The project, Share the Care, provides new knowledge towards a less gender-segregated health care sector, a heavily female-dominated sector. The actions implemented were largely based on recommendation from previous research “Men in Nursing Education: Mapping Educational Practices, and Student Experiences in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway”.

This was done by implementing a system to follow cohorts in nursing education and document reasons behind drop-outs and delays during study which produced important knowledge to counteract the problem. Actions were planned to address educational material and communication, as well as creation of special platforms for male students to minimize the risk of exclusion and alienation. Groups of study and career counsellors were formed to create knowledge and stimulate more men to engage in care work. These actions will be an important input for educational institutions and authorities on how to recruit and retain men in nursing education.

Read the handbook here and the final report here.