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Profiles
Professor Jos Latour
Professor in Clinical Nursing
School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences)
Role
Professor in Clinical Nursing
Professor Jos Latour is a Professor in ClinicalNursing at the University of Plymouth and the chair of the research group Innovationsin PAtient Care and qualiTy (ImPACT) at the Institute of Health and Communities.Jos is also the associate Head of School for Research at the School of Nursingand Midwifery. Jos has been a nurse for over 35 years. His clinical academic postis based at University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust in Plymouth and MusgrovePark Hospital in Taunton where he is the director of the Clinical Schoolsaiming to drive clinical research forward with clinical staff. The researchprogramme of Professor Latour is defined as ‘Enhancing Clinical Care and Patient Outcomes across the Lifespan’with the main streams of patient and family empowerment, patient and familywitnessed resuscitation, end-of-life care, paediatric sepsis, patient andfamily reported outcome measures, and clinical care improvement. He is an associate-editor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and international editorial boardmember of several other international peer-reviewed journals. Internationally, Josis a Professor in Pediatric Nursing at Hunan Children’s Hospital, Changsha,China by invitation of the Health and Family PlanningCommission of Hunan Province under the One Hundred International TalentProgram. Jos is also a visiting Professor at Curtin University in Perth,Western Australia.
Qualifications
Doctorate Degree, Medical Faculty, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Master of Science in Nursing, Cardiff University
Certificate of Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing
Certificate of Pediatric Nursing
Registered General Nurse
Professional membership
Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society ofNursing; Rho Chi Chapter
Society of Critical Care Medicine; SCCM
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; ESICM
European Society of Paediatric and NeonatalIntensive Care Nursing; ESPNIC
Roles on external bodies
Editorial Board
Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, guest editor Special Issue on family-centred care in ICU, 2019
Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, International AdvisoryBoard member
Hellenic Journal of Nursing, International Editorial Board member
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Associate Editor
Journal of Child Health Care, International Editorial Board member
Nursing in Critical Care, International Editorial Board member
Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing, International Editorial Boardmember
Visiting Professorships
Professor of Paediatric Nursing, HunanChildren’s Hospital, Changsha, China
Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School,Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA
Adjunct Professor in Nursing, CurtinUniversity of Technology, Perth Australia
Others
Governor of Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton and Somerset Hospital NHS Trust, Taunton,UK
AssociateHead of School – Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth
Staff serving as external examiners
PhD Assessment and Examiner Committees
2018: University of Southampton, UK
2018: Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2017: Liverpool John Moores University, UK
2017: University of British Colombia, Canada
2016: Griffith University, Australia
2016: Radboud University, The Netherlands
2015: Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2014: University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2014: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013: Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa
Audit Committees
External Auditor of Master of Advanced Nursing Practice course, HAN University of Applied Science, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. (2011 –to date)
Rater in the McMaster Online Rating of Evidence System, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (2008 – to date)
Research interests
Patient and Family Perceptions and Experiences
Family-Centred Care
Patient Outcomes, Nursing Outcomes, and Quality of Care
End-of-Life Care and Decisions
Transition of Care and Follow-up care
Grants & contracts
Title: Impactand support of hospital patients witnessing a resuscitation attempt on other patients:a qualitative study (WATCH study)
April 2018 –August 2022
Role: Chief Investigator ProfJM Latour (co-investigators Prof R Endacott, Mrs M Fiori)
Funding Body: ResuscitationCouncil (UK) Research and Development Grant
Amount: £19,295
Title: Anovel interactive training device to improve walking Ability and quality oflife for Childrenwith CErebral Palsy Trial: A multi-centred feasibility RCT with an embeddedqualitative study (ACCEPT study)
April 2018 –August 2022
Role: Co-applicant(Lead applicant R Rapson and Prof J Marsden, Prof JM Latour, Prof B Carter)
Funding Body: National Institutefor Health Research (NIHR): ICA Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (Ref:ICA-CDRF-2017-03-041)
Amount: £354,245
Title: Developing,implementing and testing a new intervention to improve healthy living in olderpeople with frailty. The Holistic Assessment and care Planning in PartnershipIntervention (HAPPI study)
April 2017 –August 2021
Role: Co-applicant(Lead applicant H Lyndon and Prof B Kent, Prof J Marsden, Prof JM Latour)
Funding Body: National Institutefor Health Research (NIHR): ICA Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (Ref: ICA-CDRF-2016-02-018)
Amount: £293,305
Title: Values,Opportunities, Integration, Control and Evaluation. Towards a partnershipbetween parents of extremely premature infants and healthcare professionals(VOICE study)
January 2017 – January2019
Role: Co-investigator(P.I. Dr A van den Hoogen and Co-P.I. Prof JM Latour)
Funding Body: Stichting VriendenWilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Ref: STWKZ1224 (Foundation Friends of WilhelminaChildren’s Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands, Ref: STWKZ1224)
Amount: €85,000
Title: Reducingfoot plantar pressure in people with diabetes using an instant insole solution:a mixed methods pilot study (INSTEP study)
April 2016 –August 2020
Role: Co-applicant(Lead applicant R Collings and Dr J Freeman, Dr J Paton, Prof JM Latour)
Funding Body: National Institutefor Health Research: ICA Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (Ref:ICA-CDRF-2015-01-054)
Amount: £270,033
Title: Master inClinical Research (MClinRes) Studentship Programme
September 2015– August 2017
Role: Co-applicant(Lead applicant Prof J Marsden and Prof B Kent, Prof JM Latour)
Funding Body: Health EducationEngland / National Institute for Health Research (HEE/NIHR)
Amount: £1,010,000
Title: EarlySepsis in Children Assessment by Parents: an Evaluation (ESCAPE study)
January2015 – July 2015
Role: Chief Investigator Prof JMLatour (Co-Investigator Prof R Endacott)
Funding Body: NHSEngland
Amount: £15,000
Title: PICTURE (Paediatric Intensive Care Treatment United Registry Europe) project; grant for writing and
submitting stage 2, FP7 2013 grant of the European Commission
January 2013 – May 2013
Role: Principle Investigators and Coordinator
Funding Body: European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC)
Total amount: €34.000
Personal amount of funding: €20.000
Title: Delphi study to determine PICU and NICU nursing research priorities in Europe.
