ACR 2025 will be held October 24-29 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois

Abstract Submission: To Be Announced

For more information see here; ACR Convergence

National Research Conference - Musculoskeletal Health (MUSS) 

• Location : Clarion Hotel Oslo Airport, Hans Gaarders vei 15, Gardermoen
• Time : November 13-14, 2025
• Abstract deadline: September 12, 2025

Join our interdisciplinary conference with two eventful days of exciting lectures. The conference is relevant for researchers, healthcare professionals, users, clinicians and others interested in musculoskeletal health. Participation in the conference gives you an opportunity to network and be inspired by others who share your interest in the field.

Abstract for four lectures and/or poster presentations
You are welcome to submit abstracts for free lectures and/or poster presentations. Abstracts should be sent to This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. within September 12, 2025. We welcome abstracts from studies in all phases - from planned projects to published works. Prizes will be awarded for the best free talk and best poster presentation.

Approved course credits
Approved course credits will be applied for for participation in the conference. Information about this will be posted on the conference website as associations/federations approve hours for conference participation.

For more information about the conference, approved course credits, registration, abstract submission and collaboration forum, see: www.muss.no . The website is updated continuously.

For more information, please contact Linda M. Pedersen, email: This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , phone number: 23016171/91106219

The dates for this year's Christmas meeting are 19-21 November and this year's course will be held in Drammen, so save the dates. More information will follow.

Save the date January 23, 2026 for THE 12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON PROM IN CLINICAL RESEARCH.

Time: January 23, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. Registration deadline: January 2, 2026.

Where: Auditorium Research Building Radiumhospitalet.

Registration opens at the end of October here: https://lnkd.in/g3EfwidK

Read about the conference here: https://lnkd.in/gjM8aXZ4

Organized by the research group for PROM and health competence & PROMiNET

Welcome to new offers of group supervision in user participation in research in the fall of 2025 for PhD fellows affiliated with the REMEDY research center!

The purpose of the guidance is to highlight user participation in their research projects and is an opportunity to present an issue that deals with the collaboration with user collaborators in the individual's projects.

Save the dates now:

Monday 13 October at 14.00-14.45

Monday, December 8th at 2:00 PM-2:45 PM

The tutorials will be held in meeting room 117 in the DBL building at Diakonhjemmet Hospital. Registration for participation will be sent out well in advance.

Kind regards

Marianne Skaar

Advisor user participation in research REMEDY research center and EHI Diakonhjemmet hospital

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Tel 99241593

ICH GCP R3 was released in a new version in January this year, and was implemented on July 23 this year. In this regard, NorCRIN's SOPs have been updated. They are available at metodebok.no.

Read more at: NorCRIN's SOPs for drug studies have been updated

ICH GCP R3 was released in a new version in January, and applies from July 23, 2025. The regulations are designed specifically with clinical studies intended to be used in applications for marketing authorization, but apply to anyone conducting drug studies, including academia.

Research support has summarized the most important changes in the new regulations.

Read summary here

In January 2025, a completely new version of GCP was completed, ICH GCP E6(R3). After 23.6.25, everyone must have documented GCP courses for R3 (courses before Feb-25 have been R2 version). 

The updated regulations reflect a modernization of GCP to meet today's needs in clinical research, while maintaining participant safety and data quality as the focus. The GCP revision has increased focus on quality through risk management and requirements for transparency. In addition, data management and statistics have received increased attention.

It is a statutory requirement that anyone who has a responsibility under GCP and is involved in the testing of medicines on humans must have documented GCP training. Knowledge of GCP is useful for anyone involved in clinical trials. You can see the program  here . This spring, Regional Research Support at OUS will conduct 2 courses, which will be both digital and physical (Rikshospitalet, Store auditorium).

Friday, September 12th and Thursday, November 6th

• Principal investigator 9:00-11:30 and sponsor 12:00-16:00
• Location: digital or physical (Rikshospitalet, Store auditorium)
• Price: The course is free
• Registration:  you can register here
• Registration deadline: September 10th and November 4th

Principal Investigator:  The course covers responsibilities and roles for principal investigators and others who contribute to the inclusion and follow-up of study participants.

Sponsor:  The course covers the sponsor's responsibilities and roles in drug studies, including writing protocols and information letters to study participants, corresponding with authorities (medicines agencies and ethics committees) and. The sponsor is the initiator and responsible for the entire study.

The Directorate for Medicinal Products ( DMP, formerly SLV ) and the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK) will inform about the new regulation for drug trials, Regulation (EU) No. 536/2014, which was implemented on January 31, 2022, and requirements for transition from old to new regulations.

It will be possible to only attend DMP and REK's lecture, see program.

For more information see: GCP courses and other courses and seminars from Research Support

Update to the GCP regulations (ICH-GCP E6 R3) which will come into effect on July 23, 2025 - see link for Self-study.

