Jan-Joost Rethans

Background

About Jan-Joost Rethans

Jan-Joost Rethans studied medicine at Maastricht University (UM). After finishing specialist training in family practice he worked 17 years part-time as a family physician/ researcher at the Research Institute ‘Extra’ of UM. During this period he also worked three years in Norway (1980/1981; 1983/1984; 1992/1993), as a clinician and as a researcher. He has a PhD in Medical Education from Maastricht University (1990, ‘cum laude’- rating). He delivered a number of PhD students who all conducted studies in the field of performance assessment of physicians, mostly using the methodology of incognito standardized patients. In 1998 he joined the Skillslab of FHML, Maastricht University. From December 2013 until September 2019 he was appointed as Director of Medical Education Programmes FHML, Maastricht University. In 2015 he was appointed as Professor of Human Simulation.He was elected as chair (1998-2004) of the Executive Board of the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN). In 2004 he joined the Board of Directors of ASPE (Association of Simulated and Standardized Patient Educators), where he was initiator and first chair of the Committee ASPE-International. In 2007 he was initiator/first chair of the Simulated and Standardized Committee of the Dutch Society of Medical Education (NVMO). He held positions as visiting professor at Gifu University, Medical Education Development Centre, Japan and at Osaka Medical School, Osaka, Japan (2008). In 2010 he received the Outstanding Educator Award 2010 by ASPE as first person outside North America. In 2011 he was nominated for the Maastricht University Education Award. In 2013 he was awarded as the first Howard S Barrows invited presenter by ASPE. Dr. Rethans is author/co-author of a large number of publications in international peer reviewed medical journals and of a number of chapters in international books. The majority of these contributions deal with simulated or standardized patient methodology. Jan-Joost Rethans is married with the love of his life and is a proud father of 5 children. In May 2021 he retired from his positions at Maastricht University.