Euro-Education: Employability for all (EEE4all) Design and implementation of an international course for future health-care professionals

摘要

Background: Employment is a priority in the European Union, and it is essential to address the needs of individualsndisadvantaged at the labour market on grounds such as ethnicity, age, gender or disability, to increase the opportunities fornthese groups to gain employment. The Council of the European Union recognize the important role of national organisationsnin increasing gender equality and the need to integrate a gender perspective in all policies. Gender equality perspectives shouldnalso, according to the EU Plan of Action and Gender Equality be integrated in education.nObjectives: To equip students in higher education with knowledge, about gender, age, disability and ethnicity in relation tonemployability, a European group initiated a project; Euro-Education: Employability for all (EEE4all).nApproach: The project, funded by the European Lifelong Learning Programme, was aimed to develop and implement fourncourse modules, each relating to employability with different focus: gender, age, disability or ethnicity. In this paper design,nimplementation, and evaluation of the course focused on gender, provided by the Occupational Therapy Programme at LinkopingnUniversity, is described.nConclusions: The students highlighted the importance of awareness and knowledge about gender theory and its application innrelation to employability and client-centred approach.