Agenda

To understand its dynamics, it is useful to analyse the motivation concept. What actually is motivation? What can theory tell us? Is motivation a stable personality feature or something that educators can influence? What is intrinsic motivation and is it more desirable than extrinsic motivation?

 For this symposium, various experts from different countries have been invited to shed light on the motivation concept, not only from a medical education perspective but also more broadly. This symposium should be interesting for teachers, trainers, educationalists and anyone else who has been wondering about motivation in education and selection.

10.00–10.15:   Welcome and Coffee

10.15-10.20:   Opening Prof. dr. Gerda Croiset, Director of Medical Education, VUmc, Amsterdam

10.20-10.50:   Motivating learners as part of our educational practice - Prof. dr. Karen Mann, Professor em. in the Division of Medical Education, University of Dalhousie, Canada

10.50-11.20:   To have or to want? Teachers as motivating coaches - Prof. dr. Maarten Vansteenkiste, Prof. in Developmental Psychology, University of Gent, Belgium

11.20-11.50:   Coffee

11.50-12.20:   Motivation in medical students: Influences, Outcomes and Applications Rashmi Kusurkar MD, member of the Center for Research, UMC Utrecht and VU Medical Center, Amsterdam

12.20-12.50:   Panel discussion - Prof. dr. Olle ten Cate, Director of the Center for Research and Development of Education, University Medical Center Utrecht

12.50-13.00:   Closure by Prof. dr. Gerda Croiset

13.00-14.00:   Lunch