• Legeutdanning i og for distriktene 

      Aaraas, Ivar Johannes (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Med medisinstudiet i Tromsø som utgangspunkt belyser vi den internasjonale utviklingen av distriktsorienterte legeutdanninger fra 1960-tallet og fram til i dag. Basert på ulike perspektiver; universitetenes, studentenes, lærernes, pasientenes og befolkningens perspektiver, framlegges erfaringer med å anvende distriktene og kommunehelsetjenesten som undervisningsarena i legers grunnutdanning. De ...
    • Supply of doctors to a rural region: Occupations of Tromsø medical graduates 1979–2012 

      Aaraas, Ivar Johannes; Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Aasland, Olaf Gjerløw (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-26)
      Background: The aim of establishing the medical school in Tromsø in 1973 was to improve access to doctors and standards of health care for the previously underprivileged rural population of Northern Norway. In this study we examine how the aim of supplying doctors to the north has been achieved. Material and methods: By utilising a cross-sectional design we have analysed 34 classes of Tromsø medical ...
    • What professional activities do general practitioners find most meaningful? Cross sectional survey of Norwegian general practitioners 

      Halvorsen, Peder Andreas; Edwards, A.; Aaraas, Ivar Johannes; Aasland, Olaf Gjerløw; Kristiansen, Ivar Sønbø (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Health reforms in many countries affect the scope and nature of primary care. General Practitioners (GPs) are expected to spend more time developing public health, preventive health care, coordination of care and teamwork. We aimed to explore which professional activities GPs consider to be meaningful and how they would like to prioritise tasks. In a cross sectional online survey 3,270 GPs were ...