Hege Sletvold
Head of Division
Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences
Areas of expertise
Pharmaceutics, Social pharmacy, Pharmacology, Medication safety, Medication management, Patient safety, Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Pharmacy (50%)
Head of Division; Drugs and Medication Management (50%) at Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University.
Previous Positions:
- Associate Professor at Nord (HiNT) since 2015
- Pharmacy Manager at Boots Norge AS. 2009-2016.
- Post.doc. at the Institute of Biotechnology, NTNU. 2008-2009.
- Philosophiae doctor in Pharmacy (Ph.D.), Faculty of Medicine, UiT, The Artic University of Norway. 2004-2008. Thesis: VanA type glycopeptide resistance plasmids in Enterococcus faecium; Genetic components and mechanisms of persistence.
- Candidatus pharmaciae (Master of Pharmacy), Faculty of Medicine, UiT, the Artic University of Norway. 1998-2003. Thesis: Comparative sequence analysis of R-plasmids harboured by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from food animals and farmers in Norway
I teach pharmacology, pharmacotherapy, social pharmacy, and research methods at the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences.
I supervise candidates on PhD, Master, and Bachelor levels at Nord and NTNU.
I coordinate the pharmacy placement for pharmacy students at Nord.
My course responsibilities:
The Pharmacist's Role in Society, FAR2022, 20 ECT.
Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, PRA2051, 30 ECT.
My pharmacy research focuses on the use of medicines, in a broad sense, involving three specific topics:
1) Medical microbiology and antimicrobial resistance,
2) Social pharmacy and pharmacy practice,
3) Medication safety and rational use of medicines.
Ongoing projects:
- Patient centered consultations in pharmacies to support safe use of medications.
- MedSafe-Old: Ensuring medication safety for older recipients of municipal home care services
- The pharmacy as a healthcare service - best practice for "over the counter" (OTC) counselling
- Depression and anxiety in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: Prevalence trends and drug treatments 1995-2019. A linkage between the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) and the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD).
- Peer learning and peer assessment in pharmacy eduction. (Henge Sammen: Å få det til å henge sammen – ved å henge sammen. Samlæring og hverandre-vurdering i farmasiutdanningen)
- Quality and Relevance in Practice: a pilot project for interprofessional education in health professions education programmes (Kvalitet og Relevans i Praksis [KoRiP])
Previous projects:
2025
From passive to participatory: exploring pharmacy students’ experiences and perceptions with active learning 2025 BMC Medical Education - Hege Sletvold, Linda Amundstuen, Daniel Horst Zeiss, Marcel Köhler
A qualitative non-participant observational study of non-prescription counseling in community pharmacies 2025 Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (ERCSP) - Helene Marie Haldorsen Gombos, Tonje Krogstad, Marthe Rambøl Bjørknes, Hege Sletvold, Milada Hagen, Karin Svensberg
2024
Pharmacist supply of non-prescription sildenafil in Norway: a simulated patient mixed-method study 2024 International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (IJPP) - Hedda Tvete Syversen, Tonje Krogstad, Hege Sletvold
2023
Effekt og sikkerhet av orale antikoagulantia ved nedsatt nyrefunksjon. 2023 Norsk Farmaceutisk Tidsskrift (NFT) - Emma Dall Johansen, Jonny Hieu Tran, Mikal Solstad Øiaas, Hege Sletvold
Risk of antidepressant initiation among users of cardiovascular agents and metformin. Findings from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) and Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD), Norway 2023 Pharmacology Research & Perspectives - Ivana Bojanic, Ottar Bjerkeset, Lana J. Williams, Michael Berk, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Erik Reidar Sund, Hege Sletvold
