Associate Professor

Sissel Johansson Brenna

Field of work

Associate Professor in Nursing and Interprofessional Collaborative Competences, Faculty of health and social sciences, Unit for master’s in clinical nursing. Previous work experience as a nurse in acute ward, in pediatric wards, pulmonary wards and in home-based care.

Extensive experience as a teacher and practice supervisor and have also experience within education management and project management through positions as elected head of nursing program (1998-2003), Head of Department of Further Education (2009-2011), Coordinator for master’s program in Clinical Nursing (2015-2018) and as project manager in developing digital-supported master’s degree programs in in clinical nursing, across three campuses.

Engaged in development of interprofessional education and practice, and the interaction between education and practice. Coordinator for interprofessional education in HiB/HVL 2009-2020. Deputy leader of TVEPS https://www.uib.no/tveps 2012-forts.

Institution responsible for suitability assessment HVL-Bergen from 2021.

Engaged in educational policy work and was elected representative from scientific staff on the board of HiB/HVL for two periods from 2011-2019

Courses taught

Interprofessional education and colaborative practice 

Research areas

Interprofessional education and colaborative practice