prof. dr. J.K.G. (Götz) Wietasch

Curiculum Vitae

• Prof. Dr. Johann Klaus Götz Wietasch
  Department of Anaesthesiology
  University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG),
  University Groningen, The Netherlands
  Tel: +31 (50) 361 1059
  j.k.g.wietasch@umcg.nl

 Actual position:

1. Professor of Anesthesiologie, Innovation in Postgraduate Medical Education
2. Head of Education, Department of Anaesthesiology, UMCG
3. Clinical Teacher at Medical School, University of Groningen (UG)
4. Chair of the stering commitee on regional residency education, North- and East-Netherland
5. Chair of the curriculum advisory board PA Master at Hanze University of Applied Science Groningen
6. Auditor and Expert at College of Healthcare Education Programmes (CZO)
7. Member Junior Scientific Masterclass Bachelor ‘Honours’ Programma, (UG)

 Professional History

Since 2025 – Head of Education, Department of Anesthesiology, (UMCG)
Since 2024 – Chair, Steering Committee for Regional Medical Training (OOR-NO)
Since 2023 – Chair, Profiling Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, (RUG)
Since 2023 – Leading Academic Teacher, (UMCG)
2021 – 2022 – Acting and Deputy Residency Program Director in Anesthesiology, UMCG
Since 2017 – Professor of Anesthesiology, Innovation in Medical Education, UMCG / University of Groningen (RUG)
2010 – 2017 – Associate Professor, UMCG / RUG
2008 – 2020 – Residency Program Director in Anesthesiology, UMCG
Since 2008 – Discipline Coordinator and Educational Ambassador for Anesthesiology, UMCG
2006 – 2020 – Member, Liver Transplant Anesthesia Team, UMCG
2006 – 2008 – Deputy Residency Program Director in Anesthesiology, UMCG
Since 2005 – Lecturer, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen
Since 2004 – Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, UMCG
2002 – 2004 – Staff Anesthesiologist and Research Coordinator, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Bonn, Germany
2001 – 2002 – Fellow, Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Bonn, Germany
1999 – 2001 – Fellow, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Bonn, Germany
1996 – 2002 – Residency in Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Bonn, Germany (Chair: Prof. Dr. A. Hoeft)
July 2, 1996 – Doctoral Degree (Dr. med.), Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
Dissertation: “Double Indicator Dilution for Quantification of Cardiac Output and Left-to-Right Shunt in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease – A Novel Systems-Analytic Approach”; Grade: Summa Cum Laude
1993 – 1995 – Research Fellow (DFG Grant SFB330): Development of diagnostic methods and clinical investigations on lung injury after extracorporeal circulation (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. A. Hoeft and PD Dr. B. Schorn)
1989 – 1996 – Medical Studies, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
1987 – 1989 – Civilian Service, Johanniter Hospital, Rheinhausen, Germany
1978 - 1987 - Secondary Scool, Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium, Duisburg, Duitsland

 Specialty certification:

• PhD. Thesis (summa cum laude): 2 July 1997, University of Göttingen, Germany.
• Medical doctor: 1 November 1997, University of Göttingen, Germany.
• Certificate for Good Clinical Practice, 11 February 1998, Braun-Melsungen, Germany.
• Certificate for Emergency Medicine, 28 January 1999, Düsseldorf, Germany.
• German Board Certification as Anaesthesiologist, 22 May 2002, Düsseldorf, Germany.
• Certificate for Anaesthesiology of the Dutch Society of Medical Specialists,
  Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Certificate for Program Director of Anaesthesiology Residency Program of the Dutch Society of Medical Specialists, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Certificate for Inspector of Residency Training Programs of the Dutch Society of Medical Specialists, The Netherlands.
• Certificate Basiscursus Regelgeving en Organisatie voor Klinisch Onderzoekers (BROK®)
• University Teaching Qualification (UTQ)
• Leading Academic Teacher (LAT) Qualification, UMCG

 Fields of Study:

• Innovation in Postgraduate Medical Education:
  Skills development, Communication, Personal development and (mental) wellbeing
• Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Pharmacokinetics and - dynamics

 Educational and Research performance:

• Crew Resource Management Empowered by Theater (CRM-ET), since 2024
• Resident Leadership Program (UMCG / Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate – IGJ), since 2020
• Certified in: Crew Resource Management (CRM, STEPP), Small Group Facilitation, Learning Outcome Assessment, Human Factors Training, Teach the Teacher, Workplace-Based Learning, Feedback and Peer Review
• Masterclasses: Coaching Residents, Coaching Clinical Educator Teams, and Leadership Development
• Residents trained as (Deputy) Program Director: 295 (2006–2022)
• Research Activity: 6 multicenter clinical trials and 5 single-center trials
• PhD Supervision: Promoter in 8 completed and 3 ongoing doctoral trajectories
• Research Output (Pure):

  - 101 peer-reviewed publication
  - 1,265 citations
  - h-index: 18

• Educational Materials: 12 book chapters, 10 blended learning series, 3 e-learning modules
• Research Themes :

  - Transitions during Medical Education
  - Technology and Innovation in Medical Education
  - Vitality and sustainable employability in healthcare professionals
  - Resilience and Compassion
  - Anesthesia in neuroendocrine disorders

 Membership of scientific societies:

• Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
• Dutch Society of Medical Education (NVMO)
• European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (ESAIC)
• International Anaesthesia Research Society (IARS)
• Dutch Society of Anaesthesiology (NVA)
• Federation of Medical Specialist (FMS)
• German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI/BDA)

 Living at Groningen, the Netherlands

Married, 1 son (2003), hobby’s: sailing, climbing, woodworking