The Patient Safety Research Group, at the Institute of Health Science (IHG), Faculty of Medicine and Health, NTNU Gjøvik, is a well-established partner with SHARE. The research group is managed by associate professors May Ingvild Volungholen Sollid and Kristian Ringsby Odberg.
The focus of the group is to understand and improve healthcare systems and processes through human factors. The Patient Safety Research Group, at the Institute of Health Science (IHG), Faculty of Medicine and Health, NTNU Gjøvik, is a long-standing partner in the SHARE Centre. Under the guidance of Associate Professor Kristian Ringsby Odberg and May Ingvild Sollid, the group focuses on human factors to understand and improve healthcare systems and processes. The group comprises 20 members. We collaborate with SHARE by joint PhD supervision, co-authored publications, participation in research and writing seminars, joint research application work, and informal meetings to promote and establish further research collaboration.
The group hosts four annual meetings, to inform members on ongoing projects, promote new ideas and collaboration, and assess possible funding options for new projects. Our partnerships extend beyond academic institutions, and also includes collaboration with Innlandet Hospital Trust.
Find list of members from NTNU Gjøvik.
Ongoing projects in collaboration with SHARE
- Coordinated and family-centred long-term care pathways for children and their families’: A resilience perspective.
- Use of mortality data for detecting factors that may affect the occurrence of avoidable deaths.
- Team training to support medication administration in the ambulance services. A study of a teamwork interventions’ impact on medication administration.
Selected publications
- Gransjøen, A. M. (2024). Prevalence, impact and prevention of stress and burnout, and promoting resilience among radiological personnel: a systematized review. Discover Psychology, 4(1), 11.
- Myhr, K., Ballangrud, R., Aase, K., & Vifladt, A. (2024). Ambulance professionals' experiences of teamwork in the context of a team training programme–a qualitative study. BMC Emergency Medicine, 24(1), 108.
- Kjelle, E., Brandsæter, I. Ø., Andersen, E. R., & Hofmann, B. (2024). Sustainability in healthcare by reducing low-value imaging–A narrative review. Radiography, 30, 30-34.
Highlights 2024
The Patient Safety Research Group at the Institute of Health Science (IHG), Faculty of Medicine and Health, NTNU Gjøvik, has seen recent accomplishments:
- Dr. Eivind Richter Andersen has successfully completed his PhD degree.
- Randi Ballangrud has been promoted to Professor.
- The group participated in writing seminars with supervisors from UiS and Gjøvik.
- Through collaborative efforts with our colleagues at SHARE in Stavanger we have worked purposefully towards research proposals and applying for funding.
- We are proud partners in an EU-project with SHARE: Support4Resilience (S4R) - Strengthening resilience and mental wellbeing through the Support4Resilience toolbox for leaders in elderly care.