Depression and anxiety in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: Prevalence trends and drug treatments 1995-2019 2023 - Ivana Bojanic, Hege Sletvold, Ottar Bjerkeset, Erik R Sund
2022
How have Supplemental Instruction-Peer Assisted Study Sessions (SI-PASS) programmes adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic? Case Studies from four Higher Education Institutes in Ireland, Norway, the UK and Sweden. 2022 Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal - Joakim Malm, Marcia Ody, Helena Elven Eriksson, isabella Fairclough, Matthew Oakley, Beth Rotherham, Roger Helde, Elisabeth Suzen, Hege Sletvold, Amber Walsh Oleson
Nurse-Led Interventions to Promote Medication Adherence in Community Care: A Systematic Review Medication safety in municipal health and care services 2022 - Hege Sletvold, Sue Jordan, Rose Mari Olsen
Å ta beslutning om behovsmedisin : En kvalitativ studie om hvordan beslutningstaking praktiseres i forbindelse med bruk av behovsmedisin, i kommunale omsorgsboliger for eldre 2022 - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
Associations of Cardiovascular Agents and Metformin with Depression Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the HUNT Study, Norway 2022 Drugs - real world outcomes - Ivana Bojanic, Ottar Bjerkeset, Lana J Williams, Michael Berk, Erik Sund, Hege Sletvold
Medication safety in municipal health and care services 2022 - Rose Mari Olsen, Hege Sletvold
Bruk av piktogrammer i kommunikasjon om legemidler. 2022 Norsk Farmaceutisk Tidsskrift (NFT) - Hege Sletvold, Ros Dowse
Nurses’ knowledge sources when making decisions involving pro re nata medication in sheltered housings for older people: A qualitative descriptive study 2022 The Nordic Journal of Nursing Research (NJNR) - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
2021
Older Adults Living in Sheltered Housing’s Experiences of Involvement in Pro Re Nata Decisions. A Narrative Positioning Analysis 2021 Global Qualitative Nursing Research - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Bodil H. Blix, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
Psychological Distress and Use of Psychotropic Drugs Among University Students—the SHoT Study, Norway 2021 Frontiers in Psychiatry - Ivana Bojanic, Erik R. Sund, Ottar Bjerkeset, Børge Sivertsen, Hege Sletvold
‘Sometimes we just have to trust our gut feeling and hope the reporting is good’.
Healthcare providers’ experiences of pro re nata medication decision-making in sheltered housing 2021 Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
Supplemental Instruction Implementation in Healthcare Education Supplemental Instruction Volume 3: Organisation and Leadership 2021 - Hege Sletvold, Anne-Lise Grønningsæter Loftfjell, Maibritt Lervik, Elisabeth Suzen, Roger Helde, Linda Amundstuen
Prevalence trends of depression and anxiety symptoms in adults with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes 1995–2019: The HUNT studies, Norway 2021 BMC Psychology - Ivana Bojanic, Erik Sund, Hege Sletvold, Ottar Bjerkeset
2020
'To give or not to give medication, that is the question.' Healthcare personnel's perceptions of factors affecting pro re nata medication in sheltered housing for older adults — a focus-group interview study 2020 BMC Health Services Research - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
Kan organisering av omsorgsboliger for eldre påvirke praksis i forbindelse med legemidler som gis ved behov? 2020 Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
2019
Adverse Drug Reactions in Norway: A Systematic Review 2019 Pharmacy - Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Patricia A Logan, Sue Jordan, Hege Sletvold
PRN Medicines Management for Psychotropic Medicines in Long-Term Care Settings: A Systematic Review 2019 Pharmacy - Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Flores Vizcaya Moreno, Hege Sletvold, Sue Jordan
Impact of pictograms on medication adherence: A systematic literature review 2019 Patient Education and Counseling - Hege Sletvold, Lise Annie Bjørnli Sagmo, Eirik A Torheim
