General Practitioner in training, Utrecht; Netherlands

Michelle Spek completed a master’s in medicine and clinical research at Maastricht University, obtaining her medical degree in 2020. Immediately after graduation, she began her PhD trajectory at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the University Medical Center Utrecht, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. D.L. Zwart, Prof. Dr. F.H. Rutten, Dr. R.P. Venekamp, and Dr. E. de Groot. Her PhD research focuses on optimizing telephone triage for patients calling out-of-hours primary care for acute shortness of breath. Michelle combined her PhD work with a postgraduate master’s in Epidemiology at Utrecht University, which she completed in 2023. During her PhD program, she also began the general practitioner vocational training in Utrecht.