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Rick Sawatzky: New research appointments in BC and Sweden

Dr. Rick Sawatzky, a Registered Nurse who holds a Canada Research Chair in Person-Centred Outcomes and is a professor in the Trinity Western University School of Nursing, has recently received two prestigious appointments.  In February 2018 he joined the BC SUPPORT Unit in Vancouver BC as their new Methods Cluster Lead for Patient-Centred Measurement.  Read more.  And in March 2018 the vice chancellor of the University of Gothenburg appointed Dr. Sawatzky for a five year term as Affiliate Professor.  Read more.  We are very proud of Rick and the way his gifts and talents are being utilized to help shift healthcare from systems- to patient-driven priorities, reinforcing a person-centred view of each patient as a human being with a biography.