Assistant Professor

Cecilie Merethe Øvrebotten

Field of work

Assistant Professor at the nursing bachelor`s degree programme

Skills training and simulation for the Advanced Nursing Practice Master's degree programme

PhD candidate, nurse, ambulance technician and master's degree in prehospital critical care from the University of Stavanger. Experience in paediatrics and prehospital emergency medicine. Other areas are facilitation and project management in improvement work.



Courses taught

Pain and pain management

Quality and patient safety

First aid and emergency medicine

Simulation and skills training

Practice follow-up of students


Research areas

Research on pain and pain management in the surgical pain trajectory. Interest in unwanted variation and barriers in pain management, as well as simulation and skills training. The field of interest is largely related to the area of patient safety and quality.


Courses taught
  • MAMET1ABIO, Philosophy of science, ethics and research methods, Spring 2025
  • SYKB200, Nursing within Acute, Chronical and Critical Disease, Spring 2025
  • SYKB390, Bachelor thesis, Fall 2024
  • SYKB390, Bachelor thesis, Spring 2025
  • SYKDF100, Basic Nursing, Spring 2025
  • SYKDF140, Pathology and Pharmacology, Spring 2025
  • SYKF100, Basic Nursing, Spring 2025
  • SYKF140, Pathology and Pharmacology, Spring 2025
  • SYKF140, Pathology and Pharmacology, Fall 2024
  • SYKF200, Nursing within Acute, Chronical and Critical Disease, Fall 2024
  • SYKF200, Nursing within Acute, Chronical and Critical Disease, Spring 2025
  • SYKF220P, Practice Study, Medical Nursing in Acute, Chronic and Critical Disease, Fall 2024
  • SYKF220P, Practice Study, Medical Nursing in Acute, Chronic and Critical Disease, Spring 2025
  • SYKF300, Nursing under Comorbid States of Disease and Patient Health Conditions , Spring 2025
  • SYKF300, Nursing under Comorbid States of Disease and Patient Health Conditions , Fall 2024
  • SYKF320P, Practice Study, Nursing under Comorbid States of Disease and Patient Health Conditions in the Municipal Health Service, Fall 2024
  • SYKF320P, Practice Study, Nursing under Comorbid States of Disease and Patient Health Conditions in the Municipal Health Service, Spring 2025