Anne Vifladt

Anne Vifladt is an Associate Professor at the Department of Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Gjøvik. She holds a master's degree in health informatics and a Ph.D. focused on patient safety culture in hospital settings.

Her research interests center on patient safety, healthcare teamwork dynamics, medication administration processes, and workplace safety culture. She coordinates the Introduction to Research Methods course and teaches patient safety, evidence-based medicine, and research methodologies. Vifladt leads the Ph.D. project Team-training to support medication administration in prehospital care and supervises graduate students in health sciences.

Key research areas include analyzing healthcare work systems (e.g., ambulance medication administration), evaluating team training interventions, and studying organizational factors influencing patient safety. Her work often employs mixed-methods approaches, including qualitative studies of healthcare professionals' experiences.

Recent publications (2020–2025) emphasize ambulance service workflows, surgical ward team dynamics, and primary healthcare competence development. Her studies frequently highlight the importance of interprofessional collaboration and system-level improvements in healthcare.

Teaching and outreach activities include developing courses on paramedic science and presenting at conferences on topics like patient safety culture and healthcare team training. She has collaborated with hospitals like Sykehuset Innlandet HF and Akershus Universitetssykehus through research partnerships and lectures.