The Innovation Fund Elderly Care (Dutch: Innovatiefonds Ouderenzorg - IFOZ) is founded by CbusineZ and four large elderly care organisations (Archipel, Envida, tanteLouise, and Thebe) to accelerate innovative solutions in elderly care. IFOZ invests in innovative solutions that can improve labour productivity which is necessary given demographic challenges resulting in staff shortages.

The aim of ‘Patient as a Person Foundation (PAP)’ is to support organizations and individuals in delivering person-centred care. We train students of (para)medical professions and healthcare professionals. In training sessions, these healthcare professionals or students interact with people who have extensive experience with illness and care. These experts by experience share how illness has impacted their lives on the social, physical and mental domain. Interacting with these patient coaches… Show more The aim of ‘Patient as a Person Foundation (PAP)’ is to support organizations and individuals in delivering person-centred care. We train students of (para)medical professions and healthcare professionals. In training sessions, these healthcare professionals or students interact with people who have extensive experience with illness and care. These experts by experience share how illness has impacted their lives on the social, physical and mental domain. Interacting with these patient coaches enables healthcare professionals and students to anticipate patient needs. In all training sessions, we aim to include professionals or students from different professions to stimulate interprofessional collaboration. Our foundation aims at both enabling professionals and students in delivering person-centred, integrated care, as well as empowering experts by experience. By sharing their experiences, their illness trajectory can help future and current healthcare professionals, which adds to a sense of purpose, enables them to participate in society and some experts by experience report a therapeutical effect of sharing their experiences. Matthijs Bosveld and I founded PAP foundation during our bachelors and after finishing our bachelors we took an academic year (2017-2018) to further develop training modules and expand. In the academic year 2021-2022, our initial module will be followed by approximately 1300 students and we have started with providing similar training programmes to practising professionals. Show less

CbusineZ is a subsidiary of CZ, one of the four main health insurers of The Netherlands. CbusineZ invests in innovative healthcare ventures that improve quality, decreases costs and/or increase labour productivity. CbusineZ wants to actively add value to ventures and contributes to ventures for a longer period of time. As a venture developer, I guide existing ventures, perform market scans to identify new opportunities and assess prospective ventures.

In the Patient As a Person Foundation, we organise education in which students learn from people with experience with illness, health care, and/or decreased well-being (i.e. experts by experience). Initially, we focused solely on students learning outcomes. However, we noticed that participating in education can be beneficial to the experts by experience too. Participating can provide the experts by experience with a sense of purpose, acceptance of their life with disease, increased societal… Show more In the Patient As a Person Foundation, we organise education in which students learn from people with experience with illness, health care, and/or decreased well-being (i.e. experts by experience). Initially, we focused solely on students learning outcomes. However, we noticed that participating in education can be beneficial to the experts by experience too. Participating can provide the experts by experience with a sense of purpose, acceptance of their life with disease, increased societal participation, and can make them more engaged in managing their health and health care. The Patient As a Person Foundation now has a double aim: (1) improving the person-centredness of (future) healthcare professionals, and (2) empowering our experts by experience. The PhD-trajectory focuses on developing and evaluating interventions aimed at experts by experience. Please find our published articles below: • Article #1: “Patient involvement in interprofessional education: A qualitative study yielding recommendations on incorporating the patient's perspective” – Health Expectations• Article #2: "Involving patients in undergraduate health professions education: What’s in it for them?" - Patient Education and Counseling• Article #3 "Seeing the patient as a person in interprofessional health professions education" - Journal of Interprofessional Care• Article #4 "Patient participation towards maturity: how to equip patients to contribute to quality improvement?" - Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen Show less

P5COM is a consultancy firm in health care that focuses on operational and service excellence. I analysed business processes, identified operational bottlenecks, and implemented solutions.

SLIM translates to 'smart' in Dutch and is an abbreviation for Statistiek Leren In Maastricht (learning statistics in Maastricht). SLIM provided tutoring in statistics, research methodology and epidemiology to students of Maastricht University. I offered tutoring packages that consist of several hours of tutoring and extensive summaries that prepare you optimally to pass your exam. Over the course of five academic years I have tutored approximately 800 students. For more information about… Show more SLIM translates to 'smart' in Dutch and is an abbreviation for Statistiek Leren In Maastricht (learning statistics in Maastricht). SLIM provided tutoring in statistics, research methodology and epidemiology to students of Maastricht University. I offered tutoring packages that consist of several hours of tutoring and extensive summaries that prepare you optimally to pass your exam. Over the course of five academic years I have tutored approximately 800 students. For more information about SLIM I refer you to my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sjimvanslim/ Show less