In December 2025, representing the Erasmus + research project Virtual Children’s Hospital for Learning Pediatric Nursing (VLPN), Dr Joanna Menikou — member of Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) research team — participated in the 32nd Pancyprian Conference of Nursing and… Read More »32nd Pancyprian Conference of Nursing and Midwifery
There is significant variation in the content and scope of pediatric nursing courses offered by universities. Some of the universities provide these courses only as elective studies. The scope and content of pediatric nursing courses have an impact on the… Read More »On Path to More Equal Learning Opportunities
Reimagining Pediatric Nursing Education with VLPN Last week, Marianna Moore and Joanna Pieri, representatives of Cyprus University of Technology VLPN team, had the privilege of meeting with Professor Ludmiła Marcinowicz and Professor Małgorzata Zujko, who were visiting from Medical University… Read More »A Collaborative Visit from the Medical University of Bialystok
In June 2025, Dr. Christiana Nicolaou, Assistant Professor at the Nursing Department of Cyprus University of Technology, participated in the 2nd Hellenic Pediatric conference in Athens, Greece. The conference focused on family center pediatric care and further featured presentations on… Read More »2nd Hellenic Pediatric Nursing Conference
On March 27, 2025, the Virtual Children’s Hospital for Learning Pediatric Nursing (VLPN) project hosted its first joint seminar, bringing together students from Turku University of Applied Science (TUAS), Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), and Tartu Applied Health Sciences University… Read More »Innovative Learning: Reflections on the First Joint Seminar
In November 2024, Mrs. Christiana Nicolaou, Assistant Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology, Nursing Department, participated in the 17th European Public Health Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. This prestigious event provided an excellent platform for sharing insights and exploring emerging… Read More »17th European Public Health Conference in Portugal
2nd of October – 4th of October 2024 In early October, we met in Tartu for the Virtual Children’s Hospital for Learning Pediatric Nursing project (VLPN). Participants were from all partner countries: Finland, Cyprus, and, of course, Estonia, which hosted… Read More »VLPN Partner Meeting in Tartu
Interview with Virtual Children´s Hospital Technical Team Pablo Rodríguez Gascó and Axel Lindberg from FIT Turku Competence Center (Futuristic Interactive Technologies) work on a virtual environment of Virtual Children´s Hospital, which is supported by the Turku AMK Metaverse platform. P:… Read More »Virtual Children´s Hospital Loading! Meet the Technical Team
The project officially started when the project team met in person for the first time at a kick–off meeting in Turku, hosted by the coordinator Turku University of Applied Sciences. Partners from Tartu, Tartu Health Care College, and Cyprus, Cyprus… Read More »Kicking off the project in Turku