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Petter Gjersvik er professor emeritus i hudsykdommer ved Universitetet i Oslo, medlem av Gruppe for norsk medisinsk fagspråk og medisinsk redaktør i Tidsskriftet.
Articles by Petter Gjersvik
Abbreviations create distance
- Petter Gjersvik
27.09.2021:
If you wish to reach out to readers beyond your own professional community, you should use abbreviations sparingly. Many medical terms are long, and when they are frequently repeated in a text, the author might be tempted to use abbreviations, often in the form of acronyms. In many cases, such...
Many young people want to be a doctor
- Petter Gjersvik
19.08.2021:
The number of students in Norwegian medical schools will soon increase considerably. Will the number of young Norwegians who study medicine abroad, decrease to the same extent? Medicine is a popular. Approximately 3 200 students study medicine in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Tromsø, and nearly as...
Everything that can be said in English can be said in Norwegian
- Petter Gjersvik
21.04.2021:
Doctors should write and speak in a way that makes them understood. Finding good translations of English medical terms is easier than many people think. We use language to think and to record observations, thoughts and appraisals. We use language to be understood and to convey a message. Language...
Melanoma is malignant, moles are benign
- Petter Gjersvik
23.06.2020:
Pigmented skin lesions must be excised when malignancy is suspected. If there is no such suspicion, moles should generally be left alone. Many people are afraid of developing melanoma, which has a high risk of metastasis and a fatal outcome when the lesion exceeds a certain thickness (1). About two...
Exam theory for dummies
- Petter Gjersvik
11.06.2020:
The final medical studies exam is intended to test knowledge and skills that the students will need as doctors – not the students' ability to pass an exam. What is the optimal exam type? And what does an exam really test? Assessment of the students' knowledge and skills constitutes a separate...
No guessing, please
- Petter Gjersvik
20.04.2020:
Doctors often need to make decisions in situations of uncertainty. This is not the same as guessing. The TV programme Hva feiler det deg? [What's wrong with you?] on NRK1 is a medical quiz show where competitors try to arrive at a diagnosis for a patient on the basis of limited information and...
Three weeks in the sun
- Petter Gjersvik
17.02.2020:
New and effective drugs to treat psoriasis have changed the preconditions for sending patients to undergo climate therapy on Gran Canaria. Psoriasis is a chronic, fluctuating skin disease characterised by red, thickened and scaly patches on various parts of the body. Many patients with psoriasis...
Everything is hard the first time you try
- Petter Gjersvik
08.04.2019:
This journal gladly publishes articles written by students. The students' supervisors must ensure that the manuscript has the quality required for submission. As a young assistant registrar with academic ambitions I had written my first manuscript intended for publication in an academic journal. The...