2018
2016
Manglende etterlevelse - også en bevisst handling : 2016 Norsk Farmaceutisk Tidsskrift (NFT) - Hege Therese Bell, Hege Sletvold, Linda Amundstuen Reppe
2010
Tn1546 is part of a larger plasmid-encoded genetic unit horizontally disseminated among clonal Enterococcus faecium lineages 2010 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - H Sletvold, PJ Johnsen, Odd-Gunnar Wikmark, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, A Sundsfjord, KM Nielsen
PCR-based plasmid typing in Enterococcus faecium strains reveals widely distributed pRE25-, pRUM-, pIP501-and pHT beta-related replicons associated with glycopeptide resistance and stabilizing toxin-antitoxin systems 2010 FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology - Torill Cathrin Solvær Rosvoll, Torunn Pedersen, Hege Sletvold, Pål Jarle Johnsen, Johanna U Ericson Sollid, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Lars B Jensen, Kaare Magne Nielsen, Arnfinn Sundsfjord
2008
Complete sequence of Enterococcus faecium pVEF3 and the detection of an omega-epsilon-zeta toxin-antitoxin module and an ABC transporter 2008 Plasmid - H Sletvold, PJ Johnsen, I Hamre, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, KM Nielsen
2007
Comparative DNA analysis of two vanA plasmids from Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from poultry and a poultry farmer in Norway 2007 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy - H Sletvold, PJ Johnsen, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, B Aasnæs, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, KM Nielsen
2005
Persistence of animal and human glycopeptide-resistant enterococci on two Norwegian poultry farms formerly exposed to avoparcin is associated with a widespread plasmid-mediated vanA element within a polyclonal Enterococcus faecium population 2005 Applied and Environmental Microbiology - Pål Jarle Johnsen, Jan Ivar Østerhus, Hege Sletvold, Marit Sørum, Hilde Kruse, Kaare Magne Nielsen, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Arnfinn Sundsfjord
2025
Inclusive teaching in STEM subjects. 2025 INCLUSIVE TEACHING IN PHARMACY EDUCATION: A FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - Hege Sletvold, Quynh Bao Truong Le, Claire Coderch, José Ángel Martínez, Karmen Kapp, Tuuli Karhu
Personsentrert veiledning av reseptfrie legemidler og andre produkter i apotekets selvvalg 2025 Helsetjenesteforskningskonferansen 2025: Kunnskaps- og innovasjonsbehov i de kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenestene - Tonje Krogstad, Helene Marie Haldorsen Gombos, Karin Svensberg, Hege Sletvold
Vol. 25 No. 4 (2025): FIP World Congress Copenhagen 2025 Abstracts
| Pharmacy Education 2025 FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Aug 2025) - Helene Marie Haldorsen Gombos, Karin Svensberg, Tonje Krogstad, Hege Sletvold
Om medbestemmelse ved tildeling av hjemmesykepleie for hjelp til håndtering av legemidler 2025 Helsetjenesteforskningskonferansen - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
Student Active Learning in Pharmacy Education – Evaluation Results from a Norwegian Curriculum Development Project 2025 Nasjonal forskningskonferanse i medisinsk og helsefaglig pedagogikk - Marcel Köhler, Linda Amundstuen, Daniel Horst Zeiss, Hege Sletvold
Tverrprofesjonelle læringsaktiviteter i praksisstudier 2025 TPS Konferansen - Ingunn Skjesol, Runar Johannesen, Hege Sletvold
Student Active Learning in Pharmacy Education - Results from a Curriculum Development Project 2025 Fakultetskonferanse FSH 2025 - Kunnskap for framtida - Marcel Köhler, Linda Amundstuen, Hege Sletvold, Daniel Horst Zeiss, Beata Joanna Godejord
2024
Tailoring Over-The-Counter Advice to the Customers, or Saying the Same Again and Again? 2024 Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - Tonje Krogstad, Karin Svensberg, Hege Sletvold
