Mina Azimirad
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences
mina.azimirad@uef.fi | +358 50 348 3955
Dr. Mina Azimirad (PhD, MNSc, BSc, RN) is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). As an enthusiastic and passionate researcher, Dr. Azimirad has been involved in several research projects, where formed an international network, and study visits to the University of Genova (Italy), University of Thessaly (Greece), AWV & AFBB (Germany), Northumbria University (UK), Surrey University (UK), University of Limerick (Ireland), University of Østfold (Norway), and Lappeenranta University of Technology (Finland).
Dr. Azimirad’s research interest mainly focuses on medical emergency teams and nurses’ competencies in managing deteriorating patients. Dr. Azimirad has received a significant amount of competitive research grant (77,400 €) including a 12,000 € travel grant (to an Australian university and the National University of Singapore) for her post-doc research proposal, and published 14 peer-reviewed journal articles, 12 publications intended for professional communities and the general public, published one book chapter, and supervised a Master’s degree nursing student. She has presented 17 research studies at national and international conferences and was a chairman at the latest HTTS conference (Kansallinen hoitotieteellinen konferenssi).
The post-doc research study (eTSiMMe project) main members are Dr. Mina azimirad (UEF), Prof. Hannele Turunen (UEF), Prof. Roman Bednarik (UEF), and our international collaborator from the National University of Singapore Prof. He Hong-Go. The project also has members from the Kuopio University Hospital ICU department who will help us in implementing the project. The project focuses on the assessment of teamwork and shared mental models within the MET.
Publications
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Examining family and community nurses’ core competencies in continuing education programs offered in primary health care settings: An integrative literature review
Azimirad, Mina; Paloniitty, Riina; Papathanasiou, Ioanna V; Aleo, Giuseppe; Catania, Gianluca; Pozzi, Francesca; Bagnasco, Annamaria; Turunen, Hannele. 2023. Nurse education in practice. 67: -
A clinical competence approach to examine British and Finnish nurses' attitudes towards the rapid response system model: A study in two acute hospitals
Azimirad, Mina; Magnusson, Carin; Wiseman, Allison; Selander, Tuomas; Parviainen, Ilkka; Turunen, Hannele. 2022. Australian critical care: official journal of the confederation of australian critical care nurses. 35: 72-80 -
A systematic review of health care professionals' core competency instruments
Al Jabri, Fatma Yaqoob Mohammed; Kvist, Tarja; Azimirad, Mina; Turunen, Hannele. 2021. Nursing and health sciences. 23: 87-102 -
British and Finnish nurses' attitudes, practice, and knowledge on deteriorating patient in-service education: A study in two acute hospitals
Azimirad, Mina; Magnusson, Carin; Wiseman, Allison; Selander, Tuomas; Parviainen, Ilkka; Turunen, Hannele. 2021. Nurse education in practice. 54: 103093 -
Development of a European Curriculum for Family and Community Nurses
Pozzi, Francesca; Passarelli, Marcello; Manganello, Flavio; Alvino, Serena; Dagnino, Fracesca Maria; Mazzarino, Barbara; Sasso, Loredana; Bagnasco, Anna Maria; Zanini, Milko; Catania, Gianluca; Aleo, Giuseppe; Papathanasiou, Ioanna V.; Fradelos, Evangelos C.; Turunen, Hannele; Azimarad, Mina; Kleisiaris, Christos; Roba, Isabella; Evangelidou, Eftychia S.; Popa, Adriana; Diab, Madeleine et al.. Teoksessa: Darmann-Finck, Ingrid; Reiber, Karin(toim.) , 2021. Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Curricula in Nursing and Midwifery Education. s. 169-191. Springer -
Development of an International Tool for Students to Record and Reflect on Patient Safety Learning Experiences
Steven, Alison; Pearson, Pauline; Turunen, Hannele; Myhre, Kristin; Sasso, Loredana; Vizcaya-Moreno, Maria Flores; Pérez-Cañaveras, Rosa María; Sara-Aho, Arja; Bagnasco, Annamaria; Aleo, Giuseppe; Patterson, Lucy; Larkin, Valerie; Zanini, Milko; Porras, Jari; Khakurel, Jayden; Azimirad, Mina; Ringstad, Øystein; Johnsen, Lasse; Haatainen, Kaisa; Wilson, Gemma; Rossi, Silvia; Morey, Sarah; Tella, Susanna. 2021. Nurse educator. [Epub ahead of print 6 Dec 2021]: 1-5 -
Identifying teamwork-related needs of the medical emergency team: Nurses' perspectives
Azimirad, Mina; Magnusson, Carin; Wiseman, Allison; Selander, Tuomas; Parviainen, Ilkka; Turunen, Hannele. 2021. Nursing in critical care. [Epub ahead of print 3 July 2021]: 1 - 11 -
Learning From Student Experience: Development of an International Multimodal Patient Safety Education Packag
Bagnasco, Annamaria; Zanini, Milko; Catania, Gianluca; Aleo, Giuseppe; Turunen, Hannele; Tella, Susanna; Sara-Aho, Arja; Flores Vizcaya-Moreno, Maria; Pérez-Cañaveras, Rosa María; Myhre, Kristin; Ringstad, Øystein; Ekman, Gerd Anna-Stina; Porras, Jari; Rossi, Silvia; Morey, Sarah; Johnsen, Lasse; Patterson, Lucy; Larkin, Valerie; Azimirad, Mina; Khakurel, Jayden; Dasso, Nicoletta; Haatainen, Kaisa; Timmins, Fiona; Wilson-Menzfeld, Gemma; Sasso, Loredana; Pearson, Pauline; Steven, Alison. 2021. Nurse educator. [Epub ahead of print 6 Dec 2021]: 1-5 -
Nurses' competencies in rapid response systems for managing deteriorating patients : a comparative cross-sectional study between Finnish and British nurses
Azimirad, Mina. 2021. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Health Sciences -
Critical Incident Techniques and Reflection in Nursing and Health Professions Education: Systematic Narrative Review
Steven, A; Wilson, G; Turunen, H; Vizcaya-Moreno, MF; Azimirad, M; Kakurel, J; Porras, J; Tella, S; Pérez-Cañaveras, R; Sasso, L; Aleo, G; Myhre, K; Ringstad, Ø; Sara-Aho, A; Scott, M; Pearson, P. 2020. Nurse educator. 45: E57-E60