MOVE

Besides their main task of performing and presenting research under supervision, the Ph.D. students participate in an educational program consisting of general and project-specific courses, workshops and (inter) national conferences. The general courses are offered by VU and VUmc. For project-specific courses, MOVE Ph.D. students can choose from all courses of the Research Master ‘Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences’.

The aims of the Ph.D. program are:

• To teach students to independently organize and conduct scientific research.
• To train students to present research results in both writing and in oral form (in English to fellow researchers and in one’s own language to peers, students and laymen).
• To provide students with knowledge of, and insight into, the present state and the current debates within the field of study of fundamental and clinical human movement sciences.

These aims are partially realized in the process of conducting research under supervision. However, since the day-to-day interaction with supervisors and fellow students will not completely cover all the desired aims, MOVE offers supplementary education and makes it possible for the Ph.D. student to follow courses elsewhere so as to achieve these aims.

Due to the thematic character of the institute and the different backgrounds of the Ph.D. students participating in the educational programme, the programme is not the same for each participant. The composition of the individual programmes is such that the Ph.D. students meet the goals as defined before.