Geir Wenberg Jacobsen

08.03.2021: What makes a team smarter? More women. This is according to the Harvard Business Review (1). 'And it was 12.06 pm,' one of the four other people in the room commented. The infection control officer had just stood up and said: 'I have made up my mind.' Part 2 of the Oppdal Week, i.e. eight different...

07.02.2019: The medical student research programme has lived up to expectations, but provides no formal and warranted credit in the new specialisation training programme. This is highly questionable. In 2018, twenty years had passed since we were last reminded of the concern over the declining number of medical...

15.10.2018: As are men. In 1899, the gymnastics teacher Johan Nicolaisen (1847–1929) composed ' Gymnastikkmarsj' (1), a song about the importance of physical activity for children in Norwegian society. The song was popularly known in Norway with the title ' Mot i brystet', as a reference to showing courage. We...

12.06.2018: A man in his early seventies attended the accident and emergency department with chills and reduced general condition. His temperature was 40.6 °C, and blood tests showed a CRP level of 115 mg/l (< 5) and leukocytes 12.9 . 10 8 (4.1–9.8 . 10 8). Two days before, he had undergone electrical...

28.11.2017: The recent amendments to the Norwegian Mental Health Care Act give patients a greater say with respect to the health care they receive. We welcome new restrictions on the use of coercion, but can foresee some challenges. In the minds of doctors and other healthcare personnel, the use of coercion is...

02.10.2017: On Midsummer's Eve this year, the Norwegian Medical Association confirmed on its website that seven of every eight Norwegians are very satisfied with the regular GP scheme. This happy news contrasts sharply with the experiences of the GPs themselves. When the trial of a patient-list scheme started...

06.06.2017: A PhD degree must continue to be fully credited as part of the specialist training for members of the medical profession. We also need to accept that research topics and methodologies stem from different medical disciplines. There is a popular legend associated with the establishment of the medical...

22.11.2016: Is the transfer of the community’s institutions to the private sector and outsourcing of public health and social services a sign that the welfare state is eroding? In my family, nobody of my parents’ generation had any education beyond primary or lower secondary school, evening courses or a craft...