How does it feel to receive the award and the fine grade from your students?
Johan Tham: "It is a great honor to have been noticed like this, and I was very happy."
Kajsa Ericson Lindquist: "It feels incredibly fun to receive this award, I was pleasantly surprised. My everyday life mostly involves clinical work, combined with teaching, which can sometimes be challenging when you want to make enough time. This award motivates students to make an effort to ensure that they receive the best possible education."
What do you teach your students?
Johan Tham: "They learn a lot, I hope. I have many talented colleagues and workmates who find it fun to teach and are good at taking care of seriously ill patients. Hopefully a lot of knowledge about infections but then it's an apprenticeship as well."
"Personally, I work a lot to ensure that you see the patient and listen to what he himself wants and desires. And by that I mean really seeing the patient. When you, as a doctor, have a lot of other things to take care of, it's easy to not take the time to listen properly. Therefore, really taking time for the patient and giving them a little extra love and care while they are being cared for is extremely important. I hope my students get that from my course."
Kajsa Ericson Lindquist: "Semester 4 with the course pathogenesis is a transition from the pre-clinical semesters that teach the body's normal functions, to the clinical semesters that focus on dealing with different disease states. Our course focuses on pathogenetic mechanisms of disease in the various organs of the body, and a good understanding of disease mechanisms is an important foundation for the students for future semesters."
"I myself teach clinical pathology, which deals with the connection disease mechanism-histopathologic picture. This link shows what different diseases look like at the cellular level and illustrates the tissue impact that exists during disease processes in the body's various organs. This gives students a preparation for the clinical work that awaits in different specialties, and at the same time we try to give students an understanding of the role of pathology in the management of patients."
What is the best thing about your job?
Johan Tham: "The very best thing is that I get to work with other people and help them, that I'm there for their sake. The feeling of doing great good every day is extremely satisfying. Working in healthcare is fun, challenging and stimulating."
Kajsa Ericson Lindquist: "My job as a pathologist/cytologist involves diagnosing various diseases based on the appearance of cells, which in some ways can be likened to detective work, and is incredibly exciting. Part of the work as a cytologist means that I get to meet a patient, take a tissue sample from a change and then examine the cells microscopically and make a diagnosis, which gives a good overall picture and great satisfaction."
"In addition, meeting students and trying to convey this curiosity and joy is both developing and stimulating. My goal as a teacher in the medical program is to try to create conditions for qualitative and engaging teaching. I want to arouse curiosity and interest among the students and thus – in a way – contribute to a strong competence among our future colleagues."