Best Health Care Professional
Your Healthy Child Team
Wilbert Sluiter, MD
Family Doctor
Dr. Wilbert Sluiter is a highly qualified MD who has dedicated his career to providing high-quality medical care to patients from all backgrounds. Dr. Sluiter has had an extensive education and training background, including a Master of Medicine degree from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After attaining his master’s degree, he continued his studies for 3 more years to become a licensed family doctor.
Throughout his career, Dr. Sluiter has gained experience in a variety of medical specialties:
- primary care obstetric
- pregnancy are and home delivery
- primary care pediatrics monitoring and prevention
- pediatrics primary medicine
- emergency medicine
- counselling and mindfulness instructor
Judith Sluiter
Working mother of two
Judith has combined working from home as a mindfulness instructor and a website developer with the care of two children.
She has been through two pregnancies with its own challenges resulting in one hospital delivery and one home delivery. She has been fortuned to have been able to breastfeed both her children up to 6 and 4 months.
Now being a mother of two teenage kids she has helped other mothers both during pregnancy, labor and postnatal.
Her experiences and the big difference between the care in The Netherlands and the US has triggered these courses.
What does it mean to be a family doctor in The Netherlands?
Dutch family medicine stands out as an excellent choice for educating parents of newborns due to its holistic and patient-centered approach. Dutch family doctors undergo comprehensive training, encompassing obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, counseling, and more. This broad expertise equips them to provide well-rounded guidance to parents during the crucial early stages of parenthood.
With a strong focus on preventive care and building enduring doctor-patient relationships, Dutch family medicine is tailored for effectively teaching parents about newborn care. The Dutch healthcare system’s emphasis on home visits by family doctors enhances the learning experience by allowing personalized instruction in the comfort of the family’s own environment.
This comprehensive approach not only covers the physical aspects of newborn care but also addresses emotional and social factors. This, coupled with their proficiency in various medical domains, positions Dutch family doctors perfectly to empower and educate parents in every facet of caring for their newborns.