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Overview

Jan-Joost Rethans is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Family Practice.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics, such as Innovations in Medical Education, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, Empathy and Medical Education, Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Marie-Aude Piot
  • Bruno Falissard
  • Carine Layat Burn
  • Antoine Tesnière
  • Chris Attoe

Notable publication venues where Rethans' work appears include:

  • Advances in Simulation
  • Medical Education
  • Journal of Advanced Nursing
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Perspectives on Medical Education

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Rethans include:

  • "Simulation in psychiatry for medical doctors: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2020, Medical Education)
  • "Effectiveness of simulation in psychiatry for nursing students, nurses and nurse practitioners: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2021, Journal of Advanced Nursing)
  • "Simulation Training in Psychiatry for Medical Education: A Review" (2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • "Manifesto for healthcare simulation practice" (2020, BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning)
  • "The contribution of simulated patients to meaningful student learning" (2021, Perspectives on Medical Education)

Best Publications

  • The relationship between competence and performance: implications for assessing practice performance.

    Rethans Jj;Norcini Jj;Barón-Maldonado M;Blackmore D

  • The use of simulated patients in medical education: AMEE Guide No 42

    Jennifer A Cleland;Keiko Abe;Jan-Joost Rethans

  • Does competence of general practitioners predict their performance? Comparison between examination setting and actual practice.

    J J Rethans;F Sturmans;R Drop;C van der Vleuten

  • Assessment for simulation learning outcomes: a comparison of knowledge and self-reported confidence with observed clinical performance.

    Sok Ying Liaw;Albert Scherpbier;Jan-Joost Rethans;Piyanee Klainin-Yobas

  • Assessment of general practitioners by video observation of communicative and medical performance in daily practice: issues of validity, reliability and feasibility.

    P Ram;R Grol;J J Rethans;B Schouten

  • The use of standardized patients in research in general practice.

    J Beullens;J J Rethans;Jo Goedhuys;Frank Buntinx

  • Students' views on the use of real patients and simulated patients in undergraduate medical education.

    Lonneke Bokken;Jan-Joost Rethans;Lonneke van Heurn;Robbert Duvivier

  • Is insight important? measuring capacity to change performance.

    R B Hays;B C Jolly;L J M Caldon;P McCrorie

  • Assessing simulated patients in an educational setting: the MaSP (Maastricht Assessment of Simulated Patients).

    Lidewij A Wind;Jan Van Dalen;Arno M M Muijtjens;Jan-Joost Rethans

  • Unannounced standardised patients in real practice: a systematic literature review

    Jan-Joost Rethans;Simone Gorter;Lonneke Bokken;Linda Morrison

  • Feedback by simulated patients in undergraduate medical education: a systematic review of the literature.

    Lonneke Bokken;Tim Linssen;Albert Scherpbier;Cees van der Vleuten

  • Strengths and Weaknesses of Simulated and Real Patients in the Teaching of Skills to Medical Students: A Review

    Lonneke Bokken;Jan-Joost Rethans;Albert J.J.A. Scherpbier;Cees P.M. van der Vleuten

  • Teaching and assessing communication skills in Maastricht: the first twenty years

    J. Van Dalen;P. Bartholomeus;E. Kerkhofs;R. Lulofs

  • To what extent do clinical notes by general practitioners reflect actual medical performance? A study using simulated patients.

    J J Rethans;E Martin;J Metsemakers

  • Assessment of the performance of general practitioners by the use of standardized (simulated) patients.

    J J Rethans;F Sturmans;R Drop;C van der Vleuten

  • Instructiveness of real patients and simulated patients in undergraduate medical education: a randomized experiment.

    Lonneke Bokken;Jan-Joost Rethans;Quirijn Jöbsis;Robbert Duvivier

  • A review of educational strategies to improve nurses' roles in recognizing and responding to deteriorating patients

    Sok Ying Liaw;A. Scherpbier;Piyanee Klainin-Yobas;J. J. Rethans

  • Simulated patients in general practice: a different look at the consultation.

    J J Rethans;C P van Boven

  • Effects of communication training on real practice performance: a role-play module versus a standardized patient module.

    Claudia Schlegel;Ulrich Woermann;Maya Shaha;Jan Joost Rethans

  • Performance‐related stress symptoms in simulated patients

    Lonneke Bokken;Jan van Dalen;Jan-Joost Rethans

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert J. J. A. Scherpbier
Albert J. J. A. Scherpbier Maastricht University
Cees P. M. van der Vleuten
Cees P. M. van der Vleuten Maastricht University
Arno M. M. Muijtjens
Arno M. M. Muijtjens Maastricht University
Diana H. J. M. Dolmans
Diana H. J. M. Dolmans Maastricht University
Désirée van der Heijde
Désirée van der Heijde Leiden University Medical Center
Frances Griffiths
Frances Griffiths University of Warwick
Antoine Tesniere
Antoine Tesniere Université Paris Cité
Tim Dornan
Tim Dornan Queen's University Belfast
Pim W. Teunissen
Pim W. Teunissen Maastricht University
Cédric Lemogne
Cédric Lemogne Université Paris Cité

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