{"id":1890,"date":"2024-01-19T18:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2024-02-05T19:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T19:48:57","slug":"fulbright-reflections-oppia-ika-kaikki-the-finnish-version-of-live-and-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pharmacy.umaryland.edu\/insidesop\/2024\/01\/19\/fulbright-reflections-oppia-ika-kaikki-the-finnish-version-of-live-and-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulbright Reflections: Oppia ik\u00e4 kaikki \u2013 The Finnish Version of \u201cLive and Learn\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written By:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, FASCP<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong>, ex<\/span><\/span><\/span>ecutive director of the Peter Lamy Center for Drug Therapy and Aging<\/strong><\/a> and professor of practice, sciences, and health outcomes research<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is the second post in a three-part weekly series focused on Dr. Brandt’s work in Finland. Read part one on “Expanding Collaborations in Finland to Improve Medication Use and Safety for Older Adults.”<\/strong><\/a>and part three on\u00a0\u201cTogether Shaping the Future (#FulbrightFinland75).\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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In Finland, this saying suggests you keep learning new things all your life through experience. As I complete week two of my Fulbright Fellowship in Finland, I can honestly admit that I have experienced and learned so much that I struggled to condense it into this second blog post. Despite the cold temperatures, limited daylight, and snow, the people here warm the heart and truly make Finland one of the happiest places to live.<\/p>\n

\"Sirkka-Liisa<\/a>Dr. Sirkka-Liisa Kivel\u00e4, professor emeritus at University of Turku and professor of geriatric pharmacotherapy at University of Helsinki, opened her home to faculty, students, and practitioners to gather ideas on how to increase collaboration to truly engage the older adult\u2019s perspective on \u201cwhat matters.\u201d She\u2019s pictured here sharing her artwork, which includes two hand carved wooden figures from Imatra, Finland. She has focused her research on epidemiological longitudinal studies on depression, falls, and the use of drugs and prevention of falls in the aged.<\/p>\n

Myllypuro Senior Centre and Day Care Unit,<\/a><\/strong> led by Mari Saivanen, hosted our Aging in Place faculty meeting to establish a site for interprofessional learning, ideally starting in fall 2024 (see featured image).<\/p>\n

I spent the weekend in Vaasa, Finland, visiting family, learning how to make Finnish\u00a0pulla, interviewing our 86-year-old uncle about the role of community pharmacists and social services, and visiting the Finnish Centre for Client and Patient Safety.<\/p>\n