Surgical departments and educational institutions lack an organisational structure and culture that supports evidence-based practice. This may affect patient safety.

Student assistants taught the students in small groups and helped them to gain a better understanding of the subject content and inspired them to learn.

In the last twenty years, PhD theses in nursing science at the University of Oslo (UiO) have changed in terms of methodology, authorship and theoretical approach. Has the research become less patient-centred and patient-oriented?  

Group-based self-management programmes make it easier to cope with the disease. However, half of all patients decline to participate in such programmes.