Martin Bruusgaard Harbitz

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Nasjonalt senter for distriktsmedisin (NSDM)

Institutt for samfunnsmedisin

UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Forfatterbidrag: idé, datainnsamling, utforming, analyse og utarbeiding av manuskriptet.

Martin Bruusgaard Harbitz er ph.d., forsker og lege i spesialisering i allmennmedisin på Senja.

Articles by Martin Bruusgaard Harbitz

Work-leave rotation among general practitioners in Norwegian municipalities

Erik Edward Prestgaard,
Anette Fosse,
Birgit Abelsen,
Martin Bruusgaard Harbitz

21.11.2024: Recruiting and retaining GPs represents a major challenge for many municipalities (1). The challenges are most prominent in the least central municipalities (2–4). Some municipalities have introduced work-leave rotation (aka 'North Sea shift'), whereby the doctors work continuously for shorter...

Use of locums in the Regular GP Scheme 2016–22

Mads Rydningen,
Anette Fosse,
Birgit Abelsen,
Martin Bruusgaard Harbitz

08.05.2024: The workload of GPs is increasing (1), and the county governors, municipalities and the GPs themselves have expressed concern about the sustainability of the Regular GP Scheme (2). Problems in recruiting doctors are encountered both in the least central and the most central municipalities in Norway...