Cornelia Ruland

The Center for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research was established in 2002 as an independent research department for nursing and allied health sciences at Rikshospitalet University Hospital.

The Center plays a key role in accomplishing the hospital's strategic goal:  to continue to be Norway's largest and most productive medical and nursing research center.

The Center's primary mission is twofold:

1. to conduct top-level research in their dedicated programs of research listed below
2. to improve competencies, research skills and evidence based practice among nurses and other health professionals at the hospital. 

The Center is organized into four programs. Administratively, the Center's director reports directly to the hospital's CEO. The Center is also formally affiliated with the University of Oslo. The Center enjoys a strong national and international collaboration. 

The Center dedicated research programs are: 

• Translation of effective clinical interventions into everyday clinical practice
• Novel technologies to support patient-centred illness management and self-management and support systems for communication and information sharing between patients and care providers - read more
• Symptoms, symptom management and quality of life - read more
• Evidence based practice - read more
• Information technology - read more

Our research team currently consists of five PhD prepared faculty (whereof 3 are full professors). Twelve PhD students from interdisciplinary backgrounds participate currently in our research. (Jan. 2009)