Diagnostic methods and written advice for acute otitis media in primary health care.

Background: Otomicroscopy and pneumatic methods are superior to otoscopy alone in diagnosing acute otitis media (AOM). There is a lack of knowledge regarding the use of different diagnostic methods for AOM in primary health care in Sweden and Norway.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included a questionnaire completed by general practitioners (GPs) and specialist trainees (STs/residents/registrars) working in primary care in Sweden and Norway.

Local management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway: a longitudinal interview study of municipality chief medical officers.

Objective: To explore the experiences and views of Norwegian Municipality Chief Medical Officers (MCMOs) on preparedness, collaboration, and organization during the COVID-19 pandemic to gain insight into local crisis management of value for future pandemic responses.

Design: Longitudinal qualitative interview study. We conducted semi-structured digital interviews with nine MCMOs working in different municipalities in Norway from September to December 2020.

Cohort profile update: the Norwegian STORK Groruddalen (STORK G) pregnancy and birth cohort-the role of ethnicity and causal pathways for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other health issues.

Purpose: The STORK Groruddalen cohort was set up in 2008 to explore ethnic differences in: (1) , primarily gestational diabetes (GDM) and related health issues during pregnancy and post partum, and effects of exposures on risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other health issues, and (2) , overweight/obesity and effects of early life exposures.

Participants: 823 women (74% of invited) were followed from gestational week (GW) 15. Data were collected from 618 fathers.

Symptoms, symptom severity, and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients: a Norwegian web-based survey.

Objective: Dependent on clinical setting, geography and timing during the pandemic, variable symptoms of COVID-19 have been reported. Our aim was to describe self-reported symptom intensity and contact with primary health care among nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Design: Web-based survey.

Hospitalizations and severe complications following acute sinusitis in general practice: a registry-based cohort study.

Objectives: To investigate complication rates of acute sinusitis in general practice, and whether antibiotic prescribing had an impact on complication rate.

Methods: All adult patients diagnosed with sinusitis in Norwegian general practice between 1 July 2012 and 30 June 2019 were included. GP consultation data from the Norwegian Control and Payment for Health Reimbursements Database were linked with antibiotic prescriptions (Norwegian Prescription Database) and hospital admissions (Norwegian Patient Registry).

Antibiotic treatment of respiratory tract infections in adults in Norwegian general practice.

Objectives: To analyse the prevalence of respiratory tract infection (RTI) episodes with and without antibiotic prescriptions in adult patients in Norwegian general practice during the period 2012-2019.

Methods: Observational study linking data from the Norwegian Control and Payment for Health Reimbursements Database and the Norwegian Prescription Database. Episodes of acute RTIs in patients aged 18 years or older were identified and linked to antibiotic prescriptions dispensed within 7 days after diagnosis.

Experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal interview study.

Objective: When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Norway, primary health care had to reorganize to ensure safe patient treatment and maintain infection control. General practitioners (GPs) are key health care providers in the municipalities. Our aim was to explore the experiences and management strategies of Norwegian GPs during the COVID-19 pandemic - over time, and in the context of a sudden organizational change.

Treatment Patterns of Atopic Dermatitis Medication in 0-10-Year-Olds: A Nationwide Prescription-Based Study.

Introduction: The literature on treatment patterns for paediatric atopic dermatitis (AD) is scarce and is rarely based on real-world data. Using national registers, we sought to establish up-to-date, population-based prevalence estimates, predictors of risk and disease burden and a comprehensive overview of treatment patterns and course for paediatric patients with AD.

Methods: Dispensed prescriptions for the entire Norwegian child population aged 0-10 years from 2014 to 2020 were analysed.

A preliminary simulation-based qualitative study of healthcare students' experiences of interprofessional primary care scenarios.

Background: Introducing interprofessional education (IPE) in healthcare curricula can prepare students for healthcare practices that have become increasingly complex. The use of simulation is promoted to support IPE. This study explores healthcare students' experiences of participating in common, sub-acute patient scenarios that routinely occur in clinical practice in primary care.

Exploring healthcare students' interprofessional teamwork in primary care simulation scenarios: collaboration to create a shared treatment plan.

Background: Primary care providers assume responsibility for patients with increasingly complex problems requiring interprofessional collaboration. Introducing interprofessional education in healthcare curricula prepares healthcare students for this reality. Solving simulation scenarios as an educational strategy is promoted to support interprofessional education in health care, and is mostly used in acute clinical situations.

