Nowadays companies need higher educated engineers to develop their competences to enable them to innovate. This innovation competence is seen as a remedy for the minor profitable business they do during the financial crises. Innovation is an element to be developed on the one hand for big companies as …

The aim of applying science into practice is to deliver high-quality health care. Thinking about teaching the necessary accompanying skills, a distinction can be made between using evidence for individual patient care and using scientific knowledge for the development of protocols or guidelines for groups …

Objective external cephalic version (ECV) is a relatively simple and safe manoeuvre and a proven effective approach in the reduction of breech presentation at term. There is professional consensus that ECV should be offered to all women with a fetus in breech presentation, but only up to 70% of women …

Universities are deeply involved in stimulating their students in entrepreneurship where they focus on designing programs based on existing knowledge form pedagogics and didactical concepts. Although the Total Entrepreneurial Activity is increasing, the results are not satisfying in all cases. The question …

Visit of Mr. Muhongo, Minister of Energy, Tanzania.

Een van de workpackages waarin de Hanzehogeschool heel nadrukkelijk een rol heeft, is Research en Training. In de Summer Academy worden docenten opgeleid om hun kennis weer door te vertalen in de eigen school. De Summer Academy is gegeven van 27-30 mei 2013, in het kader van "Opening Up". Dit project …

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools teachers can use to enhance student learning. In 2006, the Dutch Inspectorate of Education concluded from classroom observations that it is difficult for Dutch teachers to give their students good feedback in order to stimulate students' learning process and …

The Best Practice Unit (BPU) model constitutes a unique form of practice-based research. A variant of the Community of Practice model developed by Wenger, McDermott and Snyder (2002), the BPU has the specific aim of improving professional practice by combining innovation and research. The model is …

Full text via link. Wat is een professie? Wie is een professional? Niet alleen lopen de antwoorden zeer uiteen, ook over de benadering van de vragen bestaat veel verschil van mening in de literatuur. Grofweg kunnen drie groepen benaderingen worden onderscheiden: positieve, kritische en praktijktheoretische …

Home healthcare nurses in their roles as caregivers, educators and administrators of medications are particularly well positioned to act on a preventive way to be alert of adverse drug reactions. However, knowledge about medication and a professional attitude is required. To describe medication-related …