January 2012 – December 2013
Role: Principle Investigator (including Dr. L Tume, Dr. A. vd Hoogen, Dr. J Wielenga)
Funding Body: European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC)
Total amount: €5.000
Personal amount of funding: €1.000
Title: Self-management and participation of young people with chronic diseases.
January 2012 – October 2013
Role: Co-Investigator, Senior Researcher (Principle Investigator Dr. AnneLoes van Staa)
Funding Body: Raak-ProGrant
Total amount: €700.000
Personal amount of funding: €45.125
Title: Nurse Practitioner as case manager in the Neonatology Intensive Care.
January 2011 – December 2011
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Body: Erasmus MC Evidence-Based Care by Nurses Grant
Total amount: €50.000
Personal amount of funding: €50.000
Title: On Your Own Feet: Preferences and competences of adolescents with chronic illness in transition from paediatric health care to adult health care.
October 2004 – October 2006
Role: Co-Investigator, Senior Researcher (Principle Investigator Dr. AnneLoes van Staa)
Funding Body: ZonMw: The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development
Total amount: €200.000
Personal amount of funding: €33.538
Title: Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care; the EMPATHIC Study
January 2005 – December 2010
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Body: NutsOhra Foundation
Total amount: €100.000
Personal amount of funding: €100.000Key publications are highlighted
JournalsOther academic activities
Faculty of the ClinicalEducators Course, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2011 ( I made three teaching modules;module 1 Protocol Development, module 2 Assessment Scientific Literature,module 3 Clinical Nurse Educator Role Development
Expert appointed by Court of Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands;Case in High Court of a nurse accused of murder of severalpatients (children and adults) (2004)
Lecturer at Care Academy of the Erasmus Medical Centre. Teachingthe Evidenced-Based Practice module for post-graduate nursing specialist courses.(2003 – 2014)
Vice-President of theWorld Federation Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (2003 – 2005)
Expertappointed by the Court of Justice, Assen, The Netherlands; Civil Court caseabout suspected medical and nursing malpractice in a hospital
Memberof Fraction 3 ‘Child and Maternity Care’ of the AVVV (Dutch National NursingCouncil) (2002 – 2004)
Consultantfor Public Prosecutors, The Hague, The Netherlands; Case of a nurse (Lucia deB.) accused of murder of several patients (children and adults) (2001 – 2002)
Coordinatorof the emergency services (disaster plan) in the VU University Medical Centreduring the Volendam fire disaster, 1 January 2001
CBO,Dutch Institute of Quality Improvement in Health Care. Expert in twoBreakthrough Series of Adult Intensive Care (1999 – 2002)
Presidentof European Society of Pediatric Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) (1996 – 2000)
NursingProject Team, nurse consultant for a new nursing organizational structure inthe Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands (1996 - 1997)
NursingAdvice Council in the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands(1995 – 1997)
Implementationof a nursing research program in the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht,the Netherlands (1993 – 1997)
Additional information
HonoUrs & AWARDS
2016: Fellowof The Higher Education Academy: In recognition of attainment against the UKProfessional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in highereducation. Recognition reference: PR098870; Date of recognition 05/01/2016
2014: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Presidential Citation for outstanding contributions to the SCCM.
2011: Nurses Society of Intensive Care, Anaesthesia and Reanimation of Serbia (UINARS): Brevet of Gratitude Award for the help and support in developing of UINARS.
2010: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Presidential Citation for outstanding contributions to the SCCM.
2009: European Society Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care: Life-Time Achievement Award.
2008: Fellow of the European Federation Critical Care Nursing associations (EfCCNa)
2006: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Presidential Citation for outstanding contributions to the SCCM.