PROM implementation research network
Research programs: Quality of Care and Personalized Medicine
Aims
To advance the field of patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) implementation in clinical practice, by bringing together researchers and clinicians with experience or interest in this specific field. We aim to organize multiple meetings to build a knowledgebase on PROM implementation and share updates in the field. This research network will be part of the PROM Expertise Point within Amsterdam UMC and is in collaboration with the APH research programs Quality of Care and Personalized Medicine.
Contact person: Maud van Muilekom via PROMexpertisepunt@amsterdamumc.nl
Medical Education Scientists Amsterdam (MESA)
Research program: Quality of Care
Aims
To create a vivid learning community in which researchers come together to exchange knowledge and experience in workshops and expert meetings. The planned SIG meetings provide a platform for all medical education (ME) researchers and those who are interested of Amsterdam UMC or Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and adherent institutes to inspire and meet each other, collaborate and build a network within APH. Visibility will be created through an open access website. The ultimate goal is to improve the quality of healthcare through education and research in the field of ME and to train the researchers and health professionals of the future.
Contact person: Sofiya Abedali
Creating awareness for boundaries related to vulnerable people
Research program: Quality of Care
Aims
To create more awareness among researchers about vulnerability of patients and research participants and to increase knowledge and skills to shape inclusive research. The SIG leaders offer their methodological support in setting up inclusive research in the design phase of studies and will provide practical tools. In educational lectures and webinars they will address the ethical and legal questions within which research is being performed.
Contact person: Brenda Frederiks
Participatory research
Research program: Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases
Aims
This SIG aims to create an overview of the range of currently used participatory research approaches and methods within the HB&CD research program, and wishes to connect researchers for the promotion of knowledge- and experience exchange. Two main goals are; (1) starting-up a consensus project on terminology, and (2) working on guidelines for conducting and reporting participatory research.
Contact persons: Laura Belmon, Wilma Waterlander, Mary Nicolou via aph.participatory@amsterdamumc.nl
Systems thinking and public health
Research program: Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases
Aims
This working group aims to further build expertise on systems science in public health, which is currently limited, by fostering cooperation between Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases (HB&CD) researchers on the theory and analytics of the systems science approach. All HB&CD researchers who have an interest in the systems science approach can participate.
Contact persons: Laura Belmon, Wilma Waterlander, May Nicolou via aph.systems@amsterdamumc.nl
Patient centered care
Research program: Personalized Medicine and Quality of Care
Aims
From the patients perspective we aim to connect researchers who are concerned with the development and implementation of patient reported outcomes, shared decision making and/or positive health.
Contact persons: Baudewijntje Kreukels en Marieke Bak
Responsible innovation in personalized medicine
Research program: Personalized Medicine
Aims
Responsible implementation of new technologies requires research on ethical values, legal frameworks and consequences for different aspects of existing diagnostics and treatments in (public health) care. Within the Personalized Medicine research program we stimulate study of the Ethical, Legal and Social issues resulting from new technologies, in order to set the right frameworks for responsible innovation.
Contact persons: Tessel Rigter en Marieke Bak
Intersectionality
Research program: Personalized Medicine
Aims
Mapping diversity in healthcare needs and training for diversity have always been key topics for the Personalized Medicine research program, which are now bundled in the special interest theme: intersectionality.
Contact person: Petra Verdonk