Disputas- Eli Kristiansen

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis! Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15, samme sted: Researching equitable primary care services in the digital age.  Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet/the trail lecture will also be streamed her. Disputasen starter kl. 1215 i Aud. Cortex Disputasen vil bli strømmet her. Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. The defense will be streamed here. A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

This thesis examines patients’ access to and use of text-based e-consultations with their GP through a mixed methods design. Study 1 is an interview study with older patients, exploring their experiences with the service. Study 2 is a national survey among users, examining patterns of use. Study 3 is a free-text analysis exploring users’ suggestions for service improvement.
The integrated findings indicate that access to text-based e-consultations is conditional and depends on patients’ abilities and service characteristics. Use is shaped by both perceived convenience and constraints within the wider GP system, and text-based e-consultations operate both as a replacement for and a supplement to physical consultations.
Overall, findings show how the use of text-based e-consultations coexists with uneven access. Patterns of use are diverse and linked to patients’ needs and the availability of other GP services. Maintaining non-digital, dialogue-based GP service options is essential. Caution is warranted to address uneven access and to ensure that the use of text-based e-consultations does not pose clinical risks or increase GP workload.

Hovedveileder
Professor Paolo Zanaboni, Nasjonalt senter for e-helseforskning, Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge 

Bi-veiledere
Professor Helen Atherton, University of Southampton.
Førsteamanuensis Bjarne Austad, NTNU.
Seniorforsker Trine Strand Bergmo, Nasjonalt senter for e-helseforskning.  

Bedømmelseskomite
Professor Sue Ziebland, University of Oxford – 1. opponent.
Professor Torunn Bjerve Eide, Universitetet i Oslo – 2. opponent.
Professor Johan Gustav Bellika, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komite. 

Disputasleder: Professor Lynn Butler, Institutt for klinisk medisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske. universitet.