In January 2025, a completely new version of GCP was completed, ICH GCP E6(R3). After 23.6.25, everyone must have documented GCP courses for R3 (courses before Feb-25 have been R2 version). 

At NorCRIN you will find a self-study course that can be taken for those who have not attended a GCP course that covers R3.

Link to self-study here: Course - NorCRIN

The course covers a wide range of tasks associated with the student nurse role, and focuses primarily on the practical practice of student nursing within the framework of applicable regulatory requirements. 

Time and place

When

1. Oct 15, 2025, 11:30 AM - 2:45 PM
2. Nov 26, 2025, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Organizer

NorCRIN

Enrollment

Deadline for registration: 21 Sep. 2025, 23:00

Enrollment

With this course, NorCRIN wants to contribute to improving competence as part of the goal of qualitative and quantitative increase in testing activity in line with the national action plan for clinical trials.

The main target group for the training is nurses who want to contribute to treatment research integrated in a clinical department or at a research post. It is a basic course for student nurses who usually have six months to one year of experience. The course covers a wide range of tasks associated with the student nurse role, and focuses primarily on the practical practice of student nursing within the framework of applicable regulatory requirements. See program

There will be a combination of physical meetings within each individual health authority and digital implementation for those who do not have the opportunity to meet in person. The physical meetings will be held at (depending on the number of participants): University Hospital of Northern Norway, St. Olavs Hospital-University Hospital in Trondheim, Haukeland University Hospital, Stavanger University Hospital, Akershus University Hospital and Oslo University Hospital. We experience that physical attendance is better for the learning process and networking, and encourage physical participation.

The course is held twice a year and consists of both physical meetings/webinars (with group work) over two half days, and self-study (e-learning, video lectures, literature study, and homework). The total course duration is estimated at approximately 25 hours for those with experience in student nursing, while those without experience must calculate more time.

Participation fee - Price NOK 1500 is paid upon registration via credit card or VIPPS. Remember to mark the times in your calendar and agree with your employer that you will have the opportunity to participate on both days of the course, reimbursement of the participation fee and time to complete the homework (completed homework is a requirement for receiving approval for the course).

Course for healthcare professionals working with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.

When: 06.-07.02.2026

Where: Amsterdam, Netherlands

There is now an opportunity to apply to attend this course in Amsterdam for free: EULAR is offering 10 scholarships to participate with an application deadline of November 2nd.

The course is very practical and engaging and brings together a very special group of knowledgeable teachers who are all experts in their own fields. It is also designed to provide opportunities for collaboration and networking.

Research support holds courses on how to apply for research funding from HSØ.

The course is based on the new HSØ template and the new assessment criteria.

 Topics for the course:

• New template and new assessment criteria
• Formulate goals
• What do successful people write?
• Respond to the assessment criteria
• Choose application category

You can participate in person or digitally via Teams (you will receive a link to Teams by email)

• Date: August 14, 2025, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
• Location: Rikshospitalet, Green Auditorium
• Digital: Teams
• Registration deadline: August 8, at 4:00 PM

 Contact for any questions: This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Register here

In the announcement of research funding 2026, HSØ has changed the template for the project description and the assessment criteria.

Important changes:

• The instructions in the template are clearer
• Focus on innovation and improvements
• "Need" chapter is taken out
• There is a new chapter 3 - Approach. Here is described an overall approach to reach the project's goals
• The assessment criteria now have two main points
• Scientific Quality
• Impact and implementation potential

Remember to use the new template and check the assessment criterion, it can be found here

Welcome to new offers of group supervision in user participation in research in the fall of 2025 for PhD fellows affiliated with the REMEDY research center!

The purpose of the guidance is to highlight user participation in their research projects and is an opportunity to present an issue that deals with the collaboration with user collaborators in the individual's projects.

Save the dates now:

Monday 13 October at 14.00-14.45

Monday, December 8th at 2:00 PM-2:45 PM

The tutorials will be held in meeting room 117 in the DBL building at Diakonhjemmet Hospital. Registration for participation will be sent out well in advance.

Kind regards

Marianne Skaar

Advisor user participation in research REMEDY research center and EHI Diakonhjemmet hospital

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Tel 99241593

REMEDY Young Researcher Program invites you to REMEDY's annual YRP seminar at Oscarsborg Fortress (Drøbak) Wednesday 17th - Thursday 18th September 2025. Save the dates now!

The program and invitation to register will be released in the spring, but several outstanding international speakers have already been booked.

An engaging and social seminar is planned. Tentative topics:

1. Research method (including Financing, Study from A to Z)
2. Practical tools (including AI, How to make good posters)
3. Workshops (including academic writing, communication, creating good posters, etc.)

