Who

SCOPE - Staff

SCOPE is a breeding ground for knowledge and expertise in the field of personal development. Trainers, researchers and lecturers share expertise, views and experiences, so that together we can create innovative and academic teaching.

Would you like to know more about our educational activities and research or are you interested in collaborating with us? Then please get in touch with us. SCOPE is located at the Health Psychology department and is part of LEARN.

Staff

Joke Fleer (founder): "In 2012 I became semester coordinator within the bachelor of medicine. In the years that followed I saw the students becoming increasingly stressed and as a teacher, but also as a psychologist, this worried me. I realized that within our faculty much attention is paid to knowledge and skills, but not to the personal development of a student. In 2019 we founded SCOPE and I think it is fantastic that we now provide creative and challenging education within all curricula of our faculty aimed at personal development!"

Margreet Smit (founder & coordinator): "For me, SCOPE means: contributing to the personal development of the student. I enjoy teaching and coming up with creative teaching methods that stimulate the student's curiosity. Whenever possible, I like to take the students outside the faculty: drawing with a nude model on Minerva, or looking at art in the Groninger Museum with the aim of questioning your own perspective."

Hedwig Boer (trainer): "SCOPE offers me a workplace where as a teacher I have the opportunity to contribute to the personal development of a student, but also to continue to develop myself. I see personal development as something dynamic, which requires a curious attitude. Students are offered the space to develop an open and reflective attitude by starting a conversation with each other about themselves in a creative way."

Miranda Trippenzee (trainer): "I believe that every student benefits from expanding its worldview. This can be done by having an open attitude and being reflective of yourself and your environment. Sometimes this requires tools, such as literature, philosophy and other art forms, to to be able to put feelings, thoughts and ideas into words. As a teacher I hope to be able to contribute to this. Dialogue as a tool for connection is essential here."

Maleah Knevel (trainer): "SCOPE highlights personal development: What fits my interests and what gives me energy? What is already going well? And can I do more of that? I find the translation of theory and research into practice extremely interesting. My motivation is, thus, to turn what works or what you want to change into small, accessible actions that lead to your long-term goals and dreams. This contributes to becoming a happy, authentic and productive person, which also positively impacts your environment."

Salome Scholtens (trainer): "Being able to zoom out, see the bigger picture and understand connectedness is essential to thrive in today's society. Plus, it can help us feel more connected to ourselves. The experiential learning approach that SCOPE has successfully implemented has proven to be well suited to develop these competencies. With my teaching, focusing on the ability to take different perspectives (other than your own), see the bigger picture and deal with complexity, I hope to contribute to the development of these competencies."

Floor Velthuis (trainer): "I believe that in whatever phase in studies or life you are in, it is important to look at yourself and to get to know yourself better. Because someone who knows him/herself, can make choices that suit him/her, and that is an important condition for happiness and vitality at work, or in other aspect in life. In addition, I believe that with creative and experiential teaching methods - a starting point of our education - you reach another way of learning. From a mere cognitive focus back to experiencing, gaining insights and being inspired."

Jorrit Waslander (trainer): "For me, SCOPE education stands for getting to know yourself. It offers the opportunity in the busy medical education to press the pause button and investigate questions such as: 'What do I find important?', 'What are my qualities?" and "Which choices suit me?" Thinking individually and sharing your findings with others are crucial activities for me to discover who you are. I hope that after a SCOPE workshop, students will walk away with more self-knowledge, so that they will follow a path that suits them."

Connected with SCOPE

Maya Schroevers : As a human being, psychologist, researcher and mindfulness trainer, I notice every day how valuable it is to do things with attention. It gives me great satisfaction to share this and to introduce others to mindfulness and (self)compassion, so that everyone can experience for themselves what it brings to them. In addition to the workshops and training courses that I give to people with physical or psychological complaints and healthcare professionals, SCOPE offers the opportunity to practice these competences together with students. I have experienced how these exercises can help students deal with stress, make conscious choices and enjoy what you do.

Marco Carvalho de Filho : I still remember my first years at medical school… The awe, the sense of purpose, the beauty, the challenges! Somehow, the wonders lost their colors during the course, and everything was greyish in the end. I was lucky to start practicing autonomously after the residency in Internal Medicine. My patients brought the colors back to my life with the indispensable help of music, literature, philosophy, and theater. As a clinical teacher, I witnessed the same identity crisis happening to hundreds of medical students. As an educational researcher, I am committed to changing this process by developing educational strategies to support the integration of personal and professional identities into a meaningful whole committed to social justice and patient-centered care.

Margit Eelbren Vegter (trainer): "As a medical student, I longed for education that would challenge me to think about things for myself, instead of just copying knowledge and memorizing it for the duration of an exam. Now, as a philosophical practitioner, I offer exactly that kind of education: group meetings and individual conversations in which you learn to question and develop your thinking independently. You are most welcome in my philosophical practice, where I will receive you with a warm cup of tea and a critical listening ear!"

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