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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
Students' exams and doctors' reality
- Petter Gjersvik
12.06.2018:
Doctors are not supposed to guess. Written exams and other systems for the assessment of medical students should reflect the way doctors work. May and June means exam time, and that also applies to medical students. Exams are meant to ensure that the students have the requisite knowledge and skills...
Learning how to write
- Petter Gjersvik
21.08.2017:
Doctors record, discuss and conclude in writing. Therefore, medical students need to practise their writing skills and be tested on their ability to write professionally. All doctors write. Few write academic articles, but nearly all write patient records, referrals, test requisitions, case...
We shall all make mistakes
- Petter Gjersvik
23.08.2016:
The willingness to face criticism is crucial for learning and for becoming an even better doctor. Mistakes must be cultivated, but in the correct way. Nobody passes through life without making mistakes, and doctors least of all. Eliminating all mistakes and adverse events from the health services is...
To listen, look and think
- Petter Gjersvik
11.08.2015:
A diagnostic process is based on the same principles irrespective of specialty: listening to the patient, examining the patient systematically and pursuing a line of reasoning As a clinical teacher of medicine, I often start a new semester by asking the students: What should a general practitioner...
Using the blackboard
- Petter Gjersvik
28.10.2014:
Blackboards and whiteboards are underestimated teaching aids. They can be used as either an alternative or a supplement to PowerPoint The teaching of medicine is to a large extent based on direct contact between the teacher and the students – face to face. Questions are asked in small clinical...
Goals and grades for medical teachers
- Petter Gjersvik
19.08.2014:
Academic merit at our universities is almost exclusively earned by publication of research. As long as this situation prevails, medical teaching will invariably be given low priority. At the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo, the practice of using only two grades – pass and fail – will...
Why is feedback so difficult?
- Petter Gjersvik
25.03.2014:
Feedback works at its best when it inspires reflection on behaviour and performance. Uncritical praise or criticism alone is rarely effective. Feedback is decisive to achieve good learning, but giving appropriate and constructive feedback to learners can be a difficult matter. Most teachers will...
The skin as canvas
- Petter Gjersvik
11.06.2013:
Tattooing is about identity, fashion and beauty. Body decoration is a reflection of our times – free, diverse and changing Tattooing has a long history (1). In modern times, tattooing was long associated with sailors who, sober or under the influence of alcohol, were adorned with maritime motifs –...