Stijn De Baets

Stijn is a postdoctoral researcher and finished his PhD within the Rehabilitation Sciences department of Ghent University, with the subject "mapping the experienced participation in society of people with a chronic disorder. Stijn De Baets graduated as an occupational therapist and has an extensive expertise in approaching and advising people with various physical problems within the field of participation in society. Additionally, Stijn also studied a Master in Healthcare Management and Policy and as a result has an interest and expertise in quality assurance and equity in healthcare.

Main areas of interest:

• Daily functioning of people with a chronic disabling condition

• Personal Functional capacities in an interlinkage with daily functioning

• Meaningful activities of people

• International Classification of Functioning, disability and health (ICF)

• Qualitative research

• Researching the lived experiences