Curriculum Vitae Audun Myskja Idrettsvn. 20 1400 Ski E-mail: info@livshjelp.no Tel: 64 91 39 90; 41328002 Fax: 64 91 39 91 GENERAL B. 9. Jan. 1953 Trondheim, Norway. Married, 3 children M.D. 1981 Trondheim, Norway. Master`s degree comparative religion, Bergen 1976. Certified Specialist General Practice and Family Medicine 1992, renewed 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2012. Ph. D. Integrated music in nursing homes an approach to dementia care at the University of Bergen June 2012. Worked in general practice and internal medicine 1982-1998. Hospice director/palliative care 1998-2000. Leader of Senter for livshjelp (LifeAid Centre for empowerment) in Ski in Norway from 1999. Private practice, workshops in medical self-care techniques, national and international activity, with lectures and workshops on music in medicine, integrative medicine and empowerment as philosophy and practical approach to treatment. Research physician, Bergen Red Cross Nursing home and Competence Centre, 2005 - Research position, assistant professor, North Trøndelag University College, from 2012 (affiliated from 2005) Advisor to the Norwegian National Competence Center for Culture and Health from 2013 Unity therapy; 3 year education in integrated medicine and health building from 2005, approved by Health Directory of Norway and National Board for Complementary care methods in 2011. National and international teaching and lecturing activity, over 100 sites per year, 1998 International training in natural and integrated approaches to medicine, psychology and healing, 1974-2013. Continuing training in holistic psychotherapy, Psykisk Center, Denmark, 1978-98. Training in Neurologic music therapy Colorado State University, 1999-2001, advanced degree 2004, recertified 2009, 2013. Certified Tomatis (sound therapy) consultant 1999. Certified PEAT (advanced trauma therapy) processor 2012, advanced degree 2013. Certified in Dementia care mapping, Advanced, Bradford/Copenhagen 2001-5.
Regular workshops on symptom management for chronic diseases Collaborator with Norwegian Parkinson`s disease Association from 2002 Consultant to the Norwegian Health directory and the Norwegian medical association on integrated medicine, 2011 Consultant to the Norwegian Health directory on dementia care, 2012 - Project leader, the following projects, music in medicine Individualized music in geriatrics, Ullevål university hospital 2000-2 Music in late stages of life, Church city mission, Oslo, 2002-5 Finding rhythm, Norwegian Parkinson Union, 2003-6 Music in palliative care, Red Cross Norway/Bergen Red Cross Nursing Home 2004-7. Culture and health in a local community, Levanger city/nord-trøndelag region/ Nord-Trøndelag regional University 2005-13 Rhythmic training, Norwegian Parkinson`s Disease Association and Norwegian Physiotherapy Union, 2010-12, continued from 2013 Symptom management in nursing homes, Red Cross Competence Center/Norwegian Health Directory, 2013 - Consultant to the following projects, music in medicine The creative hospital, EU-project Sweden-Norway, involving 6 hospitals, 2005-7. Music as sensory stimulation in gerontopsychiatry 2004-6, Health and rehabilitation project Memories for life, Oslo municipality 2005-7 Lyden av lys/videre, Oslo Church City Mission 2001-6.. Teaching positions Medical studies, Oslo, from 2000 Specialty in general Medicine, Norwegian Medical Association University hospitals, all regions Regional universities, all regions Conference presentations (examples) Nordic Conference on Nursing Research 2002 Scandinavian Congress of Geriatrics and gerontology 2002 Congress Complementary Cancer Therapies 2004 Nordic Conference in Pallative Medicine 2005 World Congress of Music Therapy 2005, 2008, 2011 World Congress of Geriatrics and gerontology 2005, 2009, 2011 Sound and Science Conference 2006 Philosophy of medicine 2006, 2007, 2008 Mozart & Science 2008 International Congress of Complementary Science 2006, 2012 Nordic Parkinson Conference 2006, 2010, 2011 National Conference Culture and health 2006, 2008, 2010
International Psychogeriatric Society, 2007, 2009, 2011 Culture and health, Nordic Conerence, 2007 European Alzheimer Soc Conference 2008 European Parkinson Conference 2008, 2010 World Congress Parkinson, 2009, 2013 Movement Disorders Society, 2011 Efficiency in Health Care, 2012 Energy Medicine International Conference, 2012 Books Den musiske medisin (Musical medicine; Oslo: Cappelen 1999/2004. Transl. Danish, Russian) Blomstermedisin til vekst og helbredelse (Flower essences for growth and healing). Oslo: Noras Ark 2000. Aloe vera naturens skattkammer (Aloe vera nature`s treasure chest). Oslo: Noras Ark 2000/2005/2010. Transl. Danish, Swedish, Finnish. Individualized music in dementia and elderly care (norw. Edition. Oslo: GERIA Veiviser, Ullevål University Hospital 2002) Kampen om håpet (Fighting for hope). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget 2003. Aloe vera natures silent healer. London: BAAM Publ. 2003. Blomstermedisiner fra hele verden (An encyclopedia of flower essences). Oslo: Noras Ark 2003. Metodebok (Manual in the use of music for health care workers. Oslo: Unikum forlag 2005) Leve med kreft. Oslo: Cappelen 2005 (Living with cancer; in collaboration with the Norwegian Cancer Union To prosjekter i eldreomsorgen (Two projects in elderly care. In: Aasgaard T. Musikk og helse. Oslo: Cappelen 2006) Den siste song (The last song; commissioned curriculum book in music in medicine for health care workers, Bergen: Fagbokforlaget 2006) På vei mot en integrert medisin (Towards an integrated medicine). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget 2008 (curriculum book inn complementary therapies, used in Norwegian and Danish Universities Finn din indre kraft (Find your inner power). Oslo: Stenersen 2009. Transl. Danish. Mer enn mat (More than food). Oslo: Stenersen 2011 Musikk i demensomsorg (Music in dementia care) (In: Moe, T. Psykisk helsearbeid. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget 2011) Sannheten om mat ((Food truths). Oslo: Stenersen 2012 Kunsten å dø (The art of dying). Oslo: Stenersen 2012. Vers une medecine integrative. I Lellouche, L. La Sante applications quantiques. Paris: Guy Tredaniel Publ. 2012. Hjertet mitt har ikke demens (My heart has no dementia). Oslo: Cappelen Damm 2013. Transl. German.
