Mariette Bengtsson RN, M.NSc, PhD

Dr. Mariette Bengtsson leg. nurse and PhD in medical science has teaching of patients, families, staff and students has been and still is a lot of interest. Bengtsson was the first in Sweden to start up the group education directed to patients and families with inflammatory bowel disease in 1993, and 10 years later for patients with functional bowel disorders. Today it is the student's learning in focus and examination / assessment and supervision of students in clinical training. Especially interest is student learning related to core competencies. Bengtsson has written both reports, textbooks and scientific papers in pedagogy and gastroenterology and utarbetet that simple self-assessment forms Visual Analogue Scale Irritable Bowel Syndrome (VAS-IBS) targeted at patients with gastrointestinal problems. By getting an idea of ??what it is like to live with functional bowel disorders, she tries to convey an understanding of these patient groups living situation. Recently, more and more interest has been directed toward the use of VAS-IBS for other groups of individuals with gastrointestinal disorders.