''I will be presenting the results of an exploratory investigation into the costs of health professions education. I have lived in the Netherlands for four years, studied the language from the day I arrived and work in a predominately Dutch-speaking department. So even though I have not yet attained professional fluency in my language skills, I am very familiar with existing in a dual-language setting. While I will present my work in English, I see this conference as a great opportunity to improve my professional fluency through informal conversations and by observing and listening to how other present their work.''

Yuanyuan Zhu:

''What elements of study programmes are associated with students’ autonomous motivation? Autonomous motivation is important because it is related to students’ academic achievement, deep learning, and improved well-being. Our study used mixed methods to understand elements fostering autonomous motivation in three bachelor’s programmes. We will present the results in the NVMO Congres, which will be my first Dutch conference. I’m confident it won’t be a big problem, not that I speak perfect Dutch (yet :)), but that I have trust in my Dutch colleagues’ support (and the fact that they speak great English). ‘Samen leren, samen werken’, laten we gaan!''