Aspecial interest group(SIG) is a community within a larger organization with a shared interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to affect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet, and organize meetings. Within the APH research institute there are multiple SIG’s on different research program overarching topics. An overview of APH SIG’s can be found on this page.

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 & Co-creation

Research program: Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases

Aims

This SIG aims to create an overview of the range of currently used participatory research approaches, theories 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) understanding and exchanging ideas around the related concepts and terminology, and (2) discussing the theory and practice of how and why to conduct and report on participatory research.

Contact persons: Teatske Altenburg, Laura Belmon, Iris Lechner, Katrina Messiha and Nessa Millet, 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

CBS community

Research program: Methodology

Aim: This SIG aims to share knowledge on how to link your own research data to CBS data. Practical videos from the CBS community symposium 2024 can be found online. Connect with likeminded colleagues and stay tuned for our next symposium!

Contactpersoon: cbs@amsterdamumc.nl