Dorien Elise Ginsel
Lecturer Physical Therapy, Project Manager ShoulderCommunity, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dorien Ginsel was born in 1981 in Leiden in The Netherlands. After graduating in 2000 from the Nijmeegse Scholen Gemeenschap (VWO) in Nijmegen she started her bachelor’s to become a Physical Therapist at Thim van der Laan, University of Applied Sciences for Physiotherapy, in Utrecht. She studied there for 4 years and graduated in 2004. She then lived in Utrecht and worked in primary care as a Physical Therapist and also started lecturing at Thim van der Laan, University of Applied Sciences for Physiotherapy, in Utrecht. Besides that she enrolled in a 2 year educational program to become a Physical Rehabilitation Trainer at the International Academy for Sportscience. Combining work as a physical therapist and as lecturer, she really enjoyed sharing knowledge, skills and experience with the students. In 2006 she took a position at the Institute for Human Movement Studies at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (UASU) while still working as a physical therapist. In 2011 she starts her Masters in Care Trajectory Design which she finishes in 2013. Besides lecturing she starts as a project manager at UASU and she founds the ShoulderCommunity in co-creation with the professional practice.