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Dorien Zwart

Full Professor

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Biography

Dorien Zwart, M.D., Ph.D, is Full Professor of General Practice/Family Medicine and Head of Department of General Practice&Nursing Sciences in the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at University Medical Center Utrecht. She also practices as a Family Physician at the Primary Health Care Center De Bilt. Zwart's research primarily focuses on patient safety and quality in general practice targeting the top 3 patient safety challenges in primary care: triage/diagnostic safety, transitional safety and medication safety. Within this scope, she is developing and supervising an applied scientific research portfolio as part of healthcare innovation research in the Julius Center.  She mainly works on multi method complex intervention studies in multidisciplinary research teams.  Beside her research, she is a passionate teacher and educational innovator. She teaches general practice and family medicine as well as quality and patient safety subjects in graduate, post graduate and post academic education. Zwart received her medical degree at the University of Groningen, her medical specialty degree at the University Medical Center Utrecht and her doctorate at the University of Utrecht.

Research groups

Cardiovascular health in general practice

Research aim

Improve cardiovascular health of people by high-quality research aimed at early detection of cardiovascular disease, risk-stratification, risk-based treatment, and primary care innovation.

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Recent publications

Non-dispensing pharmacists integrated into general practices as a new interprofessional model A. C.M. Hazen, V. M. Sloeserwij, E. de Groot, J. J. de Gier, N. J. de Wit, A. A. de Bont, D. L.M. Zwart
BMC Health Services Research, 2024, vol. 24, p.1-10
Additional predictors of stroke and transient ischaemic attack in BEFAST positive patients in out-of-hours emergency primary care Florien S van Royen, Geert-Jan Geersing, Daphne C Erkelens, Mathé Delissen, Jorn V F Rutten, Dorien L Zwart, Maarten van Smeden, Frans H Rutten, Sander van Doorn
PLoS ONE, 2024, vol. 19
Characteristics and preventability of medication-related admissions for acute kidney injury and dehydration in elderly patients Tristan Coppes, Ankie C.M. Hazen, Dorien L.M. Zwart, Ellen S. Koster, Teun van Gelder, Marcel L. Bouvy
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2024, vol. 80, p.1355-1362
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
Acute remote home monitoring of acutely ill patients with COVID-19 Karin Smit, Rick T van Uum, Stella Rijks, Alma C van de Pol, Abeer Ahmad, Roderick P Venekamp, Frans H Rutten, Dorien L M Zwart,
BMC Health Services Research, 2024, vol. 24
Pharmacists’ current and potential prescribing roles in primary care in the Netherlands Thomas G.H. Kempen, Yosra Benaissa, Haijo Molema, Lea E. Valk, Ankie C.M. Hazen, Mette Heringa, Henk Frans Kwint, Dorien L.M. Zwart, Sofia Kälvemark Sporrong, Derek Stewart, Liset van Dijk
Journal of interprofessional care, 2024, vol. 38, p.787-798