GP internship

Type of assignment:                         MA
Internal or external?:                       External, remote and at program bureau Santeon in Utrecht
Maximum number of students        2-3
Individual collecting of data?          Depending on the assignment
Type of research:                           Qualitative and quantitative

Description of the assignment

Santeon is a collaboration of seven Dutch teaching hospitals that continuously renews care pathways using the principles of Value-Based Health Care (VBHC). By measuring outcomes, learning from each other, and improving through standardization, personalization, and digitalization, Santeon aims to create a value-driven, patient-centered journey.

Within this approach, the Samen Beter program is how Santeon puts VBHC into practice: multidisciplinary teams from all seven hospitals compare outcomes, share best practices, and improve care pathways together. One of these pathways is lung cancer. A key project within this pathway is the nationwide implementation of the Lung Cancer Patient Decision Aid (LC-PtDA). This decision aid includes the Patients-Like-Me module, which presents real-world outcome data to patients to support Shared Decision-Making (SDM) between patients and healthcare professionals.

Assignment
In this project, you will investigate how patients experience the decision-making process in lung cancer care and how the LC-PtDA and Patients-Like-Me module support them. The study will involve qualitative interviews with patients from the 20 participating hospitals across the Netherlands that have implemented the decision aid.

Your activities will include conducting semi-structured interviews with patients about their experiences with SDM and the use of the LC-PtDA and Patients-Like-Me module, analysing the qualitative interview data, and translating the findings into recommendations to improve the implementation and use of the decision aid in clinical practice.

We prefer students who wish to combine their internship with their master’s thesis (with a trial period of the time of the internship). Approximately 50% of the work can be done remotely; the remainder will take place on location, either at one of the participating hospitals or at the program bureau in Utrecht, depending on the assignment and in consultation with the supervisor.

Who are we looking for?

•     Dutch speaking students.
• Enthusiastic, motivated, and eager-to-learn master’s students.
• Strong interest in applied health psychology, implementation, or decision-making in healthcare.
• Preferably able to combine internship and thesis work.

What do we offer?

•  A dynamic workplace experience at the intersection of research and practice.
• The opportunity to contribute to the evaluation of an innovative nationwide program in SDM.

More information? Jet Ankersmid-Matos Miguel (j.ankersmid@santeon.nl / +31647127318)