Eli Natvik

Field of work

I am Professor of Health Promotion and Public Health, working in the fields of mental health, service user participation, and collaboration in health services. My research is grounded in humanistic health sciences and draws on patient and service user experiences, particularly in relation to health services.
Publications: Google Scholar 

Research and innovation

I lead the work package Responsive and responsible research and innovation with service user participation in the research and innovation project Norse Impact (Pilot Health, Research Council of Norway).

My research includes:

• Digitalised and personalised health services

• Health service innovation and support for self-management

• Service user participation in research, including testing of the Dialogue Model

• Patient experiences from treatment for obesity, eating disorders, and mental health conditions

Research Groups

Deputy Head, Research Group for Personalised Health Services (PERSONFORSK)

Personalized health services (PERSONFORSK) - Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (hvl.no) 

https://www.helse-forde.no/helseforsking/forskingsgrupper/personforsk/

Education and learning development

To strengthen the link between research and education, I have developed the digital learning resource Active Clinical Reflection – a research-based group exercise aimed at experienced clinicians and master’s students in health and medicine. The resource uses film illustrating clinical practice to stimulate reflection in and on action. Active Clinical Reflection has been user-tested and is currently in use.

👉 Please feel free to contact me if you would like to try the resource or adapt it to your teaching.

Teaching and supervision

• Master’s programme in Collaboration and Public Health

• Master’s programme in Clinical Physiotherapy

• PhD programme Health, Function and Participation, HVL

• PhD programme Responsible Innovation and Regional Development, HVL

Background

I completed my PhD at the University of Bergen in 2015 with the dissertation
Carrying the weight of uncertainty: Patients’ long-term experiences after bariatric surgery 🔗https://rb.gy/r8c8oq  

I am an authorized physiotherapist with extensive clinical experience in rehabilitation and intensive/respiratory physiotherapy. I have worked in higher education since 2012.