🔬 About the project:
✅ Conduct a stepped wedge RCT in ambulances in Central Denmark Region
✅ Evaluate cost-effectiveness of risk scores in older patients
✅ Develop an education program for paramedics
✅ Translate & validate patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)
✅ Fully funded PhD position (salary included)

ℹ️ Project background
Many 1-1-2 calls involve frail older patients, often leading to hospital admission, which can cause suffering and high costs. Non-specific symptoms and varied interpretation of vital signs make it hard to detect life-threatening conditions, while hospitalization may not always be the best outcome.

We hypothesize that implementing an age-adjusted Early Warning Score (EWS) and Clinical Frailty Score (CFS) will improve patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) and reduce ambulance transport costs. This intervention aligns ambulance care to patients' needs—stabilizing vital signs for high EWS cases and using a holistic, shared decision-making approach for frail older patients (high CFS).

📌 We are looking for:
🎓 A highly motivated MSc graduate in medicine, health sciences, or paramedicine
🚑 Interest in prehospital research & older patient care
📊 Strong analytical & organizational skills
🇩🇰 Fluent in Danish & English

📅 Deadline: 1 April 2025
📍 Start date: 1 September 2025 (or ASAP)

💡 Click below for more information and how to apply:
https://phd.health.au.dk/application/opencalls/phd-project-whocares2