1. SOCIAL INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF GOTHENBURG
PAM FREDMAN, VICE-CHANCELLOR UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG,
MAY X, 2015
2. Why social innovation?
• Global societal challenges are increasing
• Old problems need new solutions
• The university is a natural partner in developing knowledge and
innovation
3. We have the right prerequisites in place
• Large and broad - tackles society’s challenges with diverse
knowledge
• Strong research and education that are linked together
• Sustainable development in focus
• Activities based on a clear responsibility for the development
of society and a global engagement
• A long tradition of cooperating with various stakeholders
• A joint research and innovation office give practical support
• Master’s course ”Social Innovation and entrepreneurship”
4. Basis for finding social innovation models
Demands projects that are:
• Research and knowledge intensive
• Adress a societal problem
• Can be packaged for or developed with external stakeholder
• Sustainable overtime
• Not otherwise suitable as traditional commercial offering
5. GPCC - a success story
• University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care
(GPCC) – a pilot project
• Interdisciplinary research centre owned by our holding company
• Profits are reinvested in the operations or in future research
• Resulted in improved quality for patients and reduced costs
• A professionally packaged offer of benefit for health care
organizations
6. There are some challenges
• To understand societal challenges and what they demand to be
solved
• To increase investments in arts and humanities, social sciences
and law
• To find new forms of interactions between academia and
stakeholders
Editor's Notes
Person-centred care Person-centred care sees patients as persons who are more than their illness. Person-centred care emanates from the patient’s experience of his/her situation and his/her individual conditions, resources and restraints.
Person-centred care is a partnership between patients/carers and professional care givers. The starting point is the patient’s narrative, which is recorded in a structured manner. A mutual care plan is then created, based on the patient's narrative together with physical examination and test results. This care plan incorporates goals and strategies for implementation and short and long term follow up.
About University of Gothenburg Centre for person-centred care The Gothenburg University Centre for Person-centred Care (GPCC) is an interdisciplinary research centre, established in January 2010, with the support of the Swedish government's strategic investment in health and care research.
Our research Around 240 national and international researchers from different disciplines collaborate on research at GPCC. Among them are representatives from nearly all of the University's faculties. They carry out around 40 different research projects which all have their basis in the common theme Person-centred care in long-lasting illness.
The unique thing about GPCC is that we have evaluated person-centred care scientifically, both within orthopaedic and internal medicine care practices. This has proven that person-centred care is very efficient care. Apart from being cost effective, patients experience a much higher level of satisfaction with their care, as it is individually tailored and the resources of each individual are utilised in a completely new way
