
From student to team member
An Inverted Classroom Concept enables medical students to be integrated into interprofessional team simulation training.

MedSurf
Numerous online learning programs like MorphoMed, RadioSurf or CliniSurf, which were developed at the Department for Education and Media AUM at the IML in conjunction with specialist representatives from the Faculty of Medicine, need to be updated.

SOREL – maintain and redesign
SOREL is an online learning program funded by all five medical faculties in Switzerland and the Swiss Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.

Develop and maintain the Examic® Assessment Suite
Applications to support exam services in the written and practical domains.

Virtual spaces in 3D for video recordings with green screen
With virtual 3D spaces, scenes recorded with green screen in the video studio can be placed into a suitable environment.

Videos on carrying out sonographic examinations
Recording videos of ultrasound examinations for learning purposes

Acceptance of simulated physicians in communication training with SPs
Change of sides in communication training: from standardized/simulated patient to physician.

Video: Female breast examination
A video is used to support student learning.

Anaesthesia-information-system
Task analysis of an anaesthesia-information-system at the university hospital Bern.

Requirements engineering for new geodata infrastructure
Raise the needs with regard to renew the geodata infrastructure of AGI.

Ilias Learning Management System
Usability evaluation of the Ilias Learning Management System.

Interaction design for a Research Data Repository (RDR)
The library of the University of Bern is setting up a new Research Data Repository.

Interaction Design concept
Create an Interaction Design concept for online reference guides.

Digitalization of the SP database
The database of standardized/simulated patients (SPs) will be brought up-to-date and will stay abreast of the developments of the program.

Open day at the Uni Mittelstrasse
As part of the open day at the Uni Mittelstrasse building on the 27th October, the IML showcased itself through various presentations and activities. Young and old were able to experience medical education firsthand and were amazed by the exciting work field of the IML.

New location for the BiSS
On behalf of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern, the IML runs the Bern Interdisciplinary Skills and Simulated Patient Centre BiSS at the new location “UniZiegler”. Thanks to the addition of a new learning centre, the UniZiegler meets the needs that arose from the creation of 100 additional study places in human medicine.

AMEE 2018: Focus on Medical Education
From the 25th – 29th August 2018, the IML took part in the conference of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) in Basel. Among the 5000 participants from 150 nations, the institute was represented both with scientific contributions and as an exhibitor.

Improving the assessment of communication
Improving the assessment of communication competencies in the Swiss Federal Licensing Examination in Human Medicine: A project with a mixed methods approach.

Postgraduate education program "Praxisassistenz"
Evaluate the postgraduate education program Praxisassistenz (expanded GP training module in GP practices).

Teaching materials “Palliative Medicine Essentials”
Evaluate the basic teaching materials “Palliative Medicine Essentials” – the fundamentals of palliative care.

CAS “Interprofessional specialized palliative care”
Evaluate the teaching units of the CAS “Interprofessional specialized palliative care”.

Quality of radiation protection training
Evaluate the quality of radiation protection training at the MTR (medical-technical radiology) schools in Switzerland.

Evaluation to accompany the “Steigbügel” project
Supporting professional reintegration following parental leave.

Evaluation tools: Interprofessional undergraduate and postgraduate education
Develop tools to evaluate interprofessional undergraduate and postgraduate education and professional practice on behalf of the Federal Office of Public Health.

Importance of sample sizes in multiple choice exams
The project examines the extent to which the psychometric properties and candidate performances in multiple choice exams depend on the sample sizes “items/candidates”.

Improving the assessment of communication
Improving the assessment of communication competencies in the Swiss Federal Licensing Examination in Human Medicine: A project with a mixed methods approach.