Background: This study compares the assessment, treatment, referral, and follow up contact with the dispatch centre of emergency patients treated by two types of solo emergency care providers in ambulance emergency medical services (EMS) in the Netherlands: the physician assistant (PA), educated in the …

Op uitnodiging van het Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap deelname aan internationale EU-conferentie in Wenen. Outline: Measures improving completion in Dutch higher education: 1.Performance agreements 2.Social lending system 3.Each student in right place (Quality in Diversity) 4.Matching 5.Enrolment …

Actively involving people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in health research, also known as inclusive health research, is increasingly popular. Currently, insight into experiences of this type of research is scarce. To gain insight into this topic, a structured literature review was conducted focussing …

Stimulating physical activity behaviour in persons with a physical disability is important, especially after discharge from rehabilitation. A tailored counselling programme covering both the period of the rehabilitation treatment and the first months at home seems on the average effective. However, a …

This thesis seeks to discover how personal leadership education functions in the Netherlands and to suggest recommendations for its improvement. To this end, personal leadership courses and students’ attitudes towards those courses at six higher education institutions were researched. Personal leadership …

Purpose: The Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), including the PG-SGA Short Form (SF, aka ‘abridged’), was originally developed in the mid 1990’s as a scored, patient self-report, paperbased instrument and has been widely validated. The PG-SGA (SF) has been used for screening, assessment …

A one year prospective study on ankle stability and landing technique: the occurrence of ankle and knee injuries in elite ball team athletes Background: In team sports lower extremity injuries account for more than 50% of all injuries, indicating the importance of early detection of athletes at risk. …

PURPOSE: To determine the impact of late radiation-induced toxicity on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study sample was composed of 227 patients, treated with external beam radiotherapy. Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events …

The last semester of the study program International Communication Management is comprised of a final research project based on the required completion of a placement. This research project will culminate in a final Bachelor thesis and explores a marketing communication problem at Frends Europe. The …

The Netherlands breeds higher segment, potential Olympics horses with unbelievably high price ranges. These horses are already being exported internationally. However, the export approach might lack efficiency. The following research question is brought forward to research whether this sector has potential …