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Professorships
17 Results
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Acute Geriatric Care
The Professorship in Acute Geriatric Care researches how hospitals, GPs, district nurses and nursing homes can work together optimally with the objective of giving elderly people better quality of life and helping ...
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Critical Care
Some 80,000 patients are admitted to more than 80 intensive care units in the Netherlands every year. They are seriously ill, need intensive treatment and their vital signs are in danger of failing.
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Functional Exercise Therapy
It is important for good health to get some form of exercise every day. That doesn’t come easily to everyone – people with physical health problems or impairments need help getting their daily exercise. ...
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Functional Recovery from Cancer and its Treatment
More and more people are living with the aftermath of cancer and cancer treatment. Often this results in a decline in their activity levels and problems participating in society. The professorship focuses on the ...
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Health contexts
People’s living environments have an impact on their behaviour, lifestyle and health. Good social cohesion and a green living environment have a beneficial impact on people’s health, while factors such as ...
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Integration of Psychiatric and Somatic Care
The professorship focuses on patients with both psychiatric and physiological health problems. This group is characterized by very complex health issues. As a result, care for this group is often subject to ...
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Interdisciplinary Care for Chronic Joint Disorders
One-third of Amsterdam residents are faced with multiple health conditions, including chronic joint disorders, and the numbers continue to increase. The Professorship in Interdisciplinary Care for Chronic Joint ...
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Nutrition and Exercise
A healthy body composition is essential for the health and physical performance of children, elderly people, athletes and people with chronic illnesses alike. The Professorship in Nutrition and Exercise explores the ...
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Occupational therapy – participation and the environment
The Professorship in Participation and the Environment focuses on issues arising from the way people take part in everyday life and society. The professorship is affiliated with the Bachelor’s programme in ...
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Optimizing Sports Performance
The difference between gold-silver-bronze or no medal is often less than one per cent. In other words: small improvements in athletic performance have major consequences. The Professorship in Optimizing Sports ...
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Patient and family participation in clinical practice
Patients are staying in hospital for shorter and shorter periods, while the complexity of care is increasing, and there is a shortage of care workers. The government is encouraging hospital patients to rely on their ...
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Physical Activity In and Around School
Children and young people are getting less and less exercise. 23% to 40% are struggling with obesity. Physical Education teachers have a significant role to play in tackling this issue. The Professorship in Physical ...
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Physiotherapy - Transition of Care for Patients with Complex Needs
The Professorship Physiotherapy - Transition of Care for Patients with Complex Needs explores how tailor-made diagnostics and treatment of health issues relating to functional movement can be used to deliver ...
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Professional Reasoning and Shared Decision Making in Healthcare
The healthcare sector in the Netherlands is becoming more and more complex, which is why effective cooperation between different healthcare providers is essential. Healthcare providers are aware of this fact, but it ...
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Rehabilitation in acute care
A hospital admission can be considered a ‘major life event’, especially for vulnerable elderly people and seriously ill patients undergoing major surgery or admitted to intensive care.
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Sport and Performance Psychology
Performing a complex gymnastics exercise under huge mental pressure or shooting a three-pointer during a basketball game – the Professorship Sport and Performance Psychology explores how athletes can perfect ...
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Talent Development in Sport and Movement
More and more children have motor delays. Poorly-developed motor skills hinder their ability to enjoy sport or pursue careers in the sporting world. As a result, there is a risk of the Netherlands finding itself ...