Professor

Oscar Tranvåg

Department of Health and Caring sciences
Oscar Tranvåg
Tel: +47 55 58 55 49
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KRONSTAD, F408
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Field of work

My name is Oscar Tranvåg. I am a mental health nurse, holding a position as professor in Caring Science at the Department of Health and Caring Sciences.

Key goals for caring science is developing knowledge about the care needs of people who experience illness, disabilities or ageing, and how these needs can be met through good health and care services. In my caring research, I work to develop new knowledge about the core of caring, and the basic prerequisites for caring – caring as a phenomenon. Furthermore, I explore the significance of caring for various vulnerable patient groups, the conditions of caring in the health and care services, and how the caring dimension can be safeguarded within the health and care services.

Central themes in my research are: caring for older people experiencing illness and suffering; caring for women living with women's diseases, and; dignity-preserving care, and I am using various qualitative approaches in my research.

I also hold the position as Editor-in-Chief in Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences.



Courses taught
  • Caring science
  • Dignity-preserving care
  • Qualitative research methods

Research areas
  • Caring for older people experiencing illness and suffering
  • Caring for women living with women's diseases
  • Dignity-preserving care

Research groups

Comparative Services Research (Sammenlignende Tjenesteforsk): a multi-disciplinary research group carrying out research on public welfare services from a comparative perspective.

Courses taught
  • KAS590, Master's thesis, Fall 2024
  • KAS590, Master's thesis, Spring 2025
  • MAMET1SF, Philosophy of science, ethics and research methods, Spring 2025
  • MAMET1SF, Philosophy of science, ethics and research methods, Fall 2024
  • MAMET1SKA, Philosophy of science, ethics and research methods, Spring 2025
  • MS1-307, Master's Thesis in Cooperation and Public health, Fall 2024
  • MS1-307, Master's Thesis in Cooperation and Public health, Spring 2025
  • MS1-323, Collaboration – service users and the professional , Fall 2024
  • MS1-328, Project plan, Spring 2025
  • MS1-340, Dementia and mental health problems among older people , Spring 2025
  • PHA508, Master's thesis, Spring 2025
  • PHA508, Master's thesis, Fall 2024
  • PHDH903, Research design and methods, Fall 2024
  • PHDH909, Health, function and participation, Fall 2024
  • PHDH909, Health, function and participation, Spring 2025

Publications

  • Early intervention in homebased elderly care - interdisciplinary teams' new role as gatekeepers of long-term services

    Silje Tollefsen, Oscar Tranvåg, Malin Knutsen Glette, Oddvar Førland (2024)

  • The new role of interdisciplinary teams as gatekeepers of long-term care services

    Silje Tollefsen, Oscar Tranvåg, Malin Knutsen Glette, Oddvar Førland (2024)

  • Contextual influences on knowledge translation capacity in a nursing home organisation: A phenomenological hermeneutical study

    Trine-Lise Dræge Steinskog, Oscar Tranvåg, Donna Ciliska, Birgitte Graverholt (2024)
    Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 2024

  • Sykehjemsbeboere betalte en høy pris under pandemien – var tiltakene forholdsmessige?

    Laila Tingvold, Jill-Marit Moholt, Oddvar Førland, Frode Fadnes Jacobsen, Oscar Tranvåg (2023)
    Dagens medisin 2023

  • IMPAKT An integrated KT initiative to address the knowledge-to-action gap in nursing homes

    Trine-Lise Dræge Steinskog, Oscar Tranvåg, Donna Ciliska, Birgitte Espehaug, Thomas Potrebny, Birgitte Graverholt (2023)
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