{"id":182571,"date":"2025-10-15T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=182571"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:56","slug":"em-genomineerd-voor-nationale-prijs-onderwijsjournalistiek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/10\/15\/em-genomineerd-voor-nationale-prijs-onderwijsjournalistiek\/","title":{"rendered":"EM nominated for National Prize for Education Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

EM editor Tessa Hofland has been nominated for the National Prize for Education Journalism for her article\u00a0\u2018Why it is so difficult to expel unsuitable medical students<\/a>\u2019<\/em>. The award ceremony will take place on 7 November in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

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Why is it so difficult \u2013 if not impossible \u2013 to expel unsuitable medical students? That question had long occupied the EM editorial team and became relevant again after the triple murder committed by a medical student from Erasmus MC in 2023.<\/p>\n

Hofland\u2019s investigation shows that since the early 2000s, examination boards and programme directors have been seeking greater authority to expel unsuitable medical students. These are students who display unprofessional behaviour and endanger fellow students, colleagues or patients, for example through intimidation, aggression or violence. Since 2010, a regulation has existed to remove such students, but examination boards describe it as \u2018an empty shell in practice\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\t

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