Veerle Van Raemdonck

• PhD in Movement Sciences
• Researcher at Erasmus University College Brussels

The leading cause of death around the world is heart disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a substantial increase in sudden cardiac arrest during the past decades. It stated that CPR training programs should be implemented at school to foster training of lay people in European countries. But important barriers for implementation are:...

In deze bijdrage starten we met het bredere kader van de Brusselse jongeren. De cijfermatige onderzoeksgegevens uit de DEBEST-survey geven indicaties over de democratische ingesteldheid van Brusselse jongeren. Daaruit blijkt dat dialoog, openheid, tolerantie en democratische ingesteldheid onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden zijn in de hoofden en har...

Objective This study evaluated self-trained basic life support (BLS) skills acquired from an e-learning platform to design a complementary in-class training approach. Design In total, 41 students (15–17 years, 29 men) participated in a pilot study on self-training in BLS. After 6 weeks, a compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) test a...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training at school is recommended. Limited school resources prevent implementation. The learning efficacy of low-cost training strategies is unknown. To evaluate the efficacy of different CPR learning strategies using low-cost didactic tools. Children (n=593, 15-16 years) were randomized to four training conditio...

Context: This abstract describes an ongoing study about dialogue on controversial themes at school. These results are the first preliminary results. Teachers in Brussels' schools, with a pupil population that reflects the multicultural and diverse population in society, are often confronted with potential conflicts arising from differences in cultu...

Lezing 3 van het symposium "Transformatie naar een meerstemmige (leraren)opleider als actor of social change" tijdens Velov-Velon Congres voor Lerarenopleiders 2022. Abstract: Transformatie in de klas door controverse te doorbreken

Context: As a result of social processes such as labour migration, forced migration and globalization, our society has become more diverse in terms of ethnicity and religion ([1], [2]). This is clearly visible in the Flemish educational landscape where teachers are often confronted with conflicts that arise from alleged differences in the framework...

Introduction: In the implementation of cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the Flemish school curriculum and within the given limitations in time and training equipment, there is a need for alternative training strategies. Literature suggests laypeople can train themselves in basic life support (BLS) and AED-skills using a web-based micro-simul...