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Isala ecoach for brain injury

Internship Assignment Form University Twente

Title:  Health Psychology in the hospital: eCoaching of patients with brain injury

Type of assignment: MA internship (combination with thesis is possible)

Internal or external: external: Isala Zwolle

Maximum number of students: 1

Individual collecting of data?  Yes

Type of research: quantitative

Description of the assignment:

For your internship and thesis you can participate in a research collaboration between Isala Zwolle and the department of Psychology, Health & Technology. It depends on your interests, learning targets and your Dutch language proficiency how your internship/thesis will concretely be formulated.

The neurological department is running a pilot study to support patients after brain injury in their recovery trajectory at home. These are patients without indication for a revalidation trajectory. Usual care will be compared with eCoaching. First data are available and can be analysed by the intern.  Further internship activities are planning the next steps in evaluating the best care at home for people after a brain event and helping to set up the broader study.

What are we offering? Working with an interdisciplinary supervision team and together with students from other disciplines (e.g. medicine, & specialized nursing)

More information: Dr. Christina Bode (c.bode@utwente.nl) , Dr. Heleen den Hertog (m.h.den.hertog@isala.nl)

Supervisor: Dr. Christina Bode /  Anne van Dongen (UT) , Dr. Heleen den Hertog (Isala)