Examic Measured
Examic Measured is an innovative online platform designed to help educational institutions and organizations create and administer exams and assessments with ease.
Examic EOSCE
EOSCE is a simple and efficient system to enable practical medical examinations (especially OSCEs) to be carried out without resorting to paper forms.
IML-Kolloquium: Termine
Während der IML-Kolloquien präsentieren Expertinnen und Experten aktuelle Beiträge rund um das Thema Medical Education.
Usability: Webbasierter Kataster-Auszug
Der dynamische Smart-Auszug könnte - als Ergänzung zum statischen Auszug - für den GIS-Laien die einfach bedienbare Variante des elektronischen Auszuges des ÖREB-Katasters werden.
Spiritual Care in Chronic Pain
Interdisciplinary Research for Interprofessional Practice in Medicine and Nursing.
DocCom.Deutsch: Web-Basierte Lernmodule zum Kommunikationstraning
DocCom.Deutsch ist eine Serie medienunterstützter Online Module für die Aus-, Weiter- und Fortbildung in der Kommunikation im Gesundheitswesen. Daran beteiligt sind Ärztinnen und Ärzte sowie Fachpersonen aus der Schweiz, Deutschland und Österreich.
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.
Fostering communication skills in health profession students
PhD Thesis about the effectiveness of worked examples and written reflections.
Interaction Design concept
Create an Interaction Design concept for online reference guides.
Ilias Learning Management System
Usability evaluation of the Ilias Learning Management System.
Video: Female breast examination
A video is used to support student learning.
Requirements engineering for new geodata infrastructure
Raise the needs with regard to renew the geodata infrastructure of AGI.
Anaesthesia-information-system
Task analysis of an anaesthesia-information-system at the university hospital Bern.
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.
Measurement precision of written exams
PhD work: The work examines the measurement precision at the cut-score of multiple choice exams and scoring algorithms for multiple true-false (MTF) questions.
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.
PhD project: Multisource feedback in postgraduate medical education
Which factors influence multisource feedback in postgraduate medical education?
Presentation format with the greatest learning effect
A randomized field study shows which presentation format of patient-centered communication examples has the greatest learning effect for medical students.
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”.
Study trajectory analysis Human Medicine Bern
Typical study trajectories are analyzed for the year groups 2010-2013, from the Matura [university-entrance level qualifications], via Numerus Clausus, to professional training examinations and the Federal Licensing Examinations.
Interprofessional Workplace-based Assessment in Diabetology
A qualitative research study in medical education at the University Hospital of Bern.
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.
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.
Teaching materials “Palliative Medicine Essentials”
Evaluate the basic teaching materials “Palliative Medicine Essentials” – the fundamentals of palliative care.
Postgraduate education program "Praxisassistenz"
Evaluate the postgraduate education program Praxisassistenz (expanded GP training module in GP practices).
Workplace-based assessment
PhD work: Mini-CEX and DOPS are two forms of workplace-based assessment which are used to support physicians’ learning in the workplace.
Abdomen sonography
Together with various partners, a foundation course on the theme of sonography of the abdomen is created. This is based on the Blended Learning method.
The impact of a masters program in Medical Education
The impact on individuals, organizations and influencing factors: a qualitative study.
Microscopy versus Endoscopy
Assessment of middle ear anatomy teaching using microscopy versus endoscopy: A randomized comparative study.
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.
Assessment in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training
PhD regarding “Assessment in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training”.
Annual report IML 2017
The main task of the Institute for Medical Education is to support medical education − through services, development of methods, infrastructure, and knowledge about teaching and assessment.
Usability-Evaluation ÖREB Smart-Auszug
Entwurf eines interaktiven, intuitiven Zugangs auf verschiedensten Endgeräten und Bildschirmgrössen.
The future is digital
The IML has been training learners to become mediamaticians for over 10 years. With their finger on the pulse of medical education, these young people have a great deal to offer and can develop their professional skills in an optimal manner.
Remembering a forgotten condition
The link between nutrition and health is undisputed – today, as in the past. Historical film material from the IML collection illustrates this with the example of endemic goiter (“cretinism”) through vivid images. The fact that the theme continues to be topical is demonstrated by an enquiry from French TV.
SAMS-Award 2017
The IML once again receives the SAMS award for best practice in interprofessional teaching.
Neue Ansätze
Das Projekt zeigt neue Ansätze auf, um sich Kommunikationskompetenzen in der universitären Medizinausbildung anzueignen.
Peer-tutorierter EKG-Kurs
Elektrokardiogramme (EKGs) korrekt interpretieren? Worauf es dabei ankommt, lernen Medizinstudierende von speziell geschulten Peers.
Interprofessioneller Venenpunktionskurs
Für Studierende der Humanmedizin, Pflege und Hebammengeburtshilfe soll ein interprofessioneller Kurs in "Punktion peripherer Venen" implementiert werden.
Authentischere Patientenszenarien dank Hybridstationen
Den Einsatz von Hybridstationen in der eidgenössischen Clinical Skills-Prüfung planen