Prof. Patrick Ristau, Ph.D., M.A., M.Sc.
- Health Sciences and Public Health
- Health Services Research, and Registry Research
- Emergency Medical Services Research
- Patient Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Care
- Professionalisation of Health Professions
Professor
Academic Designation: Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften
Head of Occupational Therapy B.Sc. Programme; Representative for the Interests of Students with Disabilities or Chronic Illnesses at DIT
consulting time
Appointments via iLearn: https://ilearn.th-deg.de/course/view.php?id=22772
Prof. Ristau is a native speaker of German, and also speaks English, French, and Spanish.
Applications for theses via iLearn: https://ilearn.th-deg.de/course/view.php?id=22772.
projects
GenStroke; Nursing Terminology in ErwiN (led by Prof. Dr. Katrin Balzer, UzL); Telemedicine in EMS (co-project leader: Prof. Thomas Hofmann, HSD)
core competencies
Qualitative research methods
- Qualitative Interview Research
- Qualitative Content Analysis (Mayring, Kuckartz)
- Thematic Analysis (Brown & Clarke)
- Grounded Theory (Corbin & Strauss, Glaser)
Quantitative research methods
- Surveys, and Registry Research
- Descriptive Methods
- Inductive Methods
Evidence Synthesis
- Scoping Reviews
- Systematic Reviews
- Umbrella Reviews
Mixed-Methods Research
Research and teaching areas
Health Services Research and Public Health
- New care approaches and technologies
- Project ‘'Nursing terminology in ErwiN’, project lead: Prof. Dr. Katrin Balzer, UzL
- Project ‘'Telemedicine in Emergency Medical Services’, co-project leads: Prof. Dr. Patrick Ristau, THD, and Prof. Thomas Hofmann, HSD
- Differences in healthcare and equity
- Project ‘GenStroke: Gender and sex differences in the diagnosis, treatment and care of stroke’ in cooperation with QugSS II, project lead: Prof. Dr. Patrick Ristau, UzL, and THD
Evidence-Based Practice
- Evidence-based nursing, especially in oncology, and pain management
- Evidence-based emergency care
Emergency Medical Services Research
- Out-of-hospital resuscitation
- Decision-making in end-of-life situations
Patient Perspectives
- Severe and life-threatening illnesses
- Diagnosis experience and coping with illness, especially in pancreatic cancer
- Patient expectations of the healthcare system and towards treating professionals
Professionalisation of Healthcare Professions
- Emergency medical services personnel
- Nursing professions
- Occupational therapists
Interprofessional Collaboration
- Emergency management
- Major elective course ‘Life-threatening situations’ at the UzL, project lead: PD Dr Klaas F. Franzen, UzL, and UKSH
- Disaster and civil protection
Vita
Prof. Patrick Ristau, Ph.D., M.A., M.Sc. brings extensive expertise in direct patient care as a paramedic and instructor, as well as proven teaching and management experience at vocational schools for emergency medical staff.
His academic journey started at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, where he studied Nursing and Health Promotion (B.A.) and Nursing Science (M.A.), and then continued at the University of Witten/Herdecke, where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree with a cumulative dissertation on the diagnosis experience and coping behaviour of people with pancreatic cancer. At the same time, Prof. Ristau completed another master's degree in public health at Jade University in Oldenburg, graduating with an M.Sc.
Prof. Ristau brings comprehensive knowledge of health system and healthcare research to the THD, which he deepened during his work as scientific coordinator of the German Resuscitation Registry and as a postdoctoral researcher in the field of nursing research and teaching at the Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology at the Universität zu Lübeck.
Besides his work at DIT, Prof. Ristau is an instructor and instructor trainer for emergency medical courses and serves as a juror for the Stiftung Begabtenförderung berufliche Bildung gGmbH, which provided him with a scholarship during his studies.
In his free time, Patrick Ristau loves hiking through the Bavarian Forest, sailing with his wife along the coasts of Europe, or motorboating on the Mecklenburg Lake District or through the Dutch canals and waterways. He is also passionate about the Spanish language and culture.
Other
ORCiD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9847-4199
GoogleScholar
- https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=OeM9sMwAAAAJ
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickristau/