Recente studies wijzen uit dat motivatie in belangrijke mate een voorspellende factor is voor studiesucces. Ook is aangetoond dat samenwerken in een peergroup een positief effect heeft op de leerprestaties, mits de interactie verantwoord is georganiseerd. De opleiding BBS van Hogeschool Inholland startte begin 2018 met afstudeerkringen. Dat gaf voldoende aanleiding om de motivatie en stress van de eerste groep afstuderende BBS’ers te onderzoeken. Doel is om te komen tot aanbevelingen voor de inrichting van de kringen voor studiejaar 18-19.
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De opleiding Business studies (BBS) organiseert het afstudeerproces via afstudeerkringen. De opleiding ervaart problemen bij het op gang brengen en productief maken van het samenwerkend leren tijdens de kringbijeenkomsten en daarbuiten. Daarnaast liggen er vraagstukken rondom het effectief inzetten van technologie om het samenwerkend leren binnen en buiten de kringbijeenkomsten te ondersteunen. Doel van dit onderzoek is het ontwerpen en testen van een (prototype)script van een effectieve inzet van samenwerkend leren binnen de met technologie ondersteunde afstudeerkringen. In dit rapport komen het vooronderzoek, de ontwerpfase en de evaluatiefase aan bod.
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Artikel / Interview in de Telegraaf (400.000 exemplaren) met Petra Biemans en Hank Kuit (Vitens), tevens gepubliceerd in NL Carrière dagen (oplage 10.000) en de carrière glossy van Nederland Memory Magazine (50.000). Business Studies bij Inholland. Donald Ropes, lector Learning and Development in Organisations, geeft zijn reactie hierop.
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Objective: To understand inactivity and relapse from PA, and to develop theory-based behaviour change strategies to stimulate and support maintenance of PA.Methods: We conducted a literature search to explore barriers to PA. Social cognitive theories and empirical evidence were evaluated and guided the process developing a theoretical framework and counselling strategies.Results: A theoretical framework is presented to understand why people do not engage in PA and often relapse once they started PA. A distinction is made between three related types of BBs. In PA counselling these three beliefs are addressed using four different BB behaviour change strategies.Conclusion: BB counselling aims to develop an individual pattern of PA for the long term that is adapted to the (often limited) motivation of the client, thereby preventing the occurrence of BBs. The client will learn to cope with factors that may inhibit PA in the future.Practice implications: The BBs approach composes a way of counselling around the central construct of barrier-beliefs to stimulate engagement in PA independently, in the long term.
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Falls are common after stroke. This article presents a literature review of the incidence and risk factors of falls and the consequences for professionals working with stroke patients. It is important to consider the specific problems after stroke. Depression and cognitive impairments were found to be risk factors for fall incidents after stroke. In the relevant literature many different risk factors and circumstances are described. When patients move from bed to chair, walk to the bathroom and the first few days after the patient is discharged to another setting, - all these circumstances showed high percentages of falling. A fall during hospital stay is a significant risk factor for future fall incidents. A reliable index to measure the fall risk is not (yet) available. But scores on the Barthel Index and the Timed-Up-and-Go test can be used as fall risk indicators. Fear of falling is an important complication after a fall and therefore it is recommended prior to discharge to inquire about the patients self efficacy in maintaining balance. Few intervention studies use the number of falls as an outcome measure. Exercising balance following a mass training protocol seems to diminish the risk of falling.
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Doel van het onderzoek is om meer inzicht te krijgen in de summerschools van Inholland, waaronder op het gebied van omvang, doel, vormgeving en gepercipieerde effecten. Hierdoor zouden summerschools van elkaar kunnen leren en de eigen summerschool kunnen optimaliseren. Op basis van een semigestructureerd interview met vertegenwoordigers van de summerschools is een beschrijving van elke summerschool gemaakt. In deze rapportage worden de beschrijvingen weergegeven, met als doel anderen te inspireren en van elkaar te leren. De opzet en uitkomsten van het onderzoek worden weergegeven in het rapport van Knuiman en Kappe1 (2017). Daarin is ook een analyse van de beschrijvingen opgenomen.
