The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Jos's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Jos
EMPATHIC, EMPATHIC-30 and EMPATHIC-N instruments.
Please visit for more information. The instrument are free to use and no permission is requested. If you have translated and validated one of these instruments in another language, please let me know and I am happy to add your translated EMPATHIC instrument to the list (inlcuding your paper)Ìý
Intensive and Critical cARE outcomes across the LIFEspan of patients and families: ICARE-LIFE research group
Professor Jos Latour is leading the ICARE-LIFE research group. This group is a national and international research collaboration focusing on improving outcomes of patients and families in adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care and emergency settings. The themes centre on human-centred partnership, development of patient and family‑reported outcome measures. Please visit:
Professor Latour is the developer of the EMPATHIC, EMPATHC-N, EMPATHIC-30, ENMPATIC-F questionnaires measuring parent and family satisfaction in neonatal, paediatric, and adult intensive care settings. These questionnaires have been translated and validated in more than 40 countries. Methodologically, the ICARE-LIFE covers clinical trials, large‑scale surveys, qualitative and mixed‑methods studies and includes more than 15 PhD students and post-doc researchers. Professor Latour is the deputy-chair of the COST Action programme, CA24107, Patient SAFety Related Outcome Measures in European ICUs (SAFE-ICU). Please visit: This European research network, with over 250 members, aims to improve patient safety in intensive care by preventing and reducing the
Welcoming PhD Students and (inter)national Research Collaborations
I am accepting home (UK) and international PhD students from all healthcare professionals. My research areas are in Neonatal, Paediatric and Adult Intensive Care; Emergency Medicine; Family-Centred Care; End of Life; Patient and Family Reported Outcomes; Quality of Care. My expertise in research designs are: 1) quantitative research methods such as Randomised Controlled Trials and survey studies; 2) qualitative research methods such as Grounded Theory, Phenomenology and Ethnography; 3) mixed methods research.
Contact me if you are interested in PhD studies to support you in finding funding for a PhD scholarship. If you have funding, contact me to proceed and start your PhD journey.
About myself;ÌýI am a Professor of Clinical Nursing. I am not a machine, I am human!
My other (international) roles are:Ìý
Professor and Lead of the Clinical School at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust:Ìý
Adjunct Professor of Nursing | The Curtin School of Nursing | Curtin University | Perth| Australia:Ìý
Advisory Professor of Nursing | Zhongshan Hospital | Fudan University | Shanghai | China:ÌýÌý
Past-Chair | Ethics Section | European Society Intensive Care Medicine: Ìý
Supervised Research Degrees
PhD students Current PhD and MD students: 2024 – 2027: Majd Abusharar; A qualitative study on provider and user views on the management of Concurrent suspected/confirmed bile duct stones (PROBiS Study). MD program, Medical School, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK 2023 – 2025: Oliver Brown; A feasibility study on Identification of predictive factors of incidentally detected gallbladder cancer. MD program, Medical School, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. 2022 – 2026: Mrs Cansel Kocakabak; Developing a core outcome set and outcome measures of family-centred care in neonatal care. Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK.Ìý 2022 – 2026: Mrs Orachorn Lumprom; Effect of self-care program via mobile-based technology on quality of life of family caregivers of elderly stroke survivors. Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. 2022 – 2026: Mr Halil Kaya; The Experiences of Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery. Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. 2022 – 2026: Mr Mohamed Eid; Comparing three modalities of Chlorhexidine integration on mechanically ventilated patient’s’ outcomes. Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. 2022 – 2024: Mrs Rahi Karmarkar; A feasibility RCT testing the use of Indocyanine green Fluorescence Image-Guidance in liver Surgery: The I-FIGS study. MD program, Medical School, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. 2022 – 2026: Mr Wisam Muhsen; Right sidE cardiac function and PulmOnary aRTerial pressure rise as predictors of early bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants; REPORT—BPD study, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. 2020 – 2026:
Completions: Dr Pei Fen Poh; Risk factors and outcomes of post-intensive care syndrome in children and parents: A single-centre mixed-methods study, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. Dr Blair Graham;ÌýDeveloping Patient Reported Outcomes in Emergency (PREMED-65+ study), Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. Dr Julia Harris;ÌýNAVA ventilation in paediatric critical care (NAVA study), Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. Dr Simon Goldsworthy; Comfort management in radiotherapy (COMFORT study), University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. DrÌý Seugnette Rossouw; Outcomes of a practice development programme in the management of child drowning victims in Gauteng Province, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Dr Fiona Lynch: Exploring patient diaries in paediatric intensive care, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK.ÌýDr Rachel Rapson: Ability and quality of life for Children with CErebral Palsy Trial (ACCEPT study), Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. Dr Vasileios Lepesis: Efficacy and Acceptability of Mobilisation and Stretches of the Foot and Ankle in People with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. ÌýDr Helen Lyndon: Improve healthy living in older people with frailty (HAPPI Study), Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. Dr Richard Collings: Reducing foot plantar pressure in people with diabetes (INSTEP study), Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK.ÌýDr Maria Bernardes Delgado: Oral care in palliative care –experiences of patients, relatives and health professionals, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK.ÌýDr Martina Fiori: Patient witnessing other patients’ resuscitation (WATCH study), Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. Dr Frazer Underwood: Confidence in frail older people, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. Dr Lisa Burrows: Memory cafés for dementia patients and their carers, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. Dr Matthew Carey: Peer assisted learning among paediatric nurse students, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK. Dr Julie Benbenishty: Life and death in the ICU: Nursing care to smooth transitions for patients and family, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK.ÌýDr Orsola Gawronski: Paediatric Early Warning System and factors associated with escalation of care, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.ÌýDr Immacolata Dall’Oglio: Evaluating family-centered care in Neonatology using the quality performance indicator of parent satisfaction, a validation study, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. PhD Awarded October 2018 Dr Fenella Gill, Australia: The development of practice standards for graduates of Australian critical care nurse education: The AuSDACE Study.
Teaching
Teaching & Mentorship: Mentor of Dr Olena Mazu, neonatologist in Ukrain, in the Mentorship Programme of the European Society of Pediatric Research. 2021 – 2025. Mentor of Dr Christopher Schwartz, neonatologist in Germany, in the Mentorship Programme of the European Society of Pediatric Research. 2017 – 2024. Lecturer at Master Advanced Nursing Practice (Module International Nursing Leadership) at Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen, HAN University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. 2015 – to 2025. Lecturer of the Qualitative Research Methods module (Master level module), Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, UK.
Contact Jos
Room 101, 3 Portland Villas, Drake Circus, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 586578
jos.latour@plymouth.ac.uk