Post-doctor and Head of Research and Development Section, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Arvid Steinar Haugen is a senior researcher, and has his main research expertise in quality improvement cluster trials on surgical safety checklists. His research includes both quantitative and qualitative methodologies in perioperative studies on patient outcomes, safety culture, discharge checklist from medical wards, and development of checklists for patients to use. He is awarded prizes for research on checklist and is appointed to represent the International Federation of Nurse Anesthetists in the European Society of Anesthesiologists’ Patient Safety and Quality Committee.