190 Appendices ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sebastiaan van der Storm was born on the 2nd of January 1994 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. He graduated from high school at Hageveld College, Heemstede, in 2012. In the same year, he started medical school at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. During his studies, he worked as a nurse assistant in elderly care, took initial steps in medical research, and wrote his first scientific publication. After obtaining the medical degree in 2018, he started working as a surgical resident not in training in Amsterdam UMC, location AMC. In 2019, he had the opportunity started as a PhD student supervised by Prof. Dr. Marlies Schijven. His research project focused on the integration of medical apps in surgical care. He successfully received several grants and provided essential funding for his research. He developed several apps in collaboration with patient associations and coordinated several multicenter clinical trials. During his research, he enjoyed coaching several scientific interns, worked at a medical IT company as a project manager and medical advisor, and was a council member of the Dutch Society of Simulation in Healthcare. After completing the research that led to this thesis, Sebastiaan transitioned to a new chapter of his career. He started as a resident not in training in geriatric medicine at Zonnehuis Amstelveen. In March 2024, he started his general partitioner training.
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