Michelle Spek

PHD Candidate - Medical

Biography

Michelle Spek studied a master in medicine and clinical research at Maastricht University and obtained her medical degree in 2020. She started her PhD programme at the Julius Center directly after her graduation. The focus of her PhD study is to optimise telephone triage in patients calling for acute shortness of breath during out-of-hours primary care. Her PhD programme is under supervision of prof. dr Frans Rutten, dr. Dorien Zwart and dr. Roderick Venekamp.

Michelle Spek combines her PhD programme with the Postgraduate Master of Epidemiology at Utrecht University and the General Practice Vocational Training Programme in Utrecht.

Contact

mspek3@umcutrecht.nl

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Recent publications

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Gender-stratified analyses of symptoms associated with life-threatening events in patients calling out-of-hours primary care for shortness of breath Michelle Spek, Dorien L Zwart, Gerardus J H M Reijers, Esther de Groot, Geert-Jan Geersing, Maarten van Smeden, Hester M den Ruijter, Anna S M Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H Rutten, Roderick P Venekamp
BMC Primary Care, 2025, vol. 26

Exploring expressed concerns and uncanny feeling in patients with shortness of breath calling out-of-hours primary care Michelle Spek, Dorien L Zwart, Esther de Groot, Michelle R Timmerman, Maarten van Smeden, Daphne C A Erkelens, Anna S M Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H Rutten, Roderick P Venekamp
BMC Primary Care, 2025, vol. 26

Development and internal validation of a diagnostic prediction model for life-threatening events in callers with shortness of breath Michelle Spek, Roderick P Venekamp, Anne A H de Hond, Esther de Groot, Geert-Jan Geersing, Anna Sm Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans Rutten, Maarten van Smeden, Dorien Zwart
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2025, vol. 75, p.e500-e508

Telephone triage of shortness of breath Michelle Spek
2025

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the accuracy of telephone triage of callers with shortness of breath and/or chest discomfort in Dutch out-of-hours primary care Michelle Spek, Anna S M Dobbe, Dorien L Zwart, Daphne C A Erkelens, Geert-Jan Geersing, Esther de Groot, Mathé Delissen, Frans H Rutten, Roderick P Venekamp
European Journal of General Practice, 2024, vol. 30

The Role of Language in Remote Healthcare Triage Michelle Spek, Marije van Braak, Daphne C A Erkelens, Frans H Rutten, Roderick P Venekamp, Dorien L Zwart, Esther de Groot
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2024, vol. 81, p.1639-1662