The target group is young researchers, from beginner to postdoc level. This includes:

• fellows who are connected to work plans in REMEDY
• post.doc that is related to work plans in REMEDY
• Master's students who are associated with work plans in REMEDY

In addition, CTU employees are welcome to participate.

If you have any questions or are wondering if you are in the target group, please contact Tuva Moseng and/or Alexander Mathiessen.

Virke arranges various courses, such as project management courses, leadership courses, team management courses, smart recruitment, presentation techniques, work environment and labor law and sustainability. For more information, see: Courses and digital events at Virke

Follow courses from OUS Regional Research Support here: Research Support Courses - Oslo University Hospital HF

The 40th Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology (SCR) will be held in Malmö September 2025.

The preliminary scientific program will be available in spring 2025, follow here: 40th Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology

Follow here for information; 40th Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology - Svensk Reumatologisk Förening

➢ to assess the added value of user participation
➢ to initiate constructive user participation in own projects
➢ the role of user organizations and local user committees
➢ to communicate one's own research to users in an easy-to-understand way
➢ methods for involving patient representatives

For PhD students/researchers:
The course provides 2 ECTS for PhD candidates and other students under course code CCBIONEUR910, registration is in Studentweb (deadline usually 1 February). Physical attendance only. The language of instruction is mainly Norwegian.

For patients and relatives:
Are you a patient or relative, and interested in how you can influence
medical research? Then we would like to invite you to the course
"User participation in medical and health research". Here you will meet the new generation of doctors and researchers, hear about the researcher's responsibility for user participation in their research, how this can be done, and not least, make your own contributions. Patients and relatives know best what it is like to live with the disease, and have a unique perspective that researchers and healthcare professionals do not always have. Both experienced and inexperienced
user representatives (patients/relatives) are welcome. Registration forms will be posted later, but save the date and show your interest by clicking on this event.

See more information:

(1) Date held: Course in user participation in medical and health research | LinkedIn

A three-day interactive course where researchers/students and user representatives learn together about:

➢ the background for introducing user participation in research
➢ the researcher's responsibility for ensuring that user participation is integrated into the entire
process in a clinical research project
➢ how user participation is documented to influence research
➢ assessing the added value of user participation
➢ initiating constructive user participation in one's own projects
➢ the role of user organizations and local user committees
➢ communicating one's own research to users in an easy-to-understand way
➢ methods for involving patient representatives

For PhD students/researchers:
The course provides 2 ECTS for PhD candidates and other students under course code CCBIONEUR910, registration is available in Studentweb (deadline usually 1 February). Physical attendance only. The language of instruction is mainly Norwegian.

For patients and relatives:
Are you a patient or relative, and interested in how you can influence
medical research? Then we would like to invite you to the course
"User participation in medical and health research". Here you will meet the new generation of doctors and researchers, hear about the researcher's responsibility for user participation in their research, how this can be done, and not least, make your own contributions. Patients and relatives know best what it is like to live with the disease, and have a unique perspective that researchers and healthcare personnel do not always have. Both experienced and inexperienced
user representatives (patients/relatives) are welcome. The registration form will be posted later, but save the date and show your interest by clicking on this event.

See more information:

(1) Date held: Course in user participation in medical and health research | LinkedIn

The main target group for the training is nurses who want to contribute to treatment research integrated in a clinical department or at a research post. It is a basic course for student nurses who usually have six months to one year of experience. The course covers a wide range of tasks associated with the student nurse role, and focuses primarily on the practical practice of student nursing within the framework of applicable regulatory requirements. 

The course consists of both physical meetings/webinars (with group work) over two half days, and self-study (e-learning, video lectures, literature study, and homework). The total course duration is estimated at approximately 25 hours for those with experience in student nursing, while those without experience must calculate more time.  See course program

The physical meetings will be at: Akershus University Hospital and Oslo University Hospital. 

New! From autumn 2024, a participation fee will be introduced.  This was decided at the NorCRIN board meeting on April 24, 2024. Price NOK 1000 is paid upon registration via credit card or VIPPS. Remember to mark the times in your calendar and agree with your employer that you will have the opportunity to participate on both course days, reimbursement of the participation fee and time to complete the homework (completed homework is a requirement for receiving approval for the course).

Course days/webinar 2024:

• Friday 18 October at 11.30-14.45
• Wednesday, November 27, 1:00 PM-3:30 PM.

The material for self-study (e-learning course) will be available in the Learning Portal at the HFs, and self-study and homework assignments must be completed by the last webinar, where answers to the assignments are reviewed in groups. There are approx. 100 places on the course that will be distributed between the companies.

If you have any questions, please contact course coordinator Tanja Igland, by email: tanja.igland@helse-bergen.

RECONNECT is organizing a seminar on April 24th with the topic "Comprehensive planning of decentralized clinical trials - what should you consider?"

