The PhD defence will be partially digital, in Kristen Nygaards sal (5370), Ole-Johan Dahls hus and streamed directly using Zoom. The host of the session will moderate the technicalities while the chair of the defence will moderate the disputation.
Ex auditorio questions: the chair of the defence will invite the attending audience at Kristen Nygaards sal to ask ex auditorio questions.
- Join the disputation
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Trial lecture
Time and place: August 29, 2023 11:15 AM, Kristen Nygaards sal (5370), Ole-Johan Dahls hus/ZOOM
Main research findings
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This thesis examines the practices of antibiotic use and develops a process-oriented approach to establishing a digitally mediated institution for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) data management in resource-constrained public health settings in India. The research focuses on the problem of inappropriate antibiotic prescription practices and explores through an institutional work lens how digital tools can make the challenges visible to address AMR. However, in resource-constrained contexts overcoming multiple interconnected challenges like high patient loads, inadequate infrastructure, infectious diseases prevalence, limited diagnostics, and limited experience with digital technology is crucial. To address these challenges, this study identifies new forms of creating, maintaining and disrupting institutional work that needs to be enacted through three interconnected stages: stabilising data entry (the input stage), building relevant reports (the outputs stage) and putting the generated data into action for patient care and policy making (outcomes stage). The research describes the journey from input to outcome involving several temporal rhythms spanning material, symbolic and relational dimensions and how digital technologies help build novel interconnections among these dimensions. This research offers practical insights on enabling hospital ownership and enhancing their capabilities in using open-source digital AMR systems, fostering growth through collaborative learning by doing and kickstarting discussions about data to fuel local actions at practice and policy levels.
Adjudication committee:
- Dr. Eivor Oborn, University of Warwick, UK
- MD. Stephen Baker, University of Cambridge, UK
- Associate Professor Miria Grisot, University of Oslo, Department of informatics, UIO, Norway
Supervisors
- Professor Sundeep Sahay, Department of Informatics, UIO, Norway
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Associate Professor Katja Maria Hydle, Department of Informatics, UIO, Norway
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Associate Professor Ernst Kristian Rødland, SSUSTAINIT – Sustainable Health Unit, UIO, Norway
Chair of defence:
Associate Professor Ellen Munthe-Kaas
Candidate contact information: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yogita-Thakral
Contact information at Department: Mozhdeh Sheibani Harat