瑪麗塔·法莉瑪琪：在中國實現了“護理夢”

中南大學湘雅護理學院芬蘭籍教授瑪麗塔·法莉瑪琪因其知華、友華、愛華，克服艱難險阻毅然投身中國護理事業的感人事跡，獲得2022年度中國政府友誼獎，成為湖南省首位獲此榮譽的護理學領域外國專家。

從“背包客”到中南大學湘雅護理學院教授

1986年，瑪麗塔剛剛大學畢業，懷揣著對中國文化的好奇和向往，她以“背包客”的身份在中國旅行了兩個月。在那段時間里，她領略了中國的大美風光，了解了中國文化，并愛上了這個在她看來“神秘的東方國家”。那時起，她的心中就有一個關于中國的“夢”，將來一定要回到中國。

2011年起，瑪麗塔教授擔任護理學領域的頂級期刊International Journal of Nursing Studies副主編，她關注到中國的護理科學正逐漸發展起來，雜志收到了越來越多的來自中國護理學者的投稿。于是，懷著促進中國護理科學發展的“護理夢”，瑪麗塔教授于2013年擔任了同濟大學的兼職教授。

2016年，她開始將工作重心放在中國。她在香港理工大學做了四年的大學教授，并擔任副院長負責研究生教學工作，主要關注于開發護理博士生培養課程以及促進公共精神健康服務。在香港期間，瑪麗塔教授多次來到中南大學湘雅護理學院開展學術交流活動，并與中南大學湘雅護理學院研究團隊建立合作關系，推動我國首個護理學領域的國際化學院的申報工作。在結束了香港的工作合同后，她來到長沙、來到中南大學工作。

The Finnish professor Maritta Vaelimaeki at Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, was awarded the 2022 Chinese Government Friendship Award for her touching story of dedicating herself to nursing in China despite difficulties and her profound knowledge of, friendship with, and deep love for China.She is the first foreign nursing expert in Hunan to receive this honor.

From “backpacker” to professor at Xiangya School of Nursing,Central South University

In 1986, when Maritta had just graduated from university, she traveled to China for two months as a backpacker full of curiosity about and longing for Chinese culture.During that time, she enjoyed the incredible beauty of China, learned about Chinese culture, and fell in love with the mysterious Oriental country.Since then, she had been dreaming about China, believing she would come back to China one day.

Since 2011, Prof.Maritta has been working as the associate editor of theInternational Journal of Nursing Studies, a top journal in the nursing field.She noted that nursing science gradually developed in China as the journal received more submissions from Chinese nursing scholars.Therefore, with the “nursing dream” of promoting China’s nursing studies, Prof.Maritta took up an adjunct professorship at Tongji University in 2013.

In 2016, the focus of her work began to shift toward China.She had worked as a professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University for four years and served as Vice President in charge of teaching postgraduates.Her main interests were the development of a Ph.D.nursing curriculum and the promotion public mental health services.While in Hong Kong, Maritta paid multiple visits to Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, for academic communication activities.She established a cooperative relationship with the research team at Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, promoting the declaration of China’s first international demonstration school in the nursing field.After the termination of the work contract with the university in Hong Kong, she came to Changsha to work at Central South University.

瑪麗塔·法莉瑪琪（Maritta Vaelimaeki，芬蘭籍），中南大學湘雅護理學院全職教授、護理領域專家、美國護理科學院院士，曾就職于芬蘭圖爾庫大學護理學院（世界排名前30），任英國倫敦大學客座教授、香港理工大學護理學院副院長及研究委員會主席等職位。2018年榮獲“芬蘭白玫瑰勛章一等騎士獎”（芬蘭政府三大勛章之一），2022年榮獲中國政府友誼獎。

Maritta Vaelimaeki(Finland).She is a full-time professor at Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, an expert in nursing, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.She once worked at the school of nursing at Turku University in Finland (ranked among the top 30th worldwide).She was also a visiting professor at the University of London and the vice president and the chairperson of the research committee at the school of nursing of Hong Kong Polytechnic University.In 2018, she was awarded Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.In 2022, she was awarded the Chinese Government Friendship Award.打造國際化英文網站傳播湘雅聲音

