Griffith University

MSc (Clin Epi), MBBS(The Netherlands), FACEM

Senior Lecturer

Gold Coast Hospital - Staff Specialist, Emergency Department
Bond University - Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine

Contact details for Dr Gerben Keijzers

Biography

Dr Keijzers completed his biomedical health sciences study with a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology in 1996 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He also completed his MBBS there in 2000. Gerben came to Australia in 2002 and has worked mainly in the Gold Coast Hospital, with stints at Tweed Hospital and Careflight. He became a staff specialist in 2008, and has been supervising small and medium sized research projects, with a focus on trauma, information technology and patient (quality of) care. He is a keen martial artist, and has a surf when the waves are perfect.  

Research interests

• Emergency medicine
• Evidence based medicine
• Trauma and trauma systems
• Emergency department service provision - information technology
• Variety of clinical questions with an emergency angle

Current research projects

• Tertiary Survey Project (G Keijzers, D Campell, J Hooper, D Pitchford, J Crilly, M Cooke, B Eddington, N Bost, M Steele)
• Armbanding, Barcoding, Compliance (ABC) - a patient safety project (D Spain, J Crilly, G Keijzers, J Pierce)
• Sucrose in Neonates (D Krahn, D Herd, G Keijzers)
• H1N1 Clinical Decision Making (J Gerrard, C Vossen, G Keijzers, D McBeth, J Doust, P Zhang, P Derrington)
• Robina Impact Study (J Lind, J Crilly, N Bost, G Keijzers, M O'Dwyer, J O'Dwyer, V Tippett, M Wallis, K Melki, S Shiels)
• H1N1 Outbreak Prediction (J Boyle, R Spinks, L Ryan, J Crilly, J Lind, K Chu, M Jessup, M Wallis, G Keijzers)

Current grants

• Tertiary Survey Project, QEMRF, $46,552 (G Keijzers, D Campell, J Hooper, D Pitchford, J Crilly, M Cooke, B Eddington, N Bost, M Steele)
• Armbanding, Barcoding, Compliance (ABC) - a patient safety project, QEMRF, $42,200 (D Spain, J Crilly, G Keijzers, J Pierce)
• Robina Impact study, QEMRF, $60,000 (J Lind, J Crilly, N Bost, G Keijzers, M O'Dwyer, J O'Dwyer, V Tippett, M Wallis, K Melki, S Shiels)

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• G Keijzers, J Crilly, B Walters, R Crawford, C Bell (2010) Does a dedicated pediatric team within a busy mixed emergency department make a difference in waiting times, satisfaction, and care transition? Pediatric Emergency Care. 26(4):274-280.
  
• D Graham, B Parkinson, M Evans, G Keijzers, P Derrington (2009) Nothing to sneeze at! A study into intra-operative contamination. Australia & New Zealand Journal of Surgery.
• J Gerrard, G Keijzers, C Vossen, D McBeth, P Zhang (2009) Clinical diagnostic criteria for isolating patients admitted to hospital with suspected pandemic influenza. The Lancet. 374 (9702).
  
• E Burkett, G Keijzers, J Lind (2009) The relationship between blood glucose level and QTc duration in the critically ill. Critical Care Resusc.11(1): 8-13.
• G Smith, F Vindenes, G Keijzers, A Rando (2009) Potential for infection in orthopaedic practice due to individually packaged screws. Injury. 40(2): 163-165.
• C Simpson, G Keijzers, J Lind (2009) Drug dose calculation abilities of Australian tertiary hospital doctors, a survey. Medical Journal of Australia. 190(3): 117-120.
• F Martinese, G Keijzers, S Grant, J Lind (2009) How would Australian hospital staff react to an avian influenza admission, or an influenza pandemic? A survey. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 21(1): 12-24.