About this role
Vacancy: Postdoc position in Antimicrobial Stewardship in primary care This vacancy has been recommended by UMCG, Universiteit Twente en de Uni Oldenburg. Are you a PhD who wants to discover how health (care) decisions are made? Do you have a keen eye for the complexity of the decision making context in everyday care? Then this job vacancy is just what you are looking for! Job description (Shared) Decision-making is a highly relevant and increasingly studied topic in all aspects of healthcare. Whether it is patients making a decision about their health, physicians deciding on certain diagnostics, or patient and physicians together deciding on the optimal treatment path, decision making is always complex. Gaining insights in the decision-making processes and all aspects that influence them within (primary) care is crucial to uncover potential points for improvement. In this project, that is exactly what will be done. In this case, focus will be on treatment decisions that have an impact on antibiotic resistance (ABR). ABR is one of the biggest and most urgent threats to public health that we are facing today. Primary patient care amplifies ABR through mis- and over-prescribing of antibiotics (ABX), i.e. Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP). Especially in primary care, many factors contribute to PIP. For example, research has shown that physicians are more prone to prescribe (redundant) ABX if they feel pressured by their patients. Simultaneously, patients feel more satisfied and are less likely to re-consult if they are prescribed ABX. There are cross-border differences in ABX prescribing, although the reasons for these differences are not yet fully understood. This CHARE-GD II project is aiming to dive into this knowledge gap, and to learn from each other across the Dutch-German border. After all, individual behaviours are shaped by the individual's beliefs and attitudes, but also by the context in which they operate (e.g...