General medicine / Family Medicine

The mentor scheme

Communication and consultation

Professional identity formation

Medical education research / Medical pedagogy

Infections / Tick-borne diseases

Antibiotic use / Antibiotic resistance / Antibiotic guidelines

Communication course for medical students

Video groups after clinical placements

PASKON (early patient contact)

The mentor scheme

Introduction to medical pedagogy (ELMED21A)

Medical educational practice (ELMED21B)

Infections in general practice

Clinical epidemiology

2026

• Magnus Fossum; Ingrid Keilegavlen Rebnord; Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen et al. (2026). Incidence of skin and soft tissue infections in general practice and out-of-hours services in Norway 2006–2022. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen (2026). Improving alignment of consultation teaching practices across pre- and postgraduate levels of family medicine doctor training. (external link)

2025

• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen (2025). How can we cultivate emotional intelligence among health care students?. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen; Kristin Heggen; Monika Kvernenes et al. (2025). Medisinstudenter må lære å håndtere usikkerhet. (external link)
• Trygve Skonnord; Guro Haugen Fossum; Maria Romøren et al. (2025). The experience of meeting a medical student at the GP's office. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen (2025). I'll Take It with Me When I Go. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen (2025). Your Everyday—My Once in a Lifetime. (external link)
• Lars Emil Aga Haugom; Knut Erik Emberland; Ingrid Keilegavlen Rebnord et al. (2025). Remote versus in-person consultations for acute cystitis: antibiotic treatment and clinical outcomes, a retrospective cohort study. (external link)

2022

• Diman Barzigar; Nicolas Melchior Frederic Øyane; Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen (2022). Legemiddelgjennomgang: Smågruppebasert forbedring i praksis. En kvalitativ studie blant norske fastleger.. (external link)
• Ingeborg Forthun; Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen; Knut Erik Emberland et al. (2022). The association between insomnia, sleep duration and infections among patients in general practice. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen (2022). Studentundervisning, praksis og veiledning. (external link)
• Sunniva Torsvik; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen et al. (2022). Prevalence of insomnia and hypnotic use in Norwegian patients visiting their general practitioner. (external link)

2013

• Morten Lindbæk; Siri Jensen; Knut Eirik Eliassen et al. (2013). New guidelines for use of antibiotics in the primary health care service. (external link)
• Reidar Hjetland; Knut Eirik Eliassen; Morten Lindbæk et al. (2013). Tick bites in healthy adults from western Norway: Occurrence, risk factors, and outcomes. (external link)

2023

• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen; Mette Brekke (2023). Allmennlegen som veileder – dugnadstiden er forbi. (external link)
• Trygve Skonnord; Julie Solberg Knutsen; Edvin Schei et al. (2023). The experience of meeting a medical student at the GP's office. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen; Julie Solberg Knutsen; Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik et al. (2023). Flere praksisplasser og bedre veiledning for medisinerstudenter på fastlegekontorene - FRONESIS. (external link)
• Ingeborg Forthun; Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen; Knut Erik Emberland et al. (2023). The association between self-reported sleep problems, infection, and antibiotic use in patients in general practice. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen (2023). Wanted: clinical supervisors! Sustainable student education in a general practice workforce crisis. (external link)

2012

• Siri Jensen; Anne Kveim Lie; Knut Eirik Eliassen et al. (2012). Antibiotikaresistens i Norge-aktørseminar 16.01.2008. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Eliassen (2012). Flåttbåren sykdom i Norge. (external link)

2008

• Knut Eirik Eliassen; Morten Lindbæk; Dag Berlid et al. (2008). Førstevalgsbehandling for erythema migrans er fortsatt penicillin. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Eliassen (2008). Nye retningslinjer for antibiotika i allmennpraksis og sykehjem. (external link)
• Dag Berild; Knut Eirik Eliassen (2008). Sepsis A78 (del av kap 7.10). (external link)

2009

• Sverre Rørtveit; Erlend Tolaas; Knut Eirik Eliassen et al. (2009). S. Rørtveit og medarbeidere svarer. (external link)
• Knut Eirik Eliassen (2009). To treat or not to treat - om antibiotikabruk i allmennpraksis. (external link)

2024

• Eivind Alexander Valestrand; Beth Whelan; Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen et al. (2024). Alienation in the Teaching Hospital: How Physician Non-Greeting Behaviour Impacts Medical Students' Learning and Professional Identity Formation. (external link)
• Trygve Skonnord; Julie Solberg Knutsen; Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen (2024). Opplevelsen av å møte en legestudent på fastlegekontoret. (external link)
• Trygve Skonnord; Julie Solberg Knutsen; Edvin Schei et al. (2024). The experience of meeting a medical student at the GP's office. (external link)

2021

• Lars Haugom; Sabine Ruths; Knut Erik Emberland et al. (2021). Consultations and antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections in Norwegian primary care 2006–2015, a registry-based study. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

More clinical placement sites and better supervision for medical students at GP offices (FRONESIS).

Available from: Flere praksisplasser og bedre veiledning for medisinstudenter på fastlegekontorene (FRONESIS) - Alrek (alrekhelseklynge.no)

 

PROFMED - Medical students' professional identity formation during hospital practice.

Available from: PROFMED - Medical students' professional identity formation during hospital practice | Enhet for læring | UiB

 

“The philosophical outpatient clinic” www.filosofiskpoliklinikk.no

 

“To greet or not to greet. The impact of social behavior on medical students' workplace learning. An interview study”. Interview study of fourth-year medical students during hospital practice in the medical and surgical department. A collaboration with E. Schei, B. Whelan and E. Valestrand.

 

Joint general medical research in Bergen – FAMFIB 2023: "Patient's experience of a medical student at the doctor's office".

With the research group for medical education, MedUt: Research in Medical Education | Section for General Practice | UiB

 

Joint general medical research in Bergen - FAMFIB 2020: "Sleep and infection in general practice".

With Bjørn Bjorvatn, Ingeborg Forthun and Knut Erik Emberland, Research Group SMIL: SMIL | Section for General Practice | UiB

 

Treatment and course of urinary tract infections in Norwegian general practice

Main supervisor for PhD candidate Lars Haugom, with ABINOR: ABINOR - Antibiotic use and infections in Norwegian primary care services 2006 – 2025 | Section for General Practice | UiB

 

COVID-19 outbreak in Norway - Epidemiology, health care utilization and primary care management (CONOPRI).

Co-supervisor for PhD candidate Jonas Dale. With NORCE: COVID-19 outbreak in Norway – Epidemiology, health care utilization and primary care management – CONOPRI - Norce (norceresearch.no)

 

"Academic contribution towards the GP crisis"

Initiator and leader of national collaboration between the four general practice university environments in Norway to contribute towards the GP crisis from an academic point of view. Summarized knowledge report on the importance of doctors in the primary healthcare service sent to former Minister of Health, Bent Høie in 2020 and updated with an invitation for collaboration to the new Minister of Health, Ingvild Kjerkol in 2021.

Eliassen, Knut Eirik Ringheim; Fosse, Anette; Risør, Torsten; Austad, Bjarne; Skjellegrind, Håvard; Owner, Torunn Bjerve; Mildestvedt, Thomas; Hetlevik, Øystein; Schei, Edwin. (2021): Letter to the Minister of Health in connection with the rescue operation for the GP scheme.

Available from: https://universityofbergen.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/TEAM_FAM/EY2Ig3SdtS5Hjg8Z4Ob7Om8Br-JhAImi5vdkYMHl4J9jIA?e=4bWmMn  & https://www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/2022/05/16/fastlegeordningen-dor/