Publications by authors named "D H J M Dolmans"

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  • Undergraduate students in Health Professions face motivation and well-being challenges, and the study explores how satisfying their basic psychological needs impacts their levels of autonomous motivation and overall well-being.
  • Flowing from a survey of 202 students, the results indicate that satisfaction of autonomy boosts autonomous motivation, while satisfaction of relatedness and competence contributes equally to overall well-being.
  • The findings suggest that creating an autonomy-supportive and need-satisfying learning environment can improve motivation and well-being, guiding educators to enhance student experiences in HP programs.
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Background: Fostering students' autonomous motivation is linked to numerous positive outcomes. However, stimulating autonomous motivation of students in health professions remains a challenge. According to the Self-Determination Theory, supporting students' basic psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence fosters their autonomous motivation.

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Background: There is wide variation in how faculty development (FD) is practiced globally and described in the literature. This scoping review aims to clarify how FD is conceptualised and practiced in health professions education.

Methodology: Using a systematic search strategy, 418 papers, published between 2015-2023, were included for full text review.

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Introduction: Immersive simulations can evoke a range of emotions in students. However, little is known about how facilitators recognise and respond to students' emotions during simulations. This study aims to understand how simulation facilitators perceive and respond to students' emotions during simulation-in order to optimise learning.

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Purpose: Autonomous motivation is important for university students, but it remains a challenge to stimulate their autonomous motivation for their curricula. We developed an extracurricular intervention (Societal Impact Project) with basic psychological needs supportive characteristics such as learning with self-defined problems relevant to curriculum and society, collaborative group work, and coaching by a teacher. This study aims at evaluating the intervention in fostering students' autonomous motivation for their regular curricula.

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