Anne Beiter Arreskov

Anne Beiter Arreskov is an External Lecturer at the Department of Public Health, Section of General Practice, University of Copenhagen, and a Postdoc at the Research Unit for General Practice (Forskningsenheden for Almen Praksis). Her work focuses on the intersection of cancer survivorship and chronic disease management in primary care settings, specifically examining how cancer diagnosis affects the handling and prioritization of other chronic diseases by both doctors and patients.

Dr. Arreskov's primary research employs qualitative methods including video recordings of consultations in general practice, and semi-structured interviews with physicians and patients. Her landmark project from 2016-2018 investigated the dynamics of medical consultations for patients with cancer and other chronic conditions, revealing how cancer often overshadows other health issues despite patients having completed primary treatment. Her research demonstrates that cancer survivors frequently receive fewer chronic disease check-ups for conditions like diabetes, COPD, and cardiovascular disease.

Her scholarly contributions span from 2019 to 2025 with publications in high-impact journals including Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, BMC Primary Care, Journal of Health Psychology, and Chronic Illness. Her recent work on video consultations has gained significant traction with one paper accumulating 145 readers on Mendeley and receiving mentions across multiple X (Twitter) platforms and news outlets.

• Featured in 1 news outlet
• Discussed by 4 X (Twitter) users
• Posted on 1 Facebook page
• Featured in multiple academic databases

As an educator, Dr. Arreskov teaches Early Patient Contact for first-semester medical students at the University of Copenhagen and provides critical literature reading instruction for Phase 2 doctors in specialist training in general medicine. She actively participates in academic discourse, having presented at the Nordic Congress of General Practice in 2017, demonstrating her engagement with the broader primary care research community.