Associate Professor

Ingvild Hernar

Field of work

Currently on 50% leave. Lecturer and supervisor at the master programme in clinical nursing (specialisation in diabetes nursing) and the PhD programme in Health, Function and Participation. Also works as a postdoctoral fellow and diabetes specialist nurse at Haukeland University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine.

Courses taught

On master level:

  • Diabetes nursing
  • Diabetes treatment
  • Diabetes follow-up
  • Health literacy
  • Research methods

On PhD level:

  • Patient-reported outcomes
  • Intervention studies
Research areas
  • Diabetes in adults
  • Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical practice
  • PROM data from the Norwegian Diabetes Register for Adults
  • Diabetes distress, diabetes self-management, hypoglycaemia symptom awareness
  • Patient activation (in chronic diseases)
  • eCardiac Rehab
Research groups