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We are engaged in scientific research and teaching on methods for (behavior change for) implementation of prevention, valuable care innovations or de-implementation of non-valuable care.
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Scope and area of work
Insights about valuable preventive care, diagnostics, treatment and aftercare usually do not automatically find their way into daily practice: "you have to do something or leave something!". As a result, often unconsciously, valuable care is withheld from patients. On the other hand, care that is not valuable is actually given to patients.
In addition, patients regularly indicate that current care does not sufficiently match their personal needs, preferences and values, nor the changing role of the patient as a partner. Moreover, they identify deficiencies in coordination and cooperation among the many health care providers involved across departmental and organizational boundaries.
There are also wide variations in the quality of care provided between health care providers, departments and organizations. This variation is too great to be explained solely by patient factors. Thus, publishing or otherwise providing information about appropriate or inappropriate care does not automatically lead to the provision of valuable care in daily practice.
Chairs/RGL's
- Quality of care for infectious diseases, Marlies Hulscher
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- Person-centered oncology chain and network care, Rosella Hermens
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- Appropriate care, Tijn Kool
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- Behavioral medicine and health psychology, Marijn de Bruin
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Initial education
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In these blocks, students are introduced to evidence-based practice and evidence-based guidelines. In the latter block, for example, students revise an existing guideline by searching for new evidence and drafting new recommendations .
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Healthcare Improvement Science (HcIS) examines the context, facilitators and barriers within which improvements in care around the patient can be achieved, as well as existing and new interventions to improve the quality of care.
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Research minor on how to implement healthcare innovations in the system.
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Studio in which students in the honours programme gain insight into practice variation and appropriate care over 10 weeks and where they reflect and provide solutions from their own study background.
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As part of the minor on breast cancer research, 2 half-day sessions focus on involving patients in research.
Post-initial education
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This course teaches 20 researchers (PhD students and postdocs) how to set up and conduct (de-)implementation research. The language of instruction is Dutch. The course was rated 8.4 in 2024.
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This course focuses on the design of clinical scientific research. Topics covered include formulating a question statement, choosing an appropriate research design, selecting the study population, types of bias and causality.
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Collaborations
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Social science consortium on pandemic preparedness led from IQ Health.
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Together, we explore whether digital care is appropriate and how to make current digital support appropriate.
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In this network, healthcare providers and researchers from more than 30 countries share their experiences, data and challenges to de-implementing non-matching care.
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Consultancy/services
If you are interested in consultations or services from our R&E group, please fill out our application form.
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We offer consultation (research, education and research methodology) in implementation and de-implementation research.
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We offer consultation in statistics (power calculations and analyses) in implementation and de-implementation research.
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Rosella Hermens Professor of person-centered oncology chain and network care
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Tijn Kool Professor of appropriate care
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