Publications, selected Myskja, A., & Lindbæk, M. (2000a). Hvordan virker musikk på menneskekroppen? Tidsskrift for Den Norske Legeforening, 120(10), 1182-1185. Myskja, A., & Lindbæk, M. (2000b). Eksempler på bruk av musikk i klinisk medisin. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Legeforening, 120(10), 1186-1190. Myskja, A. (2004). Kan musikkterapi hjelpe pasienter med nevrologiske sykdommer? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, 124(24), 3229-3230 x. Myskja, A. (2005). Musikk som terapeutisk hjelpemiddel i sykehjemsmedisin. Tidsskrift for den norske Lægeforening, 120, 1186-90. Myskja A. (2005). Musikk i eldreomsorgen. Demens i allmennpraksis; 4: 3-4. Myskja A. (2006). Den siste song. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. Myskja, A. (2006). Musikk i siste livsfase. Oslo: Stiftelsen Kirkens Bymisjon. Myskja, A. (2007). Nursing home residents on a Procrustes bed: Reflections on a Cochrane review. University of Bergen, Bergen. Myskja, A. (2007. Musikk kosttilskudd for kropp og sinn? In H. Bjørgan (Ed.), Kultur former framtida (pp. S. 59-65). Oslo: Andrimne. Myskja, A. (2008). Musikk som terapi i demensomsorg og alderspsykiatri. Omsorg, 25(1), 47-52. Myskja, A., & Nord, P. G. (2008). «The day the music died»: A pilot study on music and depression in a nursing home. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 17(1), 30-40. Myskja, A., Håpnes, O., & Aune, P. D. (2008). Musikk og helse i et lokalsamfunn et systematisk opplæringsprosjekt innen integrert musikk (Project report). Levanger:: Levanger kommune/folk 2. Myskja, A. (2009). Musikk som terapi i demensomsorg og psykisk helsearbeid med eldre. Tidsskrift for Psykisk Helsearbeid, 6(2), 149-158. Myskja, A. (2009). Thyra Frank og Lotte sykehjem: En visjon om medbestemmelse og medmeneskelighet. Bergen: Bergen Red Cross Nursing Home. Myskja, A., & Håpnes, O. (2010). Musikk og helse i et lokalsamfunn. Et samordnet opplæringsprosjekt ved fem sykehjem i Midt-Norge. Norsk Tidsskrift for Sykepleieforskning, 1, 3-15. Myskja, A. (2011). Musikk som terapi i psykisk helsearbeid. In L. Borge, E. W. Martinsen & T. Moe (Eds.), Psykisk helsearbeid mer enn medisiner og samtaleterapi (pp. 165-188). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget. More than 30 other scientific articles in the field of medicine, several refereed, e.g. Nordic Journal of Palliative Medicine Awards, scholarships Awarded the Quality Prize of the Norwegian Medical Association 2002 for method development of music in nursing homes. Awarded several scholarships for music in medicine Norwegian Patient Society Prize for work in Integrated medicine 2010 Oppegård municipal honorary prize 2013 American Women`s Club Award 2002, 2010 (only double recipient) Expert panel of Norwegian Health Directory for national Integrated medicine education from 2011
Advisor to the Norwegian Health Directory, Fagakademiet and Hogskolen I Telemark in building national education in psychosocial treatment strategies in elderly care Referee and reviewer, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, Norwegian handbook of medical treatment (Chapter on palliative care) Quoted in the Norwegian King`s New Year`s speech 2011/12 (the Utøya speech) Quoted and mentioned as author and instigator of state of the art-solutions for the challenges in dementia and palliative care in conferences hosted by the Norwegian Health Directory and Health Department 2006-13. Mentioned as example of dementia and palliative care for the future in election debates, Norwegian elections 2005, 2009 and 2013. Music issues - CD/(DVD): Lyden av lys (with Anders Rogg) KKV 2002 Aum (with the group Aum) Stable Records 2003 Symphony of bowles (with Leif Johansen) Stable Records 2003 Kon-tiki a tribute to Thor Heyerdahl (with the group Aum) Aum Records 2004 Videre (with Anders Rogg) Kirkelig KulturVerksted 2005 Videre avspenning Relaxation CD, Kirkelig KulturVerksted 2006 MusiCure avspenning Relaxation CD (with Niels Eje) Gefion Records 2006 Å finne rytmen (Finding rhythm; instructional DVD) Norges Parkinsonforbund 2006. Stemme rytme kropp (instruksjonsdvd). Norges Parkinsonforbund 2011 Use it don`t lose it (instruksjonsdvd). Aion 2011. Utøyapsalm (Lead me to my need). Aion 2011. Traumeteknikker (instruksjonsdvd). Aion 2011. Meditasjon fra begynnelsen (instruksjonscd). Aion 2011. (All issues obtainable from Senter for livshjelp, Idrettsv. 20, N-1400 Ski, Norway)