Register for the seminar here

In many clinical trials, digital solutions are implemented as a decentralized element with the aim of making clinical trials more accessible to patients.
There are several considerations that must be taken into account when planning a decentralized clinical trial with digital solutions. We want to highlight some of these considerations and how to address the needs of patients during the seminar.

The seminar will focus on a selection of areas:

• Digital competence and exclusion
• User participation and co-creation
• Digital data collection

Preliminary program:

The program is not finalized, so changes in content and schedule may occur

Practical information

• Date:  April 24
• Time: 09:30 - 15:00
• Location:  Stortingsgata course & conference, Stortingsgata 20, Oslo

The seminar is free, and registration is required for participation.

REMEDY's annual seminar at Sanner Hotell in Granavollen will be Wednesday 5th - Thursday 6th March 2025, so save the dates now!

Program coming in early December

The target group is researchers/research staff who want to have an active role in collaborative projects and activities that are part of REMEDY. 

More information coming

Regional research support organizes a seminar for all colleagues in research support, researchers and study personnel, and other interested parties.

Held on March 3rd and 4th, 2025

In the seminar we will present current topics and show how research support locally and regionally helps researchers and academic staff working on research and quality projects. The program will have contributions from several people, and should be useful for our entire environment.

More information to come. 

WP1 invites you to  a winter seminar on Wednesday 5.2 at 15:15-17:15 followed by dinner .

Save the date - more info coming right after Christmas .

Good Clinical Practice has been updated and goes by the short name ICH GCP R3

The updated version will be implemented in the EEA on 23 July 2025.

REK KULMU requires that all principal investigators who will be included in applications to authorities from July 23, 2025 onwards must have been trained in  ICH GCP R3 .

On Thursday and Friday this week, the Danish Medicines Agency will have a 3.5-hour Team Meeting on ICH-GCP R3,  27.02.2025  in Danish,  28.02.2025  in English,  at 14:30 - 18:00.

No course certificate will be issued by the Danish authorities. Participation will then be described in the CV.

The meetings will cover the background to the changes, the structure of the revised guideline, and a review of the principles and individual sections of Annex 1 with a focus on changes from R2 to R3. There will be a particular focus on the area of ​​'data governance', i.e. sections 2.12, 3.16 and 4. There will be time for questions.

All procedures for drug studies on NorCRIN's website will be updated according to ICH GCP R3 by July 23, 2025.

The conference consists of a broad program where you will hear about health economics and PROMs and complex interventions with health literacy and PROMs.

You will gain insight into the recent SISAQOL-IMI consensus guidelines for analysis, interpretation and presentation of PROM data and on user participation in the development of consensus guidelines. In addition, you will be presented with examples of ICT platforms for electronic PROMs (ePROMs) and about patients' experiences with ePROMs in digital home monitoring. Read more about the conference here:  PROM in clinical research 2025

• Date:  13 January 2025, at 09:00 - 15:10
• Location:  Radium Hospital, Research Building K, Auditorium
• Participation fee:  600 NOK (Incl. lunch)
• Registration deadline:  December 23, 2024
• Link to program and registration :  Courses and activities - PROMiNET

 All About Clinical Trials  course will be held at  Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, December 12-13, 2024.

The course is a collaboration between the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Cardiovascular Pharmacoloy (CVP) working group, the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP), the Norwegian Cardiological Society and REMEDY.  

The course is a generic course that covers all aspects of clinical trials and will be relevant to anyone interested in clinical studies. The course is particularly well suited for PhD candidates .

The purpose of the AACT course  is to provide an insight into all aspects of clinical trials: from design to implementation and evaluation of results. The course will also highlight recently proposed methods for clinical trials and discuss regulatory requirements. By participating in the course, you will receive a GCP diploma that has EU standards, and which is a few notches above the Norwegian GCP diploma. The course is not pre-approved as a PhD course, but this can be applied for afterwards and will likely be approved. For more information and program, see  ESC 365 - All About Clinical Trials (AACT) (escardio.org)

The course has a high academic standard with both national and international speakers and is suitable for anyone interested in clinical research; PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows and clinical researchers such as doctors, nurses and other healthcare personnel.

Registration fee:

• Members of the ESC CVP working group, PhD candidates (REMEDY YRP), postdocs (REMEDY YRP) and young ACNAP members: 50 Euro
• Nurses and allied professionals  (ACNAP) 250 Euro
• Standard registration fee : 300 Euro

Registration at:   https://esc365.escardio.org/event/1613

WP3 would like to invite you to a seminar  on 12 December at 9.30-11.00 .

The seminar deals with " Pain phenotyping in rheumatic diseases " - the core of WP3.

Lisa Carlesso is a physiotherapist by background and is an associate professor at McMaster University in Canada, and has extensive experience in research into pain in osteoarthritis. In addition, fellow Daniel Bordvik will present his latest research from the Nor-Hand study, and I will present our new study "Pain in inflammatory arthritis" where we will soon start data collection. 

