their local community. Metropolia’s Manager of Wellbeing and Health Services, Anita Ahlstrand, and Manager of Global Health and Nursing, and Head of Global Trade in Nursing, Nea Lehtimäki explained how Metropolia’s Innovation Hubs combine expertise from business, culture, technology, healthcare, and social services to build sustainable innovations in wellbeing in authentic learning environments. Students, faculty, health professionals, and industry partners create solutions through bold thinking about wellbeing, environmental responsibility, person-centered social and healthcare services, and corporate training needs.