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P.E.A. Hermsen

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Are you witnessing students facing concerns, difficulties, and problems throughout their educational journey? Perhaps you know PhDs, lecturers, or support staff who encounter challenges in their educational, research, or teaching paths. Openly addressing these issues can prove be ...

Don't we all sometimes seek the perspective of someone unrelated to our work, to get unstuck, or when we seek creativity? Engineers, educators, and students put their trust into science, protocols, procedures and models. Rightfully so, from the perspective of the laws of engin ...

The power of perspective dialogue

Unlocking transformative reflection in engineering education

Engineers need to be socially responsible, ethically aware and deliver positive contributions to the wicked problems2 of today's global challenges. In navigating these challenges, being able to reflect is a necessary prerequisite. But if we simply ask students refle ...

Reflection in Engineering Education

White paper ‘100 DAYS OF… REFLECTION’

Reflection is a term often heard. But what is actually meant by it in the context of engineering education? How do we see reflection being applied in engineering, and where? To what could it contribute? And what are challenges involved? In 100 days, ‘Reflection in Engineering Edu ...
We observe that it is difficult to adopt reflection in engineering education. Two reasons for this are that literature on reflection has a multitude of definitions for the word 'reflection' and reflection is deeply context dependent. This means we spot a couleur locale in the def ...

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Surgical team’ sustainable employability in minimally invasive surgery

To achieve a balanced employability to counteract waste of talent and skills in a sustainable way

Technological developments in the medical world introduce a shift in responsibilities of the surgical team members which might result in waste of talent and skills. The latter might result in disengagement and decreased productivity and thus in illness-related absenteeism. The pe ...
Hospitals are facing enormous financial pressure over the last years. To achieve lower costs, hospitals should invest in smart ways of working to make optimal use of the scarce capacities. A solution can be digitising processes in the hospital to prevent it from making more costs ...