Good communication was valued as more important than accessibility according to 707 Nordic primary care patients: a report from the QUALICOPC study.

Objective: To explore Nordic patients' ranking of the importance of different aspects of general practice.

Design: Patients ranked the importance of 47 statements reflecting five quality domains: communication, involvement, accessibility, continuity, and comprehensiveness.

Setting: Nordic general practice.

Treatment of uncomplicated UTI in males: a systematic review of the literature.

Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect around 20% of the male population in their lifetime. The incidence of UTIs in men in the community is 0.9-2.

Quality improvement and antimicrobial stewardship in general practice - the role of the municipality chief medical officer. A qualitative study.

Aims: This study aimed to explore the conditions for the Municipal Chief Medical Officers' (MCMOs) involvement in quality improvement in general practice, specifically concerning antibiotic prescribing practices.

Methods: This qualitative study consisted of semi-structured in-depth telephone interviews and group interviews with MCMOs ( = 12). The interview guide aimed to explore the MCMOs' views on their role and responsibilities regarding the quality of care in general practice.

Clinical drug trials in general practice: how well are external validity issues reported?

Background: When reading a report of a clinical trial, it should be possible to judge whether the results are relevant for your patients. Issues affecting the external validity or generalizability of a trial should therefore be reported. Our aim was to determine whether articles with published results from a complete cohort of drug trials conducted entirely or partly in general practice reported sufficient information about the trials to consider the external validity.

General practitioners' and students' experiences with feedback during a six-week clerkship in general practice: a qualitative study.

Objective: Feedback may be scarce and unsystematic during students' clerkship periods. We wanted to explore general practitioners' (GPs) and medical students' experiences with giving and receiving supervision and feedback during a clerkship in general practice, with a focus on their experiences with using a structured tool (StudentPEP) to facilitate feedback and supervision.

Design: Qualitative study.

Publication and non-publication of drug trial results: a 10-year cohort of trials in Norwegian general practice.

Objectives: Previously, we identified a 10-year cohort of protocols from applications to the Norwegian Medicines Agency 1998-2007, consisting of 196 drug trials in general practice. The aim of this study was to examine whether trial results were published and whether trial funding and conflicts of interest were reported.

Design: Cohort study of trials with systematic searches for published results.

Clinical drug trials in general practice: a 10-year overview of protocols.

Background: Drugs predominantly prescribed in general practice should ideally be tested in that setting; however, little is known about drug trials in general practice. Our aim was to describe drug trials in Norwegian general practice over the period of a decade.

Methods: The present work concerns a 10-year retrospective study of protocols submitted to the Norwegian national medicines agency (1998 to 2007) identifying all studies involving general practitioners (GPs) as clinical investigator(s).

Triangulation of written assessments from patients, teachers and students: useful for students and teachers?

Background: Many medical students in general practice clerkships experience lack of observation-based feedback. The StudentPEP project combined written feedback from patients, observing teachers and students.

Aim: This study analyzes the perceived usefulness of triangulated written feedback.

Medical students' clinical performance in general practice - Triangulating assessments from patients, teachers and students.

Background: Formative assessment of medical students' clinical performance during general practice clerkship is necessary to learn consultation skills.

Aims: Our aim was to triangulate feedback using patient questionnaires, written self-assessment and teachers' observation-based assessment, and to describe the content of this feedback.

Method: We developed StudentPEP, a 15-item version of EUROPEP, a tool for measuring patients' evaluation of quality in general practice.

[Clerkship in general practice--organized for learning?].

Background: Clerkship in general practice has been considered removed from the fifth year at the University of Oslo for economical reasons. During the autumn 2007, we evaluated the clerkship after the implementation of a new feedback tool, StudPEP. This study presents how the clerkship was organized for learning based on pedagogical advice for effective learning.

[Patients--a useful resource when evaluating medical students' clinical practice?].

Background: Many medical students experience that they do not get satisfactory feedback during their general practice preceptorship. We wanted to explore whether an evaluation questionnaire answered by patients could be a useful tool for students and tutors.

Material And Methods: The Department of General Practice and Community Medicine at the University of Oslo invited medical students who attended general practice preceptorship during spring 2005 to participate.