Dr Jako Burgers appointed extraordinary professor

On 2 June 2016 Jako Burgers was appointed as extraordinary Professor Promoting Personalised Care in Clinical Practice Guidelines. 

The chair is positioned in CAPHRI’s research line ‘Promoting Health and Personalised Care’, headed by professors Hein de Vries and Trudy van der Weijden and in the department of Family Medicine.

Jako Burgers is a GP in Gorinchem and head of the Department ‘Richtlijnontwikkeling & Wetenschap’ at the ‘Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap’ (NHG).

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