2020年2月，瑪麗塔教授與中南大學正式簽訂合同，然而原定的行程由于2020年新冠肺炎疫情暴發而不斷延期。2020年9月，面臨外國人員入境困難、國際航班數量驟減、國內隔離時間長的重重困難，瑪麗塔教授毅然決定克服重重難關來華全職工作，任中南大學湘雅護理學院教授，協助中南大學籌建國際化示范學院?，旣愃淌诘暮炞C是在中南大學多次與湖南省外辦協調下辦理的。當時國內外疫情嚴重，入境檢測相當嚴格，為了進行起飛前規定時間內的核酸檢測，瑪麗塔教授不得不連夜驅車至芬蘭首都赫爾辛基的指定核酸檢測機構，進行核酸檢測并等待結果。飛機落地上海后，又經歷了嚴格的入境檢測、落地核酸等一系列防疫措施。到達隔離酒店時，年近60歲的瑪麗塔教授已經近30個小時沒有休息。

剛剛來到中南大學湘雅護理學院工作時，她說國外的朋友沒有在中南大學湘雅護理學院的網站上看到有關她的資料。因此她意識到，要擴大中南大學湘雅護理學院的國際影響力，首先需要一個好的宣傳“窗口”。于是，她牽頭幫助中南大學湘雅護理學院打造國際化英文網站，通過各種途徑宣傳，并向國外的各學校及科研機構展現中南大學湘雅護理學院；她積極促進中南大學湘雅護理學院與芬蘭圖爾庫大學護理學院的合作，并借助芬蘭圖爾庫大學護理學院的社交媒體，積極發布兩院校的合作進程，宣傳中國抗疫故事，傳遞中國好聲音，將中國文化不斷向外傳播。

Building of an international English website and conveying voice for Xiangya School of Nursing

The contract between Prof.Maritta and Central South University was officially signed in February 2020.However, the initially planned trip to China was repeatedly delayed due to the pandemic.In September 2020, despite the difficulty for foreigners entering China, the sudden decrease in international flights, and the long quarantine periods in China, Prof.Maritta determined to overcome all those obstacles.She came to work in China as a professor at Xiangya School of Nursing,Central South University, assisting Central South University in planning the building of an international demonstration school.Her visa was issued due to the coordinated effort of Central South University and the Foreign Affairs Office of Hunan.Back then, the pandemic was particularly severe both at home and abroad, with strict entry testing.To complete the nucleic acid test within the defined time before the flight, she had to drive overnight to Helsinki, the capital of Finland, to an appointed nucleic acid testing facility to do the test and wait for the result.When the plane landed in Shanghai, she went through a series of quarantine procedures, including strict entry testing and nucleic acid tests upon entry.When she finally made it to the quarantine hotel, Prof.Maritta, almost 60 years old, had not rested for nearly 30 hours.

When she began to work at Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, she said her friends abroad did not see her information on the school website.This event made her realize that to expand the global influence of Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, a good “window” for promotion must first be available.Therefore, she led the building of an international English website for Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, publicized it in various ways,and presented Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, to universities and research institutes in other countries.Furthermore, she actively promoted cooperation between the Xiangya School of Nursing,Central South University, and the school of nursing of the University of Turku in Finland.Through the latter’s social media, she actively updated the progress in cooperation between the two schools, publicized China’s story of battling the pandemic, conveyed China’s extraordinary voice, and continued to spread Chinese culture to the rest of the world.

Developing international nursing talents was her original intention

Prof.Maritta always believes an international teaching platform is key to training nursing talents with good qualities and high standards for the new era.Having come to Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, she actively contributed to the cooperation with the school of nursing of the University of Turku regarding postgraduate course sharing, joint training, and communication and exchange visits.After over a half-year’s work, Prof.Maritta introduced and made availablefor free the quality courses of the school of nursing of the University of Turku to the Ph.D.students at Xiangya.“Empowering Learning Environments in Nursing Education” aims to incorporate social media into the studying environment of nursing education, providing high-quality, evidence-based nursing education to postgraduates from different countries.The course “Clinical Instruments for Evaluating Health - Development, Evaluation, and Implementation” aims to introduce frontier research instruments and the main methods of developing, evaluating,and implementing the devices in the medical environment.The courses have a unique process and form of teaching comprising course preregistration, online lectures in English, workshops, independent reading materials, seminars, and others.