Improving health and well-being through over-the-counter counselling – an observation study 2024 International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (IJPP) - Tonje Krogstad, Hege Sletvold, Karin Svensberg
Medforskning for å utvikle kunnskap om trygg og persontilpasset legemiddelbruk hos hjemmeboende eldre 2024 Den 8. nasjonale konferansen for omsorgsforskning - Unn Siri Olsen, Gunn Eva Solum Myren, Hege Sletvold, Siri Andreassen Devik
Motiverende intervju for farmasøyter 2024 Farmasidagene 2024 - Tamara Kudusova, Malin Ôstbring, Elin Høien Bergene, Helene Margrethe Devold, Sara Bremer, Karine Wabø Ruud, Hege Sletvold
Supervision and learning in Interprofessional Education 2024 Nordic Interprofessional Network Conference 2024 - Ingunn Skjesol, Runar Johannesen, Eli Johanne Haugan Engen, Hege Sletvold
- Studenter og apotekbransjen ønsker en deltidsutdanning 2024 - Hege Sletvold, Eva Cecilie Mo skreiberg
How do Norwegian municipality health
services facilitate safe medication use for
older adults living in their own homes? 2024 Omsorgsforskningskonferansen - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
Interprofessional education during the placement - a pilot study at Nord University. 2024 Annual conference of European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy - Hege Sletvold, Linda Amundstuen, Ole Johan Lien, Eli Johanne Haugan Engen, Emma Dall Johansen, Ingunn Skjesol
2023
How do Norwegian municipality health services facilitate safe medication use for older adults living in their own homes? 2023 Farmasidagene 2023 - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Sue E. Jordan, Rose Mari Olsen
How have Supplemental Instruction-Peer Assisted Study Schemes adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic? Case Studies from four HEIs in Ireland, Norway, Sweden and UK 2023 2023 International Forum for Peer Learning and Support - Joakim Malm, Helena Elven Eriksson, Marcia Ody, isabella Fairclough, Matthew Oakley, Beth Rotherham, Roger Helde, Hege Sletvold, Elisabeth Suzen, Amber Walsh Olesen
Tailoring Over-The-Counter Advice to the Customers, or Saying the Same Again and Again? 2023 Nordic Social Pharmacy Conference - Helene Marie Haldorsen Gombos, Karin Svensberg, Hege Sletvold, Tonje Krogstad
En dag på apoteket - hvor kunden vet best? 2023 Farmasidagene - Helene Marie Haldorsen Gombos, Karin Svensberg, Hege Sletvold, Tonje Krogstad
Medisinsamtale – pasient sentrerte samtaler i apotek om etterlevelse og trygg bruk av legemidler 2023 Farmasidagene 2023 - Tamara Kudusova, Hege Sletvold, Helene Margrethe Devold, Nils Espen Lilleheim
2022
Risk of antidepressant drug initiation among users of cardiovascular agents and metformin. Findings from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) and Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD), Norway 2022 The 28th Norwegian Epidemiological Association (NOFE) conference - Ivana Bojanic, Ottar Bjerkeset, Lana Willians, Michael Berk, Johan Håkon Bjørngård, Erik R. Sund, Hege Sletvold
Risk of antidepressant drug initiation among users of cardiovascular agents and metformin. Findings from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) and Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD), Norway 2022 The 28th Norwegian Epidemiological Association (NOFE) conference - Ottar Bjerkeset, Lana J. Williams, Michael Berk, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Erik R Sund, Hege Sletvold
The pharmacy as a health care service – best practice for the OTC counselling. En observasjonsstudie i apotek 2022 Farmasidagene - Helene Marie Haldorsen Gombos, Karin Svensberg, Hege Sletvold, Tonje Krogstad
Legemiddelsikkerhet i kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenester: en vitenskapelig antologi. 2022 Farmasidagene 2022 - Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
KoRiP, Kvalitet og Relevans i Praksis. Tverrfaglig praksis i helseprofesjonsutdanninger. 2022 Farmasidagene 2022 - Hege Sletvold, Linda Amundstuen, Ole Johan Lien, Eli Johanne Haugan Engen, Emma Dall Johansen, Sissel Warem Hansen, Ingunn Skjesol
