Karin Isaksson Rø

13.05.2024: A joint referral centre can make it more difficult for doctors to seek help. Hogne Sandvik et al. have carried out a study of general practitioners' (GPs) quest for help, which is published in the current edition of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association (1). The study is particularly...

30.03.2020: There has been a prolonged focus on under-recruitment to general practice (1–7). In an evaluation undertaken in 2016 (8, 9), one in every four foundation doctors reported wanting to enter general practice. The need for new general practitioners (GPs), however, far exceeds this supply (2). Previous...

18.11.2019: Norwegian hospital doctors have long reported a persistently high level of job satisfaction (1), but also long average working hours where hectic days, long shifts and exemptions from the Working Environment Act are the norm (2, 3). The doctors are being charged with an increasing number of new...

24.06.2019: In 2017, the doctors' duty to attend to their own health was included in the universal doctors' pledge (1). Taking care of one's own health becomes more difficult when conflicts arise between the doctor's role as a professional and as a private individual (2–5). A recent study discusses how the...

14.01.2019: Assisted dying is illegal in Norway, but surveys indicate that a majority of the population is in favour of legalisation (1). However, the issue of legalisation has not yet appeared on the political agenda. One reason for this could be that the traditional opposition to assisted dying among the...

15.10.2018: In the wake of the #MeToo online campaign, media reports about sexual harassment and unwanted sexual attention have shaken organisations and workplaces across the world (1). In December 2017, more than 3 600 women doctors and medical students signed a petition against unwanted sexual attention in...

01.10.2018: Group supervision is a mandatory part of the training for specialty registrars. In this article we share some of our experience from group-based supervision in oncology. The new regulations for medical specialisations (LIS 2 and 3), due to come into force in March 2019, gives emphasis to clinical...

25.10.2016: Many requirements and expectations are associated with the tasks that a doctor shall perform, the means to be used to solve them and the role that doctors should assume when encountering stakeholders. Many different actors have opinions about what makes for a good doctor (1). What do the doctors...