Program: 

9.30-10.00:  Lisa Carlesso:  Pain mechanisms in people with knee osteoarthritis: Insights from phenotypes
10.00-10.10: Discussions and questions
10.10-10.25:  Daniel H. Bordvik:  Pain phenotypes and their stability over time in people with hand osteoarthritis: Results from the Nor-Hand study
10.25-10.35: Discussions and questions
10.35-10.50:  Ida K. Bos-Haugen:  Pain in inflammatory arthritis: The Nor-Pain study
10.55-11.00: Discussions and questions

Sign up here: https://nettskjema.no/a/471661

Hope many people want to come! 

Precision medicine

Thursday, December 5th at 1:00 PM

NRF is visited by Professor and Senior Consultant Hilde Berner Hammer and Senior Consultant in Rheumatology and Senior Researcher Guro Løvik Goll from REMEDY. They conduct research on precision medicine and work on projects with the goal of identifying biomarkers and genetic/epigenetic markers for treatment effect and severity of disease, as well as characterizing and stratifying early disease.

Read more and sign up here.

For more information see here:  Webinar series on the latest research in rheumatology | Norwegian Rheumatology Association

PROMiNET offers guidance to PhD fellows, postdoctoral fellows, researchers or others involved in clinical research using PROM and affiliated with South-Eastern Health.

RECONNECT  is a research network for decentralized clinical trials. This fall, the network is organizing its first seminar. For program and registration, follow the link;  RECONNECT seminar November 25: "How to avoid the pilot cemetery?"  

In addition to a status review of the project, the seminar will focus on medical devices, especially testing and making applications available. 

• Date:  November 25, 2024
• Time: 09:30 - 15:15
• Registration deadline: November 15, 2024
• Registration : see here
• Location:  Stortingsgata course & conference, Stortingsgata 20
• Price:  Free

See the REDONNECT website! 

In healthcare today, many different apps are developed with research funds. The apps are developed and used in research, but many of the apps are defined as medical devices and further use is stopped by extensive processes to CE mark and commercialize the app. There are therefore many good apps that are never used outside of research, and thus do not benefit patients. 

Speakers will share their experiences with app development, what is important to consider when developing apps, the practicalities of the application process, and how we can use digitalization to improve healthcare services.

Preliminary program:

09:30 - 10:00 - Registration and mingling

10:00 - 11:00 - Start-up RECONNECT

11:00 - 11:20 - Break

11:20 - 12:00 - How to get started testing medical devices

12:00 - 12:50 - Lunch

12:50 - 13:45   

- South-East Health on their role in innovation 

- How to make medical equipment available

13:45 - 14:05 - Break

14:05 - 15:05   

- Experience in bringing apps to market               

- Panel discussion - How to avoid the pilot cemetery?

15:05 - 15:10 - Closing

The final program will be announced as soon as it is ready, and there may be changes to the times above

Research support holds an introductory course in the use of Ledidi Core for all employees in the South-Eastern Health Service. Ledidi Core is a self-service, cloud-based IT solution for collecting and analyzing structured data. The solution is approved by the South-Eastern Health Service for research studies and for quality registries, and is suitable for multi-center studies. Researchers/clinicians can design questionnaires themselves, import Excel files and add project participants to the solution.

ACR 2024 will be held in 2024 November 14-19 in Washington, DC.

Abstract Submission is open and the deadline is June 18th, for more information see here; Annual Meeting Abstract Submission

Registration and housing details will be available in June.

For more information see here; Annual Meeting (rheumatology.org)

Welcome to guidance in user participation in the research project for PhD fellows affiliated with the REMEDY research center in the fall of 2024!

There will be four annual group tutorials where the purpose is to increase focus and competence on user participation in the individual's research project. The tutorial will last 45 minutes and is based on one of the participants' pre-submitted problems in the project that deal with user participation. The topics can range from the start-up phase, the establishment of the project group, role and expectation clarification to the analysis phase and, for example, co-authorship. The tutorial will be able to highlight user participation in their research projects and is an opportunity to present a problem that deals with the collaboration with the user participants in the individual's projects.

An invitation will be sent to the fellows in advance of the supervision for registration. Please note the autumn supervision opportunities now:

Monday 18 November at 1400-1445.

Both tutorials will be in the DBL building, meeting room 117 (Diakonhjemmet hospital)

You are welcome!

Remember to write that the registration for the guidance should be sent to Marianne Skaar This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

PROMiNET is organizing an Advanced Course in the Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Clinical Trials. Increased use of PROMs (Patient Reported Outcome Measures) in research and clinical practice is a desired development and in line with political guidelines. To ensure high quality in this type of research, it is important to learn the methodological aspects of using PROMs.

