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Prof. Dr. Christina Ramsenthaler MSc PhD

Prof. Dr. Christina Ramsenthaler MSc PhD

Prof. Dr. Christina Ramsenthaler MSc PhD

ZHAW School of Health Sciences
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 73 04
christina.ramsenthaler2@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Focus

The focus of my research strategy is: patient-centred outcome measures (PCOMs) in various disease groups (palliative care, older people, community care, acute care, intersectionality), how they can be used to foster patient-centred care for professionals and informal caregivers, & how they can be developed and implemented for maximum and sustainable clinical utility. I work with PCOMs at both the individual and the population level to guide individual care, but also to monitor care quality, transitions and intersectionality, and investigate the effects of social inequality on healthcare systems nationally and internationally. Central to my work is the development of the logic model of using PCOMs as an intervention, understanding the structure, processes and outcomes which are needed and can be affected by employing PCOMs routinely. The target populations of my research are healthcare professionals of various disciplines and informal caregivers. Methodologically, I am further developing methods and methodology regarding: the use of routine data and their validity for investigating epidemiological effects and outcomes; the use of big data to monitor unmet needs; new psychometric approaches for investigating the measurement error associated with proxy assessment; new psychometric methods within an item response theory and a structural equation modelling framework for investigating the longitudinal construct validity and minimally important difference of PCOMs; quantitative methods for hybrid trials within implementation research.

Teaching

  • Quantitative Methods 1 (Modul lead, MSc Nursing)
  • Quantitative Methods 2 (Modul lead, MSc Nursing
  • Module Master's thesis
  • Questionnaire design and further quantitative methods
  • Statistical models with R (Joint PhD programme, USZ, UZH & ZHAW)
  • B4 Case Study Research (MSc Nursing)

Experience

  • Lecturer / Reader
    Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, UK
    03 / 2020 - today
  • Visiting Scholar of Research Methods and Statistics
    Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, London, UK
    01 / 2017 - today
  • Senior researcher
    Department of Palliative Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
    12 / 2020 - 09 / 2021
  • Senior lecturer / reader
    Institute of Sport and Sport Sciences, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
    03 / 2018 - 01 / 2021
  • Research fellow
    GESIS- Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany
    04 / 2017 - 02 / 2018
  • Research fellow
    Department of Palliative medicine, University Medical Center Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
    04 / 2016 - 04 / 2017
  • Research assistant, PhD student
    Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, London, UK
    10 / 2012 - 03 / 2016
  • Research assistant
    Cicely Saunders Institute, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, London, UK
    11 / 2010 - 10 / 2012
  • Research assistant
    University Oldenburg & ipac Institute for Palliative Care Oldenburg, Germany
    04 / 2009 - 02 / 2011

Education and Continuing education

Education

  • Professional Certificate / Teaching in Higher Education
    ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
    01 / 2023 - 01 / 2024
  • PhD / Palliative Care
    King's College London, London, UK
    10 / 2012 - 06 / 2017
  • Professional Certificate / Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
    University College London, London, UK
    01 / 2014 - 01 / 2015
  • Professional Certificate / Rasch Measurement Theory
    The University of Western Australia, Australia
    01 / 2013 - 01 / 2014
  • Master of Science / Palliative Care
    King's College London, London, UK
    01 / 2010 - 01 / 2012
  • Diploma (equivalent to 120 ECTS MSc) / Psychology (Clinical Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology, Pedagogical Psychology)
    University of Bremen, Institute of Psychology
    10 / 2005 - 03 / 2009
  • Pre-Diploma / Psychology
    University Oldenburg, Institute of Psychology
    10 / 2003 - 07 / 2005

Continuing Education

Certificate in Good Clinical Practice
King's College London, London, UK
03 / 2024

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9996-1818

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Oral conference contributions and abstracts

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