Pascale Simons - Curriculum Vitae Personal details Name Pascale Anna Maria Simons Title MSc Address Henri Dunantstraat 131 3620 Lanaken Belgium Phone nr: ++31-6-15015071 E-mail: pascale.simons@uhasselt.be Born September 25 th 1975 Nationality Dutch Current Position Position Doctoral student Patient Safety research Hasselt University, Department of Business Economics, Patient Safety Research Group Address Martelarenlaan 42 3500, Hasselt Belgium Phone: +32 (0)11 268705 E-mail: pascale.simons@uhasselt.be Research Project Effect evaluation of a Lean Management transition in health care organizations using a broader model to view potential effects. Interests Patient Safety Lean Management Culture Change Change Management 1
Education 2001-2005 Master Health Sciences, Specialism: Health Promotion Master thesis at MAASTRO clinic (radiotherapy clinic at Maastricht) Title: Comparison of two Quality of Life instruments in cancer patients treated with curative radiotherapy for head and neck cancer or breast cancer: EORTC-QLQ and SEIQoL-DW 1997-1999 Radiation Technologist Inservice Theory: Rotterdam University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Practice: R.T.I.L. (MAASTRO clinic), Maastricht, the Netherlands 1993-1996 Radiologist Inservice Theory: Zuyd University, Heerlen, the Netherlands Practice: Maaslandziekenhuis, hospital, Sittard, the Netherlands 1987-1992 Secondary School Stedelijk Scholengemeenschap, Maastricht, the Netherlands Participated Courses 2013 August Masters Course: Cost-effectiveness Modeling Methods 2013 June Two day Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Workshop KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 2012 November Effective Scientific Communication Doctoral School Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium 2012 September Masters Course: Cost Benefit Analysis Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium 2011 April Statistics Multilevel Analysis of Longitudinal Date 2009 December Course Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) Maastricht, the Netherlands 2
2008 June Scientific English writing 1 2007 May Patient Safety Officer training Harvard University - Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Oxford, United States 2006 November Safety Awareness Team-training Acaleph Opleiding Traing en Adviezen B.V., Geleen, the Netherlands 2004 Course for Root Cause Analysis - PRISMA course Patient Safety Committee, Arnhem, the Netherlands Relevant Work Experience 2010 current Doctoral Student Patient Safety Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium 2007-2010 Patient safety officer and researcher MAASTRO clinic, Maastricht, the Netherlands 1997-2007 Radiation technologist MAASTRO clinic, Maastricht, the Netherlands 1993-1997 Radiographer Maaslandziekenhuis (hospital), Sittard, the Netherlands 1997 Work & travel Australia, Australia Publications International (refereed) journals - P.A.M. Simons, R.M.A. Houben, H.H. Backes, R.F.G. Pijls, S. Groothuis Compliance to technical guidelines for radiotherapy treatment in relation to patient safety. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2010 in press 3
Book chapters - Pascale Simons, Huub Backes Op weg naar een continu lerende organisatie You can t improve what you don t control. In: Lean in de Zorg (2012) Ed. Rouppe van der Voort M, Benders J. Boom Lemma: Den Haag. (ISBN: 978 90 5931 774 1) Conferences Oral Presentations International Conferences - P.A.M. Simons, M. Pijls-Johannesma, G. I.J.M. Kempen, P. Lambin, D. de Ruysscher. What is the best method to evaluate the Quality of Life during curative radiotherapy? Annual ESTRO meeting 2006, 8-12 October, Leipzig, Germany, Accepted for oral presentation Oral Presentations National Conferences - 2012 January, presentation of book chapter: Op weg naar een continu lerende organisatie You can t improve what you don t control. In: Lean in de Zorg (2012) Ed. Rouppe van der Voort M, Benders J. Boom Lemma: Den Haag. (ISBN: 978 90 5931 774 1) National symposium: Lean in Healthcare, Tilburg, the Netherlands - 2008 March, Workshop Lean: Project 3-2-1, a Lean application National symposium: Lean in Healthcare, Tilburg, the Netherlands - 2007 November, Incident reporting system in MAASTRO clinic Regional Symposium Patient Safety Maastricht, the Netherlands Poster Presentations International Conferences - 2013 April: Pascale Simons, Ruud Houben, Madelon Pijls, Wim Marneffe and Dominique Vandijck. Evaluating a Factorial Survey on Patient Safety Actions to Measure Change in Relation to Patient Safety Culture. International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare London, England 4
Poster Presentations National Conferences - 2009 November: Reijnders P, Simons P. Communicatie Patiëntveiligheid binnen MAASTRO clinic. Regional Symposium Patient Safety Thorn, the Netherlands Educational experience - 2011, Course: Research Methods, Policy Management, bachelor applied economic sciences (TEW) with subject Factorial Survey Design - 2010 November, Guest college: Lean in Health care 5