• Date: November 6 - 8, 2024
• Location: Radium Hospital, Research Building K, Seminar Rooms 1-2/Auditorium

The course is primarily intended for PhD students, clinical researchers and healthcare professionals involved in research with PROM in South-Eastern Health.

The course will be able to provide 2 credits in the PhD program at the University of Oslo.

The course will be held in person on November 6th and 7th and on Teams on November 8th.

Participation fee : 1000 NOK (including lunch on 6 and 7 Nov.)

Registration deadline : October 9, 2024 (total 25 places)

Information about registration, program and project outline can be found here. 

WP 5 and WP7 invite you to an autumn seminar where we share experiences with the development, evaluation and use of apps and other digital interventions. We will return with a more detailed program later, but save the date now.

Time: Tuesday 5 November at 14:30-17:30.

• Place and time: Classroom D14-A111 Atrium South at ViD
• Tuesday 5 November at 15:00-17:00
• Link to the room  HERE  😊
• Registration  HERE

PROGRAM:

• 15.00-15.30  Presentation of Kinetech - a program for motion analysis
• 15.30-15.45  Simple catering
• 15.45-16.45  Experience with various app developers/vendors

1. 1. USIT: Happy Hands v/Anne Therese
   2. Youwell: Urika & Genus v/Nina and Anne Therese
   3. Abel: SPARK by Sella
   4. Flow Technology : DRIV v/Anne-Lene

• 16.45-17.00 Process of CE marking  and ownership  by Nina and Anne Therese

Join our interdisciplinary conference with two eventful days of exciting lectures. The conference is relevant for researchers, healthcare professionals, users, clinicians and others interested in musculoskeletal health. Participation in the conference gives you an opportunity to network and be inspired by others who share your interest in the field.

Abstract for four lectures and/or poster presentations
You are welcome to submit abstracts for free lectures and/or poster presentations. Abstracts should be sent to This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. within September 10, 2024. We welcome abstracts from studies in all phases - from planned projects to published works. Prizes will be awarded for the best free talk and best poster presentation.

Collaboration forum
If you have a project or project application in progress and need input from user contributors in Skjelettnett, you have the opportunity to register for the collaboration forum at the conference. The panel of user contributors represents various organizations and disease fields. Participation in this session requires advance registration. Join us by sending an email to This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Approved course credits
Participation in the conference provides approved course credits/hours for various professions. Information about this can be found on the conference website and more information about this will be posted as associations/federations approve hours for conference participation.

Registration
Register via the following link: https://www.trippus.net/muss2024/deltaker

Here you can register for one or two days, dinner at the conference hotel on October 31st and book accommodation. We have reserved some hotel rooms at Comfort Runway Hotell.

course credits, registration, abstract submission and collaboration forum, see: www.muss.no.

• Location : Comfort Hotel Runway, Hans Gaarders vei 27, Gardermoen
• Time : October 31-November 1, 2024
• Abstract deadline: September 10, 2024

This course gives an overview of methodological issues and challenges in the design and statistical analysis of randomized controlled trials. We will discuss practicalities and common issues to keep in mind when planning an RCT. We will focus on the key elements of a well-planned RCT, considering different study designs and presenting the most common challenges in the statistical analysis of the results. The topics will be presented based on real examples and cases experienced by the instructors.

The course is divided into the following three parts:

1. Introduction and main components of RCTs

• • Structure of RCTs
  • Basic study design
  • Possible biases and generalizability
  • Blinding
  • Randomization

2. Hypothesis testing and sample size

• • Different types of tests
  • Different types of outcomes
  • What to report
  • Sample size calculation and related issues
  • Interim analysis
  • Different study designs (crossover trials, cluster-randomized trials, etc.)

3. Further challenges in planning RCTs

• • Compliance issues
  • Missing data
  • Practical issues in analyzing and reporting results

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

You should attend our course if you are planning or are involved in RCTs or are interested in expanding your knowledge of trial design and analysis. The course is suitable for both clinical and non-clinical researchers.

Registration deadline: October 11, 4:00 PM (total 80 places)

Link to registration here

The information meeting is divided into two parts: Privacy and Research Support. The Research Support part will allow for discussion and questions based on a presented case. The meeting is relevant for anyone with an interest in or a role in health research projects.

• Date: Thursday 26 September, at 09:00 - 11:00
• Location: Sogn Arena, Klaus Torgårdsvei 3, meeting room Undredal

What responsibilities does a project manager have in a health research project?

• How do you report the project to the Data Protection Ombudsman?
• What approvals must be in place before the project starts?

You will get the answer to this by attending the information meeting of the Research Advisory and Privacy Team at OUS in September.

There is time set aside for questions and discussion, and if you have any questions you would like us to address in the meeting, we are happy to hear them! Send to This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , 

Save the date, registration information will be available in August!

