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Background: A worldwide vaccination program is the chosen strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccine hesitancy however, forms a threat because vaccine uptake is voluntary in most countries. Care-professionals of people with intellectual disabilities are exposed to greater risks than other healthcare workers due to the vulnerable group they attend to and the assisted-living facilities in which they often work. Little is still known of the reasons for vaccine hesitancy in this specific group in contrast to those of other healthcare workers. Objective: To provide insight in the intentions and attitudes on COVID-vaccination of healthcare workers, including those who care for people with intellectual disabilities, by means of a scoping review. Methods: The databases that were searched for papers are CINAHL, APA PsycArticles, APA PsycInfo, Web of Science, Semantic Scolar, Prospero, Outbreak Science, Cochrane and Scopus. The search was broadened to healthcare workers in general because only two papers were found on those caring for people with intellectual disabilities. A total of 26 papers were identified concerning the vaccine intentions of 43,199 healthcare workers worldwide. Data were gathered both quantitively and qualitatively. The papers were analysed for all themes regarding vaccine willingness and vaccine hesitancy. Results: The themes that came to light included: percentages of vaccine willingness, predictors of willingness differentiated by 11 sub-themes (mainly profession, age, gender and past vaccine behaviour), attitudes of willingness and hesitancy differentiated by 19 sub-themes (perceived COVID treat and protecting others for willingness, concerns on vaccine safety and efficacy for hesitancy), sources of vaccination information, contextual factors and changes in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance over time and finally, future strategies for interventions. Conclusions: There was overlap in the percentages of vaccination, predictors of vaccine willingness and the attitudes of vaccine willingness and hesitancy between healthcare workers and those caring for people with intellectual disabilities. Vaccine safety and efficacy are the most prominent concerns with regard to vaccine hesitancy. Therefore, future strategies for interventions should address vaccine safety and efficacy. Furthermore, interventions are recommended to be interactive in order to facilitate exchange. Discussion groups that are able to address specific concerns and personal experiences, show to be effective in addressing vaccine hesitancy. Accurate information can also be made more accessible to target groups by promoting video’s on social media platforms. Hence, further research is necessary to specify more precisely the attitudes of healthcare workers caring for people with intellectual disabilities and in more countries worldwide.

This roadmap helps teacher teams to improve their education step-by-step in an evidence-informed manner. Shaping your education using the principles of blended learning has many advantages for both students and teachers. However, this requires a thorough, long-term redesign of courses. Partly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we often need to change and improve on a short term. This roadmap was developed by the ICT & Education community of Avans University of Applied Sciences to support such short term improvements. By executing the steps in this roadmap, teacher teams can develop an improved version of an existing course using a thought-through blaance in teaching and learning activities that are synchronous, asynchronous, online or face-to-face. The roadmap can be used directly by teachers, or the format can be used together with educational (technology) advisers to contextualise the roadmap for a specific academy or program. Several elements can be customized to fit a specific context, such as the order of the steps and the accompanying textual descriptions, and both a horizontal and vertical variant of the visual scheme are available. Currently, we are working on an updated version of the roadmap, which includes an online collaborative version in Mural. The planning is to publish this new version in the Summer of 2022.

Dit stappenplan helpt docententeams om stapsgewijs en evidence-informed te verbeteren. Het vormgeven van je onderwijs volgens de principes van blended learning heeft vele voordelen voor zowel student als docent. Dit vraagt echter om een grondig herontwerp van jouw onderwijs. Omdat er soms op korte termijn een verbeterslag gewenst is, mede door de Covid-19 pandemie, is dit stappenplan ontwikkeld door de ICTO-community van Avans Hogeschool. Door het uitvoeren van de stappen kom je als docententeam tot een verbeterde versie van een bestaande cursus waarin een doordachte afweging is gemaakt over de werkvormen en leeractiviteiten die synchroon, asynchroon, online en fysiek plaatsvinden. Je kunt meteen met het stappenplan aan de slag, of je kan eerst dit ‘format’ gebruiken om samen met bijvoorbeeld een onderwijskundige, voor je faculteit/academie/opleiding een versie van het stappenplan op maat te maken door bijvoorbeeld een andere volgorde van de stappen te hanteren, of de tekst aan te passen, en een keuze te maken voor het horizontale of verticale variant van het visuele schema. Er wordt momenteel gewerkt aan een vernieuwde versie van het stappenplan, waaronder een versie in Mural waarin je als team kunt samenwerken. De planning is dat deze in de zomer van 2022 wordt gepubliceerd.

Essays of 68 CADS students show their struggle with the effects of the Covid-19 measures. This blog reveals how students navigate the crisis and, in light of a recent Monitor on student mental wellbeing, calls for more qualitative inquiry into underlying issues in order to find solutions.

