• Eliciting patient preferences in shared decision-making (SDM): Comparing conversation analysis and SDM measurements 

      Landmark, Anne Marie Dalby; Ofstad, Eirik Hugaas; Svennevig, Jan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-18)
      Objective<br> To explore how physicians bring up patient preferences, and how it aligns with assessments of shared decision-making.<p> Methods<br> Qualitative conversation analysis of physicians formulating hypotheses about the patient’s treatment preference was compared with quantitative SDM scores on ‘patient preferences’ using OPTION(5) and MAPPIN’SDM.<p> Results<br> Physicians occasionally ...
    • How physicians manage medical uncertainty: A qualitative study and conceptual taxonomy 

      Han, Paul K.J.; Strout, Tania D.; Gutheil, Caitlin; Germann, Carl; King, Brian; Ofstad, Eirik Hugaas; Gulbrandsen, Pål; Trowbridge, Robert (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-01)
      Background - Medical uncertainty is a pervasive and important problem, but the strategies physicians use to manage it have not been systematically described.<p> <p>Objectives - To explore the uncertainty management strategies employed by physicians practicing in acute-care hospital settings and to organize these strategies within a conceptual taxonomy that can guide further efforts to understand ...
    • Identifying decisions in optometry: A validation study of the decision identification and classification taxonomy for use in medicine (DICTUM) in optometric consultations 

      Sundling, Vibeke; Stene, Hege Anita; Eide, Hilde; Ofstad, Eirik Hugaas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-18)
      <i>Objective</i> - The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Decision Identification and Classification Taxonomy for Use in Medicine (DICTUM) applied to optometry, to compare decisions in medical and optometric consultations, and to describe decisions in optometry. <p> <p><i>Methods</i> - The study had a cross-sectional design. Data was collected from January to ...
    • Leger utdannet i Bodø – hvem er de og hvor blir de av? 

      Westlie, Åsa Langen; Gaski, Margrete; Abelsen, Birgit; Grimstad, Hilde; Ofstad, Eirik Hugaas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-10)
      <p><b> BAKGRUNN</b> Siden 2009 har inntil 24 legestudenter ved Universitetet i Tromsø årlig fullført de to siste årene av utdanningen i Bodø (kalt Bodøpakken). Vi kartla oppvekstkommune, ønsker for framtidig spesialitet blant studentene og hvor og hva studentene arbeidet med etter LIS1-tjenesten. <p><b> MATERIALE OG METODE</b> Legestudenter uteksaminert i Bodø i perioden 2012–18 fikk et ...
    • The liminal landscape of mentoring - Stories of physicians becoming mentors 

      Valestrand, Eivind Alexander; Hokstad, Leif Martin; Schei, Edvin; Ofstad, Eirik Hugaas; Stenfors, Terese; Kvernenes, Monika (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-14)
      <p><i>Introduction:</i> This study explores narratives of physicians negotiating liminality while becoming and being mentors for medical students. Liminality is the unstable phase of a learning trajectory in which one leaves behind one understanding but has yet to reach a new insight or position. <p><i>Methods:</i> In this study, we analysed semi-structural interviews of 22 physician mentors from ...
    • LIS1-leger og medisinsk usikkerhet – en kvalitativ studie 

      Ofstad, Eirik Hugaas; Asdal, Karoline; Nightingale, Bruno; Han, Paul K.; Gregersen, Trine Ammentorp; Gulbrandsen, Pål (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-29)
      BAKGRUNN - Hvordan norske leger håndterer medisinsk usikkerhet, er lite studert. Formålet med studien var å undersøke hvordan leger i spesialisering del 1 (LIS1-leger) opplever og håndterer usikkerhet i en klinisk hverdag.<p> <p>MATERIALE OG METODER - Ti LIS1-leger ved to sykehus ble rekruttert til intervjuer etter svarmønsteranalyse fra et kartleggende spørreskjema. Intervjuene ble analysert ...
    • Pasienter med strømgjennomgang fra lavspenning henvist til et akuttmottak 

      Svendsen, Trude Beathe; Bærheim, Dina; Dale, Jostein; Goffeng, Lars Ole; Vesterfjell, Svend Peder; Ofstad, Eirik Hugaas; Næss-Pleym, Lars E.; Bjørnsen, Lars Petter Bache-Wiig (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-13)
      <p><b>BAKGRUNN</b> Pasienter utsatt for strøm henvises ofte til akuttmottaket, men det er ulike retningslinjer for hvordan disse bør håndteres. Vi beskriver her pasienter med strømgjennomgang fra lavspenning i akuttmottaket ved St. Olavs hospital. <p><b>METODE OG MATERIALE</b> Retrospektive data fra pasienter henvist til akuttmottaket etter strømgjennomgang fra lavspenning (< 1 000 volt) i ...
    • Uncertainty in health care: Towards a more systematic program of research 

      Han, Paul K.J.; Babrow, Austin; Hillen, Marij A.; Gulbrandsen, Pål; Smets, Ellen M.; Ofstad, Eirik Hugaas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-13)
      <i>Objective</i> - To promote a more systematic approach to research on uncertainty in health care, and to explore promising starting points and future directions for this research.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - We examine three fundamental aspects of medical uncertainty that a systematic research program should ideally address: its nature, effects, and communication. We summarize key insights from past ...