Out-of-hours workload among Norwegian general practitioners - an observational study.

Background: Repeated studies of working hours among Norwegian regular general practitioners (RGPs) have shown that the average total number of weekly working hours has remained unchanged since 1994 and up until 2014. For both male and female RGPs, the mean total weekly working hours amounted to almost 50 h in 2014. In recent years, Norwegian RGPs have become increasingly dissatisfied.

Workload in Norwegian general practice 2018 - an observational study.

Background: Rising workload in general practice has been a recent cause for concern in several countries; this is also the case in Norway. Long working hours and heavy workload seem to affect recruitment and retention of regular general practitioners (RGPs). We investigated Norwegian RGPs' workload in terms of time used on patient-related office work, administrative work, municipality tasks and other professional activities in relation to RGPs, and gender, age, employment status and size of municipality.

Paperless migrants and Norwegian general practitioners.

Background: In Norway, the rights of paperless migrants are restricted. We wished to investigate the extent to which Norwegian general practitioners give treatment to this group and their grounds for doing so, as well as to identify the health problems that were presented.

Material And Method: In 2010, an online questionnaire was distributed to 3 994 general practitioners who were members of the Norwegian Medical Association.

[How to improve continuing education and quality improvement in general practice?].

Background: Research has shown that many activities routinely used for continuing education and quality improvement in general practice, such as written information and lectures, have little or no effect on practice.

Material And Methods: The Norwegian Institute of Public Health initiated a consensus-building process on how to improve continuing education and quality improvement in Norwegian general practice.

Results And Interpretation: The work of the consensus panel led to a report in which nine initiatives were proposed: development of a national plan, strengthening of the support available for group-based learning, academic outreach visits, practice based activities, personal learning plans, a national centre for quality improvement in general practice, improved use of referral and discharge information, multidisciplinary collaboration, and patient involvement.