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Torben Wisborg er spesialist i anestesiologi, overlege ved Akuttavdelingen, Finnmarkssykehuset, Hammerfest, professor ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet og forskningsleder ved Nasjonal kompetansetjeneste for traumatologi, Oslo universitetssykehus.
Articles by Torben Wisborg
Where did all the doctors go?
- Mette Brekke,
- Jeanette Solheimslid Bjørke,
- Torben Wisborg
08.11.2021:
How can it be that Norway has a growing shortage of doctors while the number of professionally active doctors is increasing? According to figures from the Norwegian Medical Association for July this year, Norway has 27 924 professionally active doctors under 70 years of age, of whom 15 502 are...
Medical education and training during a pandemic
- Mette Brekke,
- Cathrine Ebbing,
- Torben Wisborg
05.08.2021:
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned medical education and training into lonely online studies. How can we ensure that the medical students still become fully fledged doctors? At this time, new cohorts of medical students are starting their studies here in Norway and abroad. We have put behind us a...
Simulation-based team training works
- Guttorm Brattebø,
- Hege Langli Ersdal,
- Torben Wisborg
09.12.2019:
Training of interprofessional teams with the aid of simulation methods is used especially in preparation for medical emergencies. There is now good evidence of the importance of such training for patients. On 27 March 1977, the world's worst ever aviation disaster, which claimed the lives of 583...
What became of solidarity?
- Mette Brekke,
- Torben Wisborg
31.10.2019:
Maintaining a health service characterised by solidarity requires everyone to do their part. Private health insurance schemes run counter to such solidarity. We can be proud of today's health service in Norway. It has been built up over several generations and is funded by the community (1). The...
Fatalities and personal injuries from the use of ATVs and snowmobiles in Northern Norway in 2013–14
- Tone Hakvåg Rønning,
- Ellen Karine Grov,
- Torben Wisborg
08.04.2019:
Injuries are the most common cause of death among persons under 45 years in Norway and represent a major challenge to public health (1). More injury-related deaths occur in rural than in urban areas (2–4), and Northern Norway is characterised by sparse settlements with long distances between...
Emergency medicine in the general practice internship in Finnmark county
- Kaja Hansen Hunnålvatn,
- Daniela Ivan,
- Torben Wisborg
12.12.2017:
An efficient emergency primary health care service chain in the first phase of serious illness or injury is critical to ensuring that the population receive prompt and competent assistance in acute situations. The municipal out-of-hours service and local emergency medical communication centres are...
Does the editorial committee still have a role to play?
- Ola Dale,
- Erik Magnus Berntsen,
- Mette Brekke,
- Anne Høye,
- Ole-Erik Iversen,
- Ane Brandtzæg Næss,
- Torben Wisborg
18.09.2017:
Established 80 years ago, the editorial committee of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association has been reorganised for a new era. The editorial committee was established in 1938 (1). In the preceding years, the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association had been edited by the editor-in...
Out-of-hours doctors’ decisions on call-outs in emergency situations
- Helle-Marie Brennvall,
- Helene Hauken,
- Steinar Hunskår,
- Torben Wisborg,
- Erik Zakariassen
21.04.2015:
Along with the Emergency Medical Communication Centres (EMCCs) and the ambulance service, the out-of-hours primary health care system comprises the emergency medical services outside hospitals (1, 2). According to the Norwegian Index for Medical Emergencies – a decision support tool used by the...