Call for applications for a fully financed PhD fellowship
Currently, the choice of follow-up and/or treatment for precancer of the uterine cervix is solely dictated by clinical guidelines. With this project we aim to empower women with cervical precancer by developing a decision aid tool. By using a decision aid tool, the decision on treatment or follow-up will also be based on preferences by the patients given their life circumstances.
Firstly, the decision aid tool must be developed based on interviews with patients and clinicians. Hereby, the essential elements for deciding on clinical management will be identified. The decision aid tool will the be implemented and facilitate a shared-decision making process between the patient and the clinician. We will measure the patients' regret, anxiety, and the choice of follow-up or treatment based on whether they used the developed decision aid tool or not.
This project will recruit women with cervical precancer from various sites in Denmark (hospitals and private clinics).
The project will take place at the University Clinic for HPV-related Gynecological Disease, Gødstrup Hospital in collaboration with Center for Shared-decision Making, Sygehus Lillebælt, University Hospital of Southern Denmark. You will be working with a multidisciplinary team, including Professor Anne Hammer (main supervisor, MD, PhD), resident and postdoc Kathrine Dyhr Lycke (MD, PhD), Professor Karina Dahl Steffensen (MD, PhD), and consultant Annu Heinonen (MD, PhD), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital.
The candidate must have a master's degree, e.g., MD or health science. We expect clinical experience within the field of gynecology. Experience with shared-decision making is an advantage, but not a must.
The candidate should be team-oriented as the project includes collaboration with various gynecological departments and professions.
We expect interviews to take place on 16 January 2025.
Please submit your application via this link. Application deadline is 12 January 2025 23:59 CET. Preferred starting date is 1 March 2025.
For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide.
Please contact Professor Anne Hammer Lauridsen, ahlauridsen@clin.au.dk, for more information.
All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.
