Reidar Tyssen

Academic interests

• Health, illness behaviour, work stress, clinical performance and skills based on a 20-year longitudinal survey of 1000 Norwegian medical students and physicians (NORDOC)
• Suicidal behaviour
• Alcohol problems and mental health
• Work and mental health
• Subjective well-being and work satisfaction
• Interventions to prevent development of  distress and burnout

Courses taught

• MEDSEM 1
• MEDSEM 4
• MEDSEM 5
• MEDSEM 6
• MEDSEM 11
• MEDSEM 12

Background

Education

• 1981 Cand med  University of Bergen
• 1993 Specialist in Psychaitry
• 2001 Dr med University of Oslo

Academic positions

• 2010- Professor I, University of Oslo
  • (Chief of Department 2011-)
• 2006-2009 Associate Professor II, University of Oslo
• 2004-2009 Senior researcher (NRC, Almus foundation) 
• 2001-2004 Postdoc research fellow (NRC)
• 1995-2001 Doctoral research fellow (NRC- Norwegian Research Council)

Clinical positions

• 1998- Part time specialist practice in psychiatry, Asker, Oslo (from 2010)
• 1988-1996 Part time family & emergency medicine (on-call), Lier council, Buskerud
• 1993-1995 Chief Specialist, Dikemark/Ullevål Hospital, Oslo
• 1988-1993 Senior House Officer, Dikemark and Ullevål Hospitals
• 1984-1988 General Practice Medical Director (Distriktslege/Kommunelege), Dyrøy and Lenvik councils, Troms county

Positions held

• Associate Editor BMC Medical Education, 2009-2018
• Research committee in Association of Medical Education Europe (AMEE), 2014-2018
• Expert panel OECD Education 2030, 2015-

Collaboration

Project collaboration with researchers at University of Bergen, University of Tromsø, STAMI, University of British Columbia (Canada), Friedensau Adventist University (Germany), Reykjavik (Iceland), Brisbane (Australia)