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Episode 2 of Driv – Center for Women's Health Research's podcast "Drivpodden" is out! In this episode, Marion Solheim is in conversation with Marte-Helene Bjørk, and the topic is migraine.

UiB Rector Margareth Hagen looks back on the anniversary year 2025 in the Rector's blog.

UiB is an attractive place to study. This year's admissions also confirm this, and our position is strengthened by our wide range of academic environments that provide capacity and ability for continuous renewal of the study programs. Over 10,500 applicants had UiB as their first choice in 2025. Professional studies such as law, psychology and medicine are still the most popular, while technology and science are growing rapidly.

Read the whole story here: https://www.uib.no/aktuelt/181071/et-jubileums%C3%A5r-med-sterkt-engasjement

Right at the end of 2025, we received three good news: Nina Langeland/Sabrina Moyo were awarded a Horizon Europe EDCTP3 project, Kristin Aakre was awarded funding from the Research Council of Norway, and Luiza Ghila was awarded funding from the Norwegian Cancer Society. Congratulations! Thus, 2025 has been a very successful year for K2 with several NFR and EU allocations. We are approaching the average of 25% BOA to basic funding (set by the faculty board) and will continue to work with this also in 2026. I really appreciate all the application writing and hope that we will continue with this in the years to come. It will be exciting to see if any of our 5 (!) Center of Excellence (SFF) applications proceed to round 2 😊

Congratulations also to Charalampos (Haris) Tzoulis and Jutta Dierkes from K1 who have received an SFI! Here there will be a lot of activities that perhaps some environments from K2 can benefit from. I take this opportunity to remind you that this was one of the pieces of advice in the EVALMEDHEALTH report: explore options with partners and sponsors from the industry.

Preparations for the Multi-Campus Model are in full swing, many of us spend a lot of time planning and coordinating how teaching will be done across campuses. Subject coordinators and academic resource persons in internal medicine and surgery from all campuses will gather in Bergen on 21 January 2026 (registration deadline 10 January) to discuss how the subjects can be distributed in a sensible way between the different semesters, I greatly appreciate all contributions! It is important that we find a good and sustainable way to educate future medical doctors.

I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Silke

Den første uken i desember ble OSKE12 gjennomført med stor suksess. OSKE12 er den siste eksamenen for medisinstudentene i sitt siste semester, og markerer et viktig steg mot å bli ferdig med medisinutdanningen.

Denne eksamenen tester studentenes kliniske ferdigheter og evne til å håndtere reelle pasientsituasjoner, altså en avgjørende del av medisinstudiet.

God organisering og laginnsats

Gjennomføringen av OSKE12 var mulig takket være god organisering og støtten fra både administrativt og vitenskapelig personale fra nesten alle instituttene, pluss fakultetet.

«OSKE12 er en stor og kompleks eksamen, og vi er svært fornøyde med hvordan alt har gått. Det har vært en imponerende laginnsats fra både administrativt og vitenskapelig personale, og samarbeidet har vært avgjørende for suksessen. For min del har det vært både spennende og lærerikt å lede prosessen, og når vi ser studentene prestere så godt, er det utrolig motiverende»

sier Martine Jordana Baarholm, administrativt ansvarlig for OSKE12-eksamenen.

Fremtidens helsepersonell

Denne eksamenen er avgjørende for å sikre at fremtidens leger er godt rustet til å møte utfordringene i helsevesenet.

«Vi er kjempe stolte av våre studenter og deres prestasjoner,» fortsetter Martine.

K2-nytt henger ser på og gratulerer alle de forhenværende medisinstudentene, samt vitenskapelig og administrativt personale, med vel gjennomført eksamen!