Laura Kranenburg
Maasstad Ziekenhuis, Netherlands
Biography
Laura J C Kranenburg combines a background as Industrial Design Engineer with an interest in medical education in her current PhD programme. She focusses on the improvement of communication skills for medical specialists in training with the use of E-learning. After completing her study at the Technical University in Delft, the Netherlands, she got her medical degree at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Currently she is pursuing specialization in Rheumatology and has published several studies on the use of E-learning in an international setting. Her work illustrates the power of direct feedback between tutor and student using E-learning. Especially the education of communication skills and shared decision making is of interest in her work.