Experts

Learning Resources

Training: Business-based training places

Primary purpose: To offer business-based training places for healthcare students, like training for nurses specializing in surgical care, advanced course and advanced training for assistant nurses, apprentice in public dentistry, among others.

Target audience: Students pursuing nursing, medical, and related healthcare programs.

Acess Information: Information [1].

Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (University Hospital of Umeå - Norrland University Hospital)

Diagnostics

Radiology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine CT scanners Yes
Machine MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) Yes
Machine Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) Yes 27.200 screening examinations (yearly)
Machine Digitalised imaging (PACS) Yes
Machine Digitalised imaging (RIS) Yes
Machine Ultrasound Yes
Machine Gamma Camera Yes
Technique Stereotatic biopsy Yes
Technique Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Yes
Technique Angiography Yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Pet Scan Yes
Machine PET CT Yes 1.300 (yearly)
Machine PET/MRI Yes
Facility Radionuclide treatment facilities Yes
Machine SPECT Yes
Machine SPECT CT Yes
Technique Bone scintigraphy Yes
Pathology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Facility Cytology laboratory Yes
Technique FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) Yes
Technique PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) Yes
Technique Cytometry Yes
Technique Liquid biopsy Yes
Technique Immunofluorescence techniques Yes
Technique Techniques for molecular pathology Yes
Technique Cytogenetics Yes
Pathology: Molecular Tests
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique PDL1 Yes
Technique ER Yes
Technique KRAS Yes
Technique BRAF Yes
Technique EGFR Yes
Technique HER2 status Yes
Technique COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS Yes
Others
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique Bronchoscopy Yes
Technique Colposcopy Yes
Technique Colonoscopy Yes

Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources

Resource: Library Alva Culture

Primary purpose: Serves as a cultural hub and meeting space for patients, relatives, and staff, offering a library, movie room, art gallery, and multimedia resources.

Access Information: Information [2].

Facility: Accommodation for patients and relatives - Hotel Björken)

Primary purpose: To provide accommodations for patients and their relatives while offering additional support and healthcare services when needed.

Access Information: Information [3].

Facility: Accommodation for families with children - Hjältarnas hus

Primary purpose: To provide temporary accommodations for families with children affected by long-term illnesses, facilitating their stay through bookings from attending physicians or department heads.

Access Information: Information [4].

Resource: Hairdresser

Primary purpose: To provide hair-related services, including wigs, hair replacements, and regular haircare, catering to individuals who have experienced hair loss due to medical treatment, alopecia, or hereditary reasons, as well as the general public.

Access Information: Information [5].

Facility: Hospital Church

Primary purpose: To offer a space for patients, their relatives, and hospital staff to find solace, pray, meditate, and engage in religious activities, with accessibility 24/7.

Access Information: Information [6].

Resource: Hospital School

Primary purpose: To provide education to children and young people who are hospitalized or unable to attend regular school due to health reasons, ensuring they have access to education as per legal regulations.

Access Information: Information in Hospital school section [7].

Resource: Interpreter

Primary purpose: To ensure accessibility and effective communication for individuals who do not understand Swedish, have hearing impairments, or are deaf-blind by providing interpreter services upon request.

Access Information: Information [8].