The main target group for the training is nurses who want to contribute to treatment research integrated in a clinical department or at a research post. It is a basic course for student nurses who usually have six months to one year of experience. The course covers a wide range of tasks associated with the student nurse role, and focuses primarily on the practical practice of student nursing within the framework of applicable regulatory requirements. 

The course consists of both physical meetings/webinars (with group work) over two half days, and self-study (e-learning, video lectures, literature study, and homework). The total course duration is estimated at approximately 25 hours for those with experience in student nursing, while those without experience must calculate more time.  See course program

The physical meetings will be at: Akershus University Hospital and Oslo University Hospital. 

Remember to mark the dates in your calendar and agree with your employer that you will have the opportunity to attend both days of the course, reimbursement of the participation fee, and time to complete the homework assignments (completed homework assignments are a requirement for receiving approval for the course). 

Course days/webinar 2025:

• Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 11:20 AM - 2:00 PM
• Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The material for self-study (e-learning course) will be available in the Learning Portal at the HFs, and self-study and homework assignments must be completed by the last webinar, where answers to the assignments are reviewed in groups. There are approx. 100 places on the course that will be distributed between the companies.

If you have any questions, please contact course coordinator Tanja Igland, by email: tanja.igland@helse-bergen.

On September 24th there will be an open afternoon meeting at Diakonhjemmet with Kevin Winthrop who will come to Norway to be an opponent for Ingrid Egeland Christensen. 

Tentative title: Vaccination of patients on b/tsDMARDs. What did we as rheumatologists learn from the pandemic? 

Meeting room 1

More information to come, but hope you enjoy your day

Welcome to guidance in user participation in the research project for PhD fellows affiliated with the REMEDY research center in the fall of 2024!

There will be four annual group tutorials where the purpose is to increase focus and competence on user participation in the individual's research project. The tutorial will last 45 minutes and is based on one of the participants' pre-submitted problems in the project that deal with user participation. The topics can range from the start-up phase, the establishment of the project group, role and expectation clarification to the analysis phase and, for example, co-authorship. The tutorial will be able to highlight user participation in their research projects and is an opportunity to present a problem that deals with the collaboration with the user participants in the individual's projects.

An invitation will be sent to the fellows in advance of the supervision for registration. Please note the autumn supervision opportunities now:

Monday 16 September at 1400-1445.

Monday 18 November at 1400-1445.

Both tutorials will be in the DBL building, meeting room 117 (Diakonhjemmet hospital)

You are welcome!

The course provides a practically oriented introduction to the planning, implementation and conclusion of clinical studies with an academic sponsor, i.e. where hospitals or other non-commercial enterprises have the overall responsibility.

The course is aimed specifically at researchers who will be responsible for clinical studies, primarily drug testing, but can also be useful for others involved in clinical research.

 The aim of the course is to:

• Increase understanding of what resources and qualifications are required
• Increase understanding of roles and responsibilities in a clinical trial
• Share knowledge about what to consider in the different phases of a clinical trial

It is assumed that participants have knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and associated terminology.

You can attend the course in person or digitally

• Date:  November 26, 2024, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• Location:  Rikshospitalet, Red Auditorium
• Digital:  Teams (Link to Teams will be sent out the day before the course)
• Registration deadline:  November 21, 2024, at 4:00 PM.
• Information and registration see link here

Welcome to the late summer seminar for WP 1 on August 22nd, followed by dinner at SKUR 33.

The seminar will be held in meeting room 1 at Diakonhjemmet Hospital from 3:00 PM – 5:15 PM . We look forward to an exciting program, see attachment in email.

Registration is done via the online form https://nettskjema.no/a/436733 by August 15th.

Program:

15:00 – 15:15 Fruit and coffee

15:15 – 15:30 Introduction by Siri Lillegraven, Anna-Birgitte Aga and Silje W. Syversen

15:30 – 15:50 New results: ReMonit study + project under clarification by Inger Jorid Berg, TBD

15:50 – 16:05 CTIS - How is it going in practice and what help can CTU offer? by Camilla Skancke Mørstad and Bitte Stenvik

16:05 – 16:20 Break

16:20 – 16:35 Clinical studies during on-call time - Experiences from the start-up of HIFSAT by Maren Paus

16:35 – 17:00 The climate crisis - how can we contribute? Climate footprint as an outcome measure in clinical studies by Lena Bugge Nordberg

17:00 – 17:15 Discussion and summary

18:00 Dinner, Skur 33, Akershusstranda 11, 0150 Oslo

Date: Wednesday 7 August 2024, at 14:00 - 15:30

Location: Digitally via Teams

Topics for the course:

• Formulate goals
• Making a difference
• Respond to the assessment criteria
• Choose application category

This course is the same as the course held physically on June 24, 2024

A link to Teams will be sent out via email prior to the course.