以培養國際化護理人才為初心

瑪麗塔教授始終認為，國際教學平臺是培養新時代高素質、高質量護理人才的關鍵。來到中南大學湘雅護理學院后，她積極促進中南大學湘雅護理學院與芬蘭圖爾庫大學護理學院就研究生課程共享、聯合培養及交流互訪開展合作。經過半年多的努力，瑪麗塔教授為湘雅護理學院博士研究生引進并免費開放了芬蘭圖爾庫大學護理學院的高質量課程。護理教育學習環境的提升（Empowering Learning Environments in Nursing Education），該課程的目的是在歐洲多元文化的背景下，將社交媒體融入護理教育的學習環境，對不同國家的研究生開展高質量循證的護理教育。“用于健康評估的臨床工具——開發、評估和應用”（Clinical Instruments for Evaluating Health—Development, Evaluation and Implementation），該課程的目的是介紹前沿研究工具，以及在醫療環境中開發、評估和實施研究工具的主要方法。課程涉及課程預注冊、全英文線上講座、工作坊、獨立閱讀材料、研討會等別具一格的教學流程和教學形式。

對于首次通過線上方式參與全英文國際課程的學生而言，這頗具挑戰。帶著幫助學生更好地理解國外的教學流程和形式，培養國際化的護理人才的初心，瑪麗塔教授想學生之所想，未雨綢繆，在課程正式開始前，對選擇了該課程的同學進行手把手教授，講述課程流程，還對國外授課平臺MOODLE的操作方法進行了示范，對學生的每一個問題都進行了悉心的解答。課程進行期間，為了確保學生們能夠跟上課程講述，瑪麗塔教授主動提出要陪著學生們一起學習。由于芬蘭與中國有6個小時時差，課程結束時，經常已經到了深夜11點了，長沙的深秋寒風凜冽，但瑪麗塔教授一直堅持陪伴學生學完了此次課程。她說，對于第一批代表中南大學參與國際化課程的學生，一定要保證他們能夠真正理解國際化教學的意義，跟上教學進度，同時也要向國外大學展示我們中國學生的風采。學生們無一不被她嚴謹的學術作風折服，將她視為學習和工作中的榜樣。

為了進一步開闊學生的國際化視野，促進中南大學湘雅護理學院學術論文的國際化進程，瑪麗塔教授邀請了護理學領域的頂級期刊International Journal of Nursing Studies主編、倫敦國王學院Lan Norman教授為中南大學湘雅護理學院師生線上作題為“學術論文的發表：來自編輯的建議”（Writing for publication: Top tips from an editor）的學術分享。Lan Norman教授與參會人員圍繞論文寫作及投稿中經常遇到的困難與瓶頸進行了交流與探討，并形象生動地向大家傳授了論文成功發表的“金點子”。為了進一步促進學生的學術交流能力，瑪麗塔教授積極為學生尋求交流機會，并協助組織中國—愛沙尼亞博士研究生科學研討會（Joint PhD Candidates' ScientificSeminar between Estonia and China，PhD-SSEC），目前該研討會已舉辦兩屆。在為期兩天的科學研討會中，學生們就自己的課題、科研方法、學習生活等多方面展開討論，這促進了學生的國際交流能力，開闊了學生的國際化視野。

為了幫助學生了解學術前沿，培養嚴謹的學術作風，提高學生科研寫作能力。瑪麗塔教授為湘雅護理學院博士研究生開設了《學術論文寫作》《隨機對照研究設計》等課程，均受到了學生們的廣泛好評。其中《學術論文寫作》課程內容包括學術論文寫作原則、寫作技巧、科學的文章結構、期刊選擇、寫作指南等方面?，旣愃淌诓粌H介紹Epistemonikos、Covidence等一系列前沿文獻檢索及管理工具，還邀請了Nurse Education in Practice雜志主編Roger Watson以及Journal of Advanced Nursing雜志主編Mark Hayter以編輯的視角，對學術論文寫作進行了嚴謹且前沿的闡述。同學們紛紛表示，該課程不僅拓展了國際化視野、提升了自身英語水平，也為他們在后續相關領域的研究打下了扎實的基礎。

It could be a challenge for international online in international online courses taught in English for the first time.With the original intention to help students better understand how teaching is done abroad and develop international nursing talents, Prof.Maritta tried to put herself in the students’ shoes.She helped the students prepare for the course, telling them about the process, demonstrating the operation of the MOODLE teaching platform, and answering every question asked by the students in detail.During the course, to ensure the students could follow the teaching in the class, Prof.Maritta offered to study with the students.There’s a time difference of 6 hours between Finland and China,so it was often 11 pm at the end of the class.It was cold in late autumn in Changsha, but Prof.Maritta stayed with the students throughout the course.She said, “for the first group of Chinese students taking an international course representing Central South University, it must be guaranteed that they understand the meaning of international teaching and can keep up with it.We also must show how excellent Chinese students can be to foreign universities.” Students were impressed by her meticulous attitude to academic work and began to follow her example.

