(Oemar) OS van der Woerd

Profile

Research
PhD project about regional governance challenges in healthcare, mainly grounded in qualitative methodologies, and supervised by Prof. Roland Bal and Dr. Wilma van der Scheer.

Involved in the REGIOZ project, an action-oriented research project focusing on how elderly care is increasingly organized in geographical regions, urging for more collaborative care practices. We study, and act with, regional experiments in which alternative types of care are developed, reconfiguring traditional boundaries between healthcare organizations and practitioners.

Teaching
Master courses Advance Research Methods, Governancy & Strategy, and Comparative Health Policy. For the bachelor Health Sciences (Gezondheidswetenschappen) involved in Philosophy of Science, Qualitative Research, and several serious games.

Study background
Master degrees in Health Care Management, and Public Administration (Policy and Politics), and a bachelor degree in Health Sciences. All obtained at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Ancillary activities
Editorial board Public Note, Jong GENERO, PhD clubs, and interested in the Surinamese healthcare sector.