Registration deadline: August 5, 4:00 PM

Contact for any questions: This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Register here

For the fourth time, there will be a Green Congress for Rheumatology. 

The event is free, and we have room for 150 good colleagues (first come, first served) at Deichman in Bjørvika. In addition, we broadcast digitally, so that everyone can experience the highlights from EULAR.

This year's engaging environmental lecture is given by Bob van Oort (cicero.oslo.no) , senior researcher at CICERO.

EULAR: June 12 - 15, 2024

NorCRIN partner, St.Olavs Hospital, is organizing a course in the spring of 2024 in clinical trials of medical devices, June 11, 2024 at 09:00-12:30 (digitally via Zoom). It is free and open to everyone, from all over the country. The program will be available here in the spring: Course in clinical trials of medical devices - www.norcrin.no

• Course content: What is needed to conduct clinical trials of medical devices within current regulations.
• Target group: The course is aimed at researchers, project managers, fellows, doctors, study nurses/coordinators and other health professional groups who wish to increase their competence in planning and conducting studies of medical devices.

The Directorate for Medical Products (DMP) holds webinars about medical devices. An overview of planned webinars and recordings and presentations of those that have been conducted can be found here, Webinars about medical devices - Directorate for Medical Products (dmp.no) .

The deadline for registration is 05.06.24

Research support presents an introductory course in health economic evaluation. To understand what makes some treatments prioritized and others not, it is important to understand concepts such as treatment effect, quality-adjusted life years (QALY) and cost-effectiveness. The health economics team at research support, OUS, explains what health economics is, what is included in a health economic evaluation, how the data is analyzed and why health economic evaluation is important to include in a clinical trial.

The course is primarily aimed at PhD students and researchers working on clinical studies. We encourage on-site participation. More information about the program will be available soon!

• Date : 7 June 2024, at 09:00 - 12:00
• Registration deadline : June 3, 2024, 4:00 PM
• Location : Rikshospitalet, Red Auditorium or digital participation
• For questions: contact This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

REGISTRATION

It has been announced that  OMERACT  2025 is underway!

OMERACT will be held May 14-18, 2025 at Chateauform Campus La Mola in Terrassa, just 30 minutes outside Barcelona, ​​Spain.

For more information see here;  OMERACT 2025 – OMERACT

https://congress.eular.org/myUploadData/files/eular_2025_timeline_website.pdf 

The board of NOSF welcomes you 

The 20th National Conference on Knowledge-Based Pain Management.

The conference will be held on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 June 2025 at Rikshospitalet. Please take a look at the preliminary program. You can find it  here

Course fee:
When registering up to and including 12 May: NOK 2,300 for NOSF members and NOK 2,800 for non-members.

When registering after May 12: NOK 3,000 for members and NOK 3,500 for non-members
For a single day of the course, the fee is NOK 1,750 for members and NOK 1,950 for non-members.

The price includes a simple lunch, coffee and a certificate of participation.

Social gathering/mingling party in Domus Medica with finger food and drinks on Thursday at 5-6:30 PM (free registration).

Click here to register for the conference 

Click here for information about abstract submission

Information can also be found on the association's websites: www.norsksmerteforening.no

Any questions regarding registration and accommodation should be directed to the congress organizer
Liwlig Conference AS
Phone: 61 28 73 20
Email: This email address is protected from programs that collect email addresses. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The conference will be submitted for pre-approval to DNL and various other associations. 

The course is practically oriented and is primarily aimed at investigators, study nurses, project coordinators and others who work with clinical studies commissioned by industry, primarily drug studies.

We go through the entire process, from request for participation to closure and archiving, what obligations and benefits study participation entails for the hospital and what expectations the industry has.

It is an advantage to have completed a GCP course and preferably some experience from clinical studies, as the course requires a certain knowledge of regulations and concepts.

It is possible to participate digitally via Teams.

The course is free and includes a simple lunch for those who participate physically.

• Date:  3 June 2025, at 08:30 - 15:30
• Location:  Toppsenteret, Research Park Gaustadalléen 21, Oslo
• Registration deadline:  May 29, 11:30 PM
• Link to more information and registration:  Course in Clinical Assignment Studies - Research Support

The health economics group at OUS' Clinical Trials Unit is holding a seminar on health economic evaluation in connection with clinical trials.

The seminar will focus on:

• what a health economic evaluation is and in which clinical trials such analyses may be relevant;
• how to best plan the collection of relevant data for the analyses, and;
• how to interpret the results of the cost-effectiveness analysis.

The seminar is for clinicians and requires no prior knowledge.

• Date:  6 June 2025, at 10:00 - 12:00
• Location:  Rikshospitalet, Red Auditorium
• Registration deadline:  June 4, 4:00 PM
• Link to more information and registration:  Health economic evaluation in clinical studies - Research support