Introduction: Medication Safety in Municipal Health and Care Services 2022 - Rose Mari Olsen, Hege Sletvold
Risk of antidepressant drug initiation among users of cardiovascular agents and metformin-Findings from the HUNT study and NorPD 2022 The 28th Norwegian Epidemiological Association (NOFE) conference «Translating epidemiological research into public health» - Ottar Bjerkeset, Lana J. Williams, Michael Berk, Johan Håkon Bjørngård, Erik R. Sund, Hege Sletvold
Risk of antidepressant drug initiation among users of cardiovascular agents and metformin. Findings from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) and Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD), Norway 2022 The 28th Norwegian Epidemiological Association (NOFE) conference - Ottar Bjerkeset, Lana J. Williams, Michael Berk, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Erik. R Sund, Hege Sletvold
Risk of antidepressant drug initiation among users of cardiovascular agents and metformin. Findings from the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) and Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD), Norway 2022 The 28th Norwegian Epidemiological Association (NOFE) conference - Ottar Bjerkeset, Lana J. Williams, Michael Berk, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Erik R. Sund, Hege Sletvold
2021
Prevalence trends of depression and anxiety symptoms in adults with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes 1995-2019: The HUNT studies, Norway 2021 Norwegian PhD School of Pharmacy (NFIF) Digital Conference - Ivana Bojanic, Erik Sund, Hege Sletvold, Ottar Bjerkeset
Prevalence trends of depression and anxiety symptoms in adults with cardiovascular diseases and diabetes 1995-2019: The HUNT studies, Norway 2021 Forskningsdager - Ivana Bojanic, Erik Sund, Hege Sletvold, Ottar Bjerkeset
Antidepressive effects of cardiovascular and diabetic drugs – The HUNT population study and the National Prescription Database (NorPD), Norway 2021 Norwegian PhD School of Pharmacy (NFIF) Conference - Ivana Bojanic, Erik Sund, Hege Sletvold, Ottar Bjerkeset
2020
Behovsmedisinering for eldre i omsorgsboliger 2020 Fagdag om legemidler og pasientsikkerhet - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
2019
Informasjon om riktig bruk av legemidler - synspunkter fra fremmedspråklige apotekkunder 2019 Farmasidagene 2019 - Hege Sletvold, Thianna Nguyen
Tiltak for å øke gjennomføringsgrad i farmasiutdanningen: Supplemental Instruction (SI) 2019 Farmasidagene 2019 - Hege Sletvold, Lise Annie Bjørnli Sagmo, Linda Amundstuen Reppe
Hva påvirker håndtering av behovsmedisiner i omsorgsboliger for eldre? En kvalitativ fokusgruppestudie med helsepersonell. 2019 Farmasidagene 2019 - Marianne Kollerøs Nilsen, Hege Sletvold, Rose Mari Olsen
2018
Utvikling av metode for dokumentasjon av det digitale informasjonsverktøyet Depicto™’s innvirkning på pasienters etterlevelse av legemiddelbehandling. 2018 - Hege Sletvold, Lise Annie Bjørnli Sagmo
Metodebeskrivelse for pilotstudie. Potential impact of the digital information service Depicto™ on medical beliefs and adherence of oral antidiabetics. 2018 - Hege Sletvold, Lise Annie Bjørnli Sagmo
Metoder for måling av etterlevelse i tilknytning til bruk av piktogram. 2018 - Lise Annie Bjørnli Sagmo, Hege Sletvold
Hvordan motiverer farmasøyter til etterlevelse av legemiddelbehandling? 2018 Farmasidagene 2018 - Tamara Kudusova, Hege Sletvold
2007
Complete DNA sequence of the Enterococcus faecium vanA plasmid pIP816, and comparative analyses to vanA plasmids isolated from poultry farmer E. faecium strains 2007 Plasmid - hege Sletvold, Pål jarle Johnsen, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, arnfinn Sundsfjord, Kaare Magne Nielsen
2005
Complete nucleotide sequence of the VanA glycopeptide resistance-mediating plasmid p399/F99/A9 from Enterococcus faecium 2005 ASM-FEMS Conference on Enterococci - hege Sletvold, Pål jarle Johnsen, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, bettina AasnÆs, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Kaare Magne Nielsen