BERGEN OP ZOOM – Pediatrician Christian van Woerden and internal nephrologist Marga Eishuis have received a check for €10,000 from the Scientific Committee at Braves Hospital. With this financial support they can revive their scientific research. “It’s great to see that Bravis, as a general hospital, considers science so important and encourages staff to do their own research,” Christian says.
This was the first time that employees could apply for a subsidy from the Science Committee. “Bravis wants to invest in (owning) scientific research and encourage employees to turn their ideas into reality. Research improves the quality of care, and as a hospital we naturally want to continually improve our care,” says Bianca Minima, Chairman. Entries “Solution Oriented Consulting to Enhance Patient Engagement” From pediatrician Christian van Woerden and “Results of percutaneous Parkinson’s catheterization in Bravis Hospital” Internal medicine and nephrologist Marga Ichis received a subsidy of 10,000 euros from the Scientific Committee. “We are of course very proud of that,” Marja says. “It shows that the hospital really thinks about its patients and that we want to continue to improve the quality of our care.” Christian and Marja’s studies are explained below.
Solution-oriented consultation to enhance patient participation
While consulting a pediatrician or pediatric nurse, children do not talk much. It is mainly parents (about 35% of the time) and doctors or nurses (about 60%) who talk. Despite the fact that children say little (about 5%), they demand a lot of nonverbal attention. With his research “Solution Oriented Counseling to Enhance Patient Participation,” Christian wants to know to what extent children participate or talk during the consultation and how this participation can be improved with the help of a private discussion method.
Results of percutaneous catheters in Bravis Hospital
Patients need a catheter to undergo peritoneal dialysis. In most hospitals, this catheter is inserted into the operating room, and for this the patient must be under general anesthesia. Bravis Hospital is one of the few hospitals in the Netherlands that uses a different method. Thanks to this method, patients do not have to undergo general anesthesia and hopefully in the future they will not have to go to the operating room. So patients do not have to stay overnight in the hospital and peritoneal dialysis is also available for patients who cannot undergo general anaesthesia. “As a doctor, I can think something is better for the patient, but as long as it hasn’t been checked, I can never say for sure,” Marga says. Through her research, she wants to determine, along with internist nephrologist Harmen Kreipel and the surgery team, how treatments are progressing at Bravis and how the placed catheters work. I then compared these results to the “old” method. “So soon we will know for sure if what we are feeling is right,” Marga explains.
High quality and more special research
“I was very surprised by the quality of the applications,” science coordinator Helen Froman says excitedly. “The Scientific Committee has only been around for a year, but you can see that the science is alive within the organization and our staff also have good ideas and initiatives for research. Previously, as a hospital, we mainly followed studies made by others, but with the arrival of the Science Fund we can now as a hospital Scientific Committee to offer our employees the (financial) possibilities to conduct their own research.”