The Charter of the EOSC Task Force on Researcher Engagement and Adoption, set-up in September 2021, states that “The overarching principle for developing EOSC is that research has to be at the core of the EOSC initiative. Thus, deep engagement with research communities is fundamental in order to understand their needs and requirements and ensure that the way in which EOSC operates and the existing and future community services are of use and value to researchers and respect the academic sovereignty of scientific results, research data and digital objects”. Over the last 36 months, FAIRsFAIR has provided practical solutions for the implementation of FAIR data principles throughout the research data life cycle. This has been achieved by fostering FAIR data culture and the uptake of good practices in making data FAIR. The FAIRsFAIR project addressed the development and concrete realisation of academic quality data management, procedures, standards, metrics and related matters, based on the FAIR principles. The engagement of European stakeholders was fundamental across all the activities. To that end, a mix of channels was used with the ultimate aim to ensure active participation and an overall feeling of being part of an enlarged community. For example, a bottom-up approach was established wherever possible and relevant; adaptation and flexibility ensured that the best engagement channels were used to reach each target community. It is important to highlight how the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting decision to organise workshops as online events had a positive impact on allowing interested participants in several activities to be reached. In particular, the switch to online events was instrumental in involving professionals from universities and other higher education institutions, who usually experience a different set of capacity and budgetary challenges, in attending physical events held outside or far from their countries. But this was also true for other events including the Synchronisation Force series, the national roadshows and the data steward instructor training. The participation of different stakeholders in the online workshops greatly enriched the discussions and contributed to shift the focus from Europe-centric issues involving FAIR research data with international insights and experiences. In order to present the impact achieved, this document presents the activities performed and analyses the related results around the FAIRsFAIR main stakeholders.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought visibility and intensified the discussions on the European Union's (EU) health mandate. The proposals of the European Commission (EC) to move towards a European Health Union (EHU) can be seen as a starting point towards more integration in health. However, the definition of what the EHU will look like is not clear. This paper searches to find a common definition, and/or features for this EHU through a systematic literature review performed in May 2021. "European Union's concern about health for all" is suggested as a definition. The main drivers identified to develop an EHU are: surveillance and monitoring, crisis preparedness, funding, political will, vision of public health expenditures, population's awareness and interest, and global health. Based on these findings, five scenarios were developed: making a full move towards supranational action; improving efficiency in the actual framework; more coordination but no real change; in a full intergovernmentalism direction; and fragmentation of the EU. The scenarios show that the development of a EHU is possible inside the current legal framework. However, it will rely on increased coordination and has a focus on cross-border health threats. Any development will be strongly linked to political choices from Member States.

Purpose This study aimed to identify the barriers and facilitators related to the implementation of radical innovations in secondary healthcare. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review was conducted and presented in accordance with a PRISMA flowchart. The databases PubMed and Web of Science were searched for original publications in English between the 1st of January 2010 and 6th of November 2020. The level of radicalness was determined based on five characteristics of radical innovations. The level of evidence was classified according to the level of evidence scale of the University of Oxford. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research was used as a framework to classify the barriers and facilitators. Findings Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, nine publications were included, concerning six technological, two organizational and one treatment innovation. The main barriers for radical innovation implementation in secondary healthcare were lack of human, material and financial resources, and lack of integration and organizational readiness. The main facilitators included a supportive culture, sufficient training, education and knowledge, and recognition of the expected added value. Originality/value To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review examining the barriers and facilitators of radical innovation implementation in secondary healthcare. To ease radical innovation implementation, alternative performance systems may be helpful, including the following prerequisites: (1) Money, (2) Added value, (3) Timely knowledge and integration, (4) Culture, and (5) Human resources (MATCH). This study highlights the need for more high-level evidence studies in this area.

Heeft een ongevalsslachtoffer aanspraak op vergoeding van gemiste inkomsten uit zwartwerk? Ontlopen daders van strafbare feiten hun schadevergoedingsplicht doordat verzekeraars zich niet als benadeelde partij in het strafproces mogen voegen? Is het terecht dat eiceldonatrices mogen worden gecompenseerd voor geleverde inspanningen maar draagmoeders niet? Hoe(zeer) laten faillissementscuratoren naast de belangen van de gezamenlijke schuldeisers ook maatschappelijke belangen meewegen? Zijn Amerikanen die gezondheidsschade oplopen na toediening van een COVID-19-vaccin beter af dan Nederlanders in een dergelijke situatie? In Publiek Privaatrecht. Over publieke doelen en belangen in privaatrechtelijke verhoudingen gaat de jongste generatie Rotterdamse civilisten in op de rol van publieke belangen in private verhoudingen. Geinspireerd door het speerpuntthema ' Herijking van Publieke Belangen in Private Verhoudingen' uit het Nederlandse Sectorplan Rechtsgeleerdheid werden de auteurs uitgedaagd om na te denken over privaatrechtelijke onderwerpen met een 'publiek tintje' , dat wil zeggen onderwerpen waarbij de behartiging van publieke doelen en belangen een bijzondere rol speelt. Het resultaat is een veelkleurig boeket aan bijdragen over actuele onderwerpen binnen verschillende deelgebieden van het privaatrecht: aansprakelijkheids- en schadevergoedingsrecht, burgerlijk procesrecht, familierecht, insolventierecht en internationaal privaatrecht.