PhD Scholar: Dementia Prevention & Diagnostic Communication

Laplace Expert Ltd; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

UMC Utrecht offers a PhD student position focused on dementia prevention messaging and diagnostic communication. The research spans consortia and investigates how prevention messaging supports risk-reduction behaviour and how healthcare professionals communicate dementia diagnoses.

The researcher will use focus groups, interviews, questionnaires and online experiments, then co-create clinical communication aids and training interventions with patients, relatives, clinicians and public partners.

Qualifications

• PhD student in a dementia prevention and diagnostic communication project.
• Experience with mixed methods research including qualitative and quantitative approaches.
• Ability to co-create clinical communication aids and training with patients, relatives, clinicians and public partners.

Responsibilities

• Conduct focus groups, interviews and online experiments.
• Administer and analyze questionnaires.
• Co-create clinical communication aids and training interventions with stakeholders.

Skills

Focus groups

Interviews

Questionnaires

Online experiments

Co-creation

Education

PhD (PhD student)

Job description

UMC Utrecht offers a PhD student position focused on dementia prevention messaging and diagnostic communication. The research spans consortia and investigates how prevention messaging supports risk-reduction behaviour and how healthcare professionals communicate dementia diagnoses.

The researcher will use focus groups, interviews, questionnaires and online experiments, then co-create clinical communication aids and training interventions with patients, relatives, clinicians and public partners.