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Objective: This exploratory study investigated to what extent gait characteristics and clinical physical therapy assessments predict falls in chronic stroke survivors. Design: Prospective study. Subjects: Chronic fall-prone and non-fall-prone stroke survivors. Methods: Steady-state gait characteristics were collected from 40 participants while walking on a treadmill with motion capture of spatio-temporal, variability, and stability measures. An accelerometer was used to collect daily-life gait characteristics during 7 days. Six physical and psychological assessments were administered. Fall events were determined using a “fall calendar” and monthly phone calls over a 6-month period. After data reduction through principal component analysis, the predictive capacity of each method was determined by logistic regression. Results: Thirty-eight percent of the participants were classified as fallers. Laboratory-based and daily-life gait characteristics predicted falls acceptably well, with an area under the curve of, 0.73 and 0.72, respectively, while fall predictions from clinical assessments were limited (0.64). Conclusion: Independent of the type of gait assessment, qualitative gait characteristics are better fall predictors than clinical assessments. Clinicians should therefore consider gait analyses as an alternative for identifying fall-prone stroke survivors.
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This article is about a research project focused on the development of a common knowledge base for social work education in the Netherlands. Recent substantial changes in society and social policy were the reason for a reconsideration of the educational content of social work education. A great urgency was established with regard to the adaptation of the study programs, including a higher level of knowledge. The aim of the project was to provide a knowledge base that creates a bridge between theory and practice and between social work practice and the societal context. The project started with an exploration of literature focusing on the significance of knowledge for professional practice and on existing classifications of the knowledge base in social work education. Subsequently a design-based empirical study was carried out using the Delphi-method. Experts agreed about the definition of the knowledge base and about the design requirements: practice-based, science-based, usable and sustainable. After an exploration of the content, a model was developed consisting of seven building blocks (BBs). The common knowledge base has been established by the Dutch Council of Schools of Social Work and is being used as the basis for the body of knowledge in all curricula of social work education in the Netherlands.
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Introduction: Midwifery education that strengthens self-efficacy can support student midwives in their role as advocates for a physiological approach to childbirth. Methods: To assess the effect of an educational intervention on self-efficacy, a pre- and post-intervention survey was administered to a control group and an intervention group of third year student midwives. The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) was supplemented with midwifery-related self-efficacy questions related to behaviour in home and hospital settings, the communication of evidence, and ability to challenge practice. Results: Student midwives exposed to midwifery education designed to strengthen self-efficacy demonstrated significantly higher levels of general self-efficacy (p = .001) when contrasted to a control cohort. These students also showed significantly higher levels of self-efficacy in advocating for physiological childbirth (p = .029). There was a non-significant increase in self-efficacy in the hospital setting in the intervention group, a finding that suggests that education may ameliorate the effect of hospital settings on midwifery practice. Discussion: In spite of the small size of the study population, education that focuses on strengthening student midwife self-efficacy shows promise.
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Objectives: Perceived barriers are often a reason why people do not start physical activity or relapse to inactivity. From a psychological perspective, barriers can be seen as beliefs about what is obstructing people’s behavior. To understand inactivity and relapse from physical activity, this study focused on barrier-beliefs in physical activity. We aimed to develop a barrier-beliefs survey and identify barrier-beliefs in physical activity among active and inactive people. Methods: Firstly, in order to develop a barrier-beliefs survey, a literature search, a qualitative study and expert-meetings were conducted to explore barrier-beliefs to physical activity. The intern consistency of barrier-belief survey was analysed using a Cronbach’s Alpha. A Pearson correlation (p < .05) was conducted to analyse the relation between barrier-belief scales and behavioral factors and strength of the barrier-belief scales were analysed as predictors of behavioral factors with a multiple linear regression analyses. Secondly, a cross sectional study was conducted among active and inactive people using the barrier-beliefs survey. Results: Sixty-three barrier-beliefs were found clustered by 10 barrier-belief scales and formulated in the survey. The intern consistency was relatively high and BB scales were related to behavioral determinants and PA behavior. A sample of 266 participants, 147 active and 119 inactive, aged 18 to 80, participated. Frequently endorsed barrier-beliefs within both active and inactive participants were ‘investment factors’, ‘habitual situations’ and ‘negative feelings about the new behavior’. A clear difference between inactives and actives is proven in the relation between BBs and their PA behaviour. Inactives are significantly inhibited by ‘social situations’, ‘investment factors’, ‘negative feelings of the new behavior’ and ‘identity discrepancy’.Conclusions: To increase the chance on long lasting lifestyle changes and the effectiveness of interventions, strategies to neutralize barrier-beliefs should be developed in order to apply into counseling- and educational programs or internet applications.
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