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Lecturer & researcher from the VU Faculty of Medicine wins prizes for innovative educational project.
How do you apply citizen science in education and research?
Lecturer & researcher from the VU Faculty of Medicine wins prizes for innovative educational project.
Teacher Elza van Deel and researcher Bianca Brundel, from the physiology department of the VU Faculty of Medicine, have received an education grant of 10,000 euros from the VU Center for Teaching & Learning. This so-called Scholarship of Teaching and Learning offers teachers the opportunity to conduct innovative research in education. In addition to a grant, the project teams receive training in relevant research methods and support in disseminating the experiences and insights they gain along the way.
The project is about student participation in citizen science. They want to involve citizens in research into solutions for atrial fibrillation. Van Deel: ”Students of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have little knowledge of research outside the academic world, although this is important in their future career. Our initiative aims to solve this problem by engaging students in the growing field of citizen science in the Cardiovascular Research minor in year 3 of the bachelor’s degree.”
Citizen science
Citizen science, also known as Citizen science, generates new knowledge through collaboration with citizens and (student) scientists. This non-traditional source of knowledge can provide solutions to social challenges, such as common diseases such as cardiac arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation (AF).
Brundel: “In this initiative we develop interactive, multidisciplinary education with social impact, by letting students use data from people who themselves suffer from atrial fibrillation. In the Netherlands alone, more than 380,000 people suffer from this heart rhythm disorder. Unfortunately, current diagnostics and Treatment strategies for this disease are not yet well developed.”