220 | Curriculum Vitae Liesbeth Kool was raised in a little village on a dairy farm with her parents and three older siblings. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy at the University of Applied science in Rotterdam. She then completed her post bachelor's degree in supervision and coaching in 1997 and became a registered coach and supervisor. In 2010 she completed a master’s degree in educational science at the Open University in Heerlen. She graduated with a thesis on midwives’ self-directed learning at the workplace. Her working career started in different positions in social and healthcare. During her career, she developed an interest in workplace learning and the professional development of healthcare professionals. She explored her interests in supporting healthcare professionals during her training and teaching activities in nursing and midwifery. Liesbeth has had a faculty appointment at the academy midwifery Amsterdam and Groningen for 20+ year. Next to her work as a teacher and study coach, she contributed to a project team who developed a midwifery bachelor programme. Recently, she was a co-developer of a joint degree master of midwifery in the Netherlands. In addition, she contributes since 2018 to the post-bachelor course Professional Coaching and Supervision at Groningen from the Hanze University of Applied Science. She works as senior educator and supervises coaches during their training. In 2017 she started her PhD at the UMCG in Groningen, at the LEARN chair group. In this PhD, her interests and skills in both research and coaching supervision became intertwined.
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