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Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik, Associate professor, MD, PhD

Date of birth: October 17, 1960

Section for General Practice
and
The National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care
University of Bergen
Kalfarveien 31, N-5018 Bergen, Norway

E-mail: gunnar.bondevik@isf.uib.no

Education:
1980 Basic studies - mathematics, University of Bergen (UoB).
1981 Basic studies - psychology, UoB.
1982 - 1988 Medical school, UoB.
1996 - 2001 PhD-student, UoB, supported by the Norwegian Research Council.
2003 Specialist in General Practice/Family Medicine.
2004-2005 Utviklingsprogram i universitetspedagogikk

Appointments:
1988 - 1989 Internship, medical, surgical and gyn/obs departments, Stord Hospital.
1990 General Practitioner, Austevoll municipality.
1990 - 1991 Navy doctor - Haakonsvern, Bergen.
1991 Resident, Medical Department, Haukeland Hospital, Bergen.
1992 - 1993 General Practitioner, Tansen Hospital, Nepal.
1993 Resident, Medical Department, Haukeland Hospital, Bergen.
1993 - 1996 General Practitioner, Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
1994 - 1995 Acting Chief, Outpatient & Emergency Department, Patan Hospital.
1996 Deputy Health Services Director, United Mission to Nepal, Kathmandu.
1996 - 2002 General Practitioner, Bømlo municipality.
1996 - 2002 PhD-student/Researcher, Centre for International Health, UoB.
2002 - 2003 Resident, Psychiatric Outpatient Department, Stord Hospital.
2003 - General Practitioner, Bømlo municipality.
2003 - Associate professor, Dept. of Publ. Health & Prim. Health Care, UoB.
2006 - Researcher at the National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care.

Doctoral thesis:
  • Anaemia and nutritional deficiencies in pregnant Nepali women. Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, 2001.

Research exchange program:
  • Visiting Scholar, International Health Program, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Sept - Dec, 2000.

Main areas of research interest:
  • Maternal health issues in low-income countries.
  • Depression and sleep disturbances among women in the postnatal period.
  • Emergency primary health care.

Referee work:
  • Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
  • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
  • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care.

Supervision:

  • PhD candidate:
    • Signe Dørheim Ho-Yen: "Depression in the postnatal period, differences in prevalence, risk factors and health care seeking practice for Norwegian and Nepali women."

  • Master candidate:
    • Ram Krishna Chandyo: "Cobalamin and folate status among women of reproductive age in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Centre for International Health (2003).

  • Medical students (project work):
    • Hans Kristian Maridal: "Evaluation of the 'under 5 clinic' at Chapagaon Health Teaching Post, Kathmandu, Nepal" (2005).
    • Karina Vatne & Vibecke Lunde: "Barn med astma - formidling av trygghet" (2006).
    • Jan Erik Angeltveit & Vegard Vevatne: "A study of diagnosis and economical expenses for children being treated at Okhaldunga Community Hospital, Nepal" (2007).
    • Berit Marie Skorpen & Irene Tjora: "Consequences of the implementation of a charity program for children under the age of 3 admitted at Okhaldunga Community Hospital, Nepal" (2008).
    • Jørgen Skogland Østensjø & Kristian Pilskog: "The use of Maternal waiting home at Okhaldunga Community Hospital, Nepal" (2008).

Teaching experience:
  • Medical students: Maternal health in low-income countries, Communication skills.
  • Medical doctors: How to teach medical students general practice.

Publications:
  • Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Ulstein, Magnar Knut; Lie, Rolv Terje; Rana, Geetha; Kvåle, Gunnar. The prevalence of anemia in pregnant Nepali women - a study in Kathmandu. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2000;79(5):341-349.
  • Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Eskeland, Benedicte; Ulvik, Rune Johan; Ulstein, Magnar Knut; Lie, Rolv Terje; Schneede, Jørn; Kvåle, Gunnar. Anemia in pregnancy: possible causes and risk factors in Nepali women. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2000;54:3-8.
  • Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Lie, Rolv Terje; Ulstein, Magnar; Kvåle, Gunnar. Seasonal variation in risk of anemia among pregnant Nepali women. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 2000;69(3):215-222.
  • Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Lie, Rolv Terje; Ulstein, Magnar; Kvåle, Gunnar. Maternal hematological status and risk of low birth weight and preterm delivery in Nepal. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2001;80:402-408.
  • Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Schneede, Jørn; Refsum, Helga; Lie, Rolv Terje; Ulstein, Magnar; Kvåle, Gunnar. Homocysteine and methylmalonic acid levels in pregnant Nepali women. Should cobalamin supplementation be considered? European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2001;55:856-864.
  • Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Olsen, Bjørg Evjen; Lie, Rolv Terje; Bergsjø, Per; Gasheka, Peter; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Ulvik, Rune Johan; Kvåle, Gunnar. Anemia in pregnancy in rural Tanzania; associations with micro-nutritients status and infections. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2002;56:192-199.
  • Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Smith-Sivertsen, Tone; Baerheim, Anders. Use of actors to train medical students in communication skills. Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association 2006;126:2118-2121.
  • Ho-Yen, Signe Dørheim; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Eberhard-Gran, Malin; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. The prevalence of depressive symptoms in the postnatal period in Lalitpur district, Nepal. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2006;85:1186-1192.
  • Ho-Yen, Signe Dørheim; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Eberhard-Gran, Malin; Bjorvatn, Bjørn. Factors associated with depressive symptoms among postnatal women in Nepal. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2007;86(3):291-297.
  • Nieber, Tobias; Holm-Hansen, Elisabeth; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Blinkenberg, Jesper; Thesen, Janecke; Zakariassen, Erik; Hunskaar, Steinar. Organization of Norwegian out-of-hours primary health care services. Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association 2007;127(10):1335-1338.
  • Zakariassen, Erik; Blinkenberg, Jesper; Holm-Hansen, Elisabeth; Nieber, Tobias; Thesen, Janecke; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi; Hunskaar, Steinar. Locations, facilities and routines in Norwegian out-of-hours services. Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association 2007;127(10):1339-1342.


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