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E. (Liesbeth) Kool

PhD student, educational scientist, teacher/educator

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Telephone:

+31 6 1144 9807

Privételefoon:

+31 6 1378 6606

liesbethkool1 kpnplanet.nl

E-mail:

e.kool umcg.nl

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Research interests

Sustainable employability

Occupational wellbeing and health

(Newly qualified) health professionals

Publications

Intention to stay in the profession and the role of experience among community and hospital midwives in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study

Vereecken-Schoo, A. M., Kool, L., de Jonge, A. & Feijen-de Jong, E. I., Jun-2026, In: Women and Birth. 39, 3, 12 p., 102216.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Occupational well-being in community and hospital midwives in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study

Kool, L., Vereecken-Schoo, A., Kootstra-Dantuma, G., Cates, E. C., Murray-Davis, B. & Feijen-de Jong, E., 9-Feb-2026, In: Women and Birth. 39, 2, 9 p., 102182.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Exploring values and ideologies of Dutch community midwives, a qualitative study

Feijen-de Jong, E., Hunter, B., Murray-Davis, B. & Kool, E., Nov-2025, In: Women and Birth. 38, 6, 9 p., 102122.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Exploring the determinants of student midwives' wellbeing during their studies: A qualitative study

Kool, L., van Hoogen, M., Heerema, L. & Feijen-de Jong, E. I., Jul-2024, In: Women and Birth. 37, 4, 8 p., 101626.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

How to improve newly qualified midwives' transition-into-practice: A Delphi study

Kool, E., Schellevis, F. G., Jaarsma, D. A. D. C. & Feijen-de Jong, E. I., Dec-2023, In: Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives. 38, 9 p., 100921.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Midwives’ occupational wellbeing and its determinants: A cross-sectional study among newly qualified and experienced Dutch midwives

Kool, L., Feijen-de Jong, E. I., Mastenbroek, N. J. J. M., Schellevis, F. G. & Jaarsma, D. A. D. C., Oct-2023, In: Midwifery. 125, 10 p., 103776.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Midwives’ perceptions of the performance- and transition into practice of newly qualified midwives, a focus group study

Kool, L., Schellevis, F. G., Bax, I., Jaarsma, D. A. D. C. & Feijen-de Jong, E. I., 2023, In: Women and Birth. p. 63-71 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Midwives' work-related fear and anxiety and its impact on their wellbeing and performance. A qualitative study of perceived anxiety in community midwives

van den Heuvel, D. H., Kool, L. E., Nelson, T. L. & Feijen-de Jong, E. I., 20-Nov-2023, In: European Journal of Midwifery. 7, 9 p., 34.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Untangling the elements of midwives' occupational wellbeing: a study among newly qualified and experienced midwives

Kool, L., 2023, [Groningen]: University of Groningen. 226 p.

Research output: Thesis › Thesis fully internal (DIV)

Intentions to leave and actual turnover of community midwives in the Netherlands: A mixed method study exploring the reasons why

Feijen-de Jong, E., van der Voort-Pauw, N., Nieuwschepen-Ensing, E. G. & Kool, L., Nov-2022, In: Women and Birth. 35, 6, p. e573-e582 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

All (15) publications

Press/media

Ideologische spanningen en duurzame beroepsuitoefening in eerstelijnsverloskunde

Feijen-de Jong, E. & Kool, L.

16/03/2026

Press/Media: Research › Professional

Uitdagingen voor de student verloskunde

Kool, L.

24/09/2024

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Professional

Dr. Liesbeth Kool: ‘Startende verloskundigen hebben meer ondersteuning nodig’

Kool, E.

25/04/2024

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

All (3) press/media

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SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

SDG 4 - Quality Education

SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

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