To further broaden the students’ global vision and accelerate the globalization process of academic papers at Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Prof.Maritta invited Prof.Lan Norman, the chief editor of theInternational Journal of Nursing Studies.Prof.Lan Norman is a top journalist in nursing studies and a King’s College London professor for an academic sharing meeting named “Writing for publication:Top tips from an editor.” Prof.Lan Normal and others at the conference discussed the common difficulties and problems of paper writing and submission.Engagingly, they imparted their insights into the successful publication of papers.Furthermore, to further enhance the academic communication skills of the students, Prof.Maritta actively sought out opportunities for communication for the students and helped organize the Joint Ph.D.Candidates’ Scientific Seminar between Estonia and China, Ph.D.-SSEC.So far, the seminar has been held twice.In the twoday scientific workshop, the students discussed their projects, research methods, academic life, etc., which enhanced their international communication ability and broadened their global vision.

“我將謙遜地在中國繼續我的‘護理夢’”

來華工作后，瑪麗塔教授積極投身中南大學“護理學國際化示范學院”籌建工作，組建了引領亞洲地區精神衛生護理領域的學術團隊，協助建成了JBI湘雅循證實踐與健康創新中心，全程參與了護理學碩士援外學歷學位培訓項目工作，開發了5門博士生國際聯合課程，并推動湘雅護理與芬蘭圖爾庫大學護理學院簽訂了合作協議。她身體力行，努力拓展國際合作，獲批芬蘭政府資助“護理循證領導力”和“職業生涯規劃”兩個國際教育項目，建立了中國9所頂尖高校和芬蘭5所高校的護理國際人才培養聯盟。

作為一個不會說中文的人，沒有家人的支持，獨自適應當地的環境是不容易的。在過去的七年里，瑪麗塔教授錯過了兒子的婚禮、母親的葬禮，她也時常表達對家鄉及親人的思念。然而，她始終記得當初讓她下定決心來到中國的那個想要促進中國護理科學發展的“護理夢”。她常說，有了對中國護理教育與研究國際化的堅定信念和愿景，有了可親的同事們和可愛的同學們的支持，她相信她的夢想終會實現。在獲得中國政府友誼獎后，瑪麗塔教授激動地說：“我希望，中國的護理教育最終能夠提升中國公民的福祉和生活質量，并使他們具備全球公民的理念。在這段旅程中，我學到了很多，我將謙遜地在中國繼續我的‘護理夢’?！?/p>

To help the students understand the academic frontiers, develop a meticulous approach to academics, and improve their scientific research writing, Prof.Maritta established courses like “Academic Paper Writing” and “Randomized Controlled Study Design,” both of which received accolades from the students.Among them, “Academic Paper Writing” covers the principles of writing academic papers, writing techniques, what constitutes a reasonable paper structure, and the selection of journals and writing guides.Prof.Maritta introduced some frontier literature search and management tools like Epistemonikos and Covidence and invited the chief editors ofNurse Education in PracticeandJournal of Advanced Nursingto talk about it from the editors’perspectives in a rigorous manner that also reflects the frontier developments.The students said that the course broadened their international perspective, improved their English proficiency, and laid a solid foundation for their subsequent research in related fields.

“With modesty, I will continue my ‘Nursing Dream’ in China”

After coming to work in China, Prof.Maritta actively devoted herself to planning the building of Central South University’s “Internationalized Model School of nursing” and built an academic team that leads mental health care in Asia.She also helped create the JBI Xiangya Evidence-Based Practice and Health Innovation Center.She also participated in the Sino foreign cooperative program of nursing master’s degree between the Central South University of China and the University of California, San Francisco, developed five international joint Ph.D.programs, and facilitated the signing of the cooperation agreement between Xiangya and the school of nursing of the University of Turku.In addition, she has worked hard to expand international cooperation,and two international education programs have been approved for the Finnish government funds, namely, “Evidence-based Leadership in Nursing” and “Career Planning.” She has also forged an international nursing talent development alliance between nine top universities in China and five universities in Finland.

Speaking no Chinese and without familial support, she must have had difficulty getting used to the local environment in China.In the past seven years, Prof.Maritta missed her son’s wedding and her mother’s funeral, and she often expressed her nostalgia and how she misses her family.However, she has always borne in mind the “nursing dream” of promoting nursing in China, which made her decide to come here.She often says that with a strong belief and vision for the internationalization of nursing education and research in China and with the support of her dear colleagues and lovely students, she is confident that her dream will eventually come true.After receiving the Chinese Government Friendship Award, Professor Maritta exclaimed, “I hope that nursing education in China will ultimately enhance the well-being and quality of life of Chinese citizens and equip them with the concept of global citizenship.During this journey, I have learnt a lot and will humbly continue my’ nursing dream’ in China”.