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Department of General Medicine and Nursing Science join forces!

The disciplines of General Practice and Nursing Science are being combined to work more efficiently and effectively in the current healthcare climate.

Learning to collaborate with other healthcare professionals: a perspective from the basic curriculum

Learning to collaborate well interprofessional is a new motto in medical education. Is that justified or is it just a ‘trend’? General practitioners Judith Verhoog and Frédérique Ummels, teachers in the basic medicine curriculum, share their experiences.

20,000 participants sought for COVID-RED study

UMC Utrecht launched a study to see if a ‘smart’ bracelet can help in the fight against corona. The ‘smart’ bracelet continuously measures changes in physiological parameters such as temperature, heart rate and respiration. A change in these indicators may suggest an infection with COVID-19. For example, the bracelet could detect an infection days before the wearer has symptoms. A total of 20,000 participants are sought for the COVID-RED study.