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Senior’s Name: Arnstein Finset
Availability: 1/3
Attending ICCH 2024: In person

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Title: Professor emeritus
Institution: University of Oslo
Discipline: Psychology
Years of experience: 49

Teacher/Training

Learners I work with:

  • Continuous Professional Development

Interests/expertise:

  • Experiential teaching methods (eg role play)

Years I have worked in communication skills learning:

Research

Areas of work:

  • Emotion

Research methods:

  • Mixed methods

Keywords describing expertise and interest:

  1. emotional communication

Field of expertise, major interests, and consultation topics:

My expertise includes research, teaching and clinical work in the fields of clinical communication and health psychology. My current main research interest is within the area of emotional communication.

Biography/CV:

Arnstein Finset, PhD, Cand Psychol, is Professor Emeritus at The Department of Behavioral Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. He has published widely in health psychology, in the last 25 years with an emphasis on clinical communication research. He has for more than 30 years taught clinical communication skills in medical school and other settings, and has together with colleagues contributed to implementation of communication skills training in Norwegian hospitals, in particular based on the Four Habits approach. In 2004-06 he served as President of the EACH – The International Association for Communication in Healthcare. From 2007 to 2024 he was Editor-in-Chief of Patient Education and Counseling. He is accredited specialist in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. His clinical experience is from the field of rehabilitation, in particular in neurorehabilitation and rheumatology. Before taking on academic positions he was Chief Psychologist at Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital.