Motivation for lifelong learning

How can we motivate students and adults to become lifelong learners, particularly in the health professions? Our group aims to understand how we can develop ‘students for life’ who are intrinsically motivated learners, who constantly interact with their environment, integrate learning and practice and want to invest in continuing professional development.

For more information: Students for Life (video); SDT Research in health professions education - keynote Rashmi Kusurkar (video).

Contact: Rashmi Kusurkar

Projects include:

Motivation, learning and academic performance
Is academic performance (cognitive and clinical performance, professional behaviour and dropout) of medical students associated with academic motivation, learning strategies, engagement, burnout, empathy, professional identity and personality characteristics? What are the mechanisms? Are there differences in these mechanisms according to socio-economic and cultural background of students? - Contact: R.Kusurkar@amsterdamumc.nl
Assessments and motivation - Contact: R.Kusurkar@amsterdamumc.nl
Diversity and access (several projects)
Diversity: How can we develop Widening Access criteria for admissions to health professionals education in the Netherlands? - Contact: R.Kusurkar@amsterdamumc.nl and A.Wouters@amsterdamumc.nl and L.Mulder@amsterdamumc.nl
Professionalism and professional identity development
Professionalism and professional identity development: What are the underlying problems for unprofessional behaviour in medical students, and what are possible remediation measures for students who display unprofessional behaviour? - Contact: M.Mak@amsterdamumc.nl
Reflection and Participation (several projects) - Contact: a.delacroix@amsterdamumc.nl
Active learning -Contact j.grijpma@amsterdamumc.nl
Workplace learning in nursing education - Contact: M.Stoffels@amsterdamumc.nl
Clinical reasoning in nurses and nursing students Contact: Cj.vreugdenhil@amsterdamumc.nl
Autonomy supportive patient consultation - Contact: J.Kors@amsterdamumc.nl
BEeP study - Contact: R.Kusurkar@amsterdamumc.nl
Motivation, empathy and engagement - Contact: A.Wouters@amsterdamumc.nl
Discourses in selection in medical school admissions - Contact: A.Wouters@amsterdamumc.nl

Interview Joyce Kors