WHO ARE WE?

We are five dutch bachelor students, named Esther, Mariska, Mika, Rosanna and Laura. Esther is a third year biomedical student, Mariska a third year pharmaceutical sciences student, Mika a second year politocology and economics student, Rosanna a third year psychology student and Laura a third year medicine student. Together, we followed an interdisciplinary course at the University of Amsterdam called ‘Wicked Challenges in Health’. For this course, we were asked to research an important and challenging problem that has to do with our health. The topic of medical misinformation immediately caught our interest. 

We wanted to create something that was actually useful: an end product that could contribute something or help people, even if it would only make a change for one person. Personally, we wanted to understand the psychology behind medical misinformation and analyze what makes certain misinformations, more than others, so successful or famous. That is how we got this idea: we wanted to create an educational platform that informs a broader public about medical information disorder and what makes this so attractive, but also provide tools to better recognize false medical information. We are proud that this website is the result. 

So welcome, please explore our website to learn more about medical information disorder and how to recognize it, and discover how well you can judge whether information is reliable with our quiz. We would love to hear what you think: feel free to ask us anything or just say hi and share your thoughts anytime! If you encounter good examples of medical information disorder, we would love to hear! 

To make sure our information is correct, we strive to update the information on our website regularly according to the latest scientific insights. If you discover any errors on our website: please contact us! Naturally, we do not want to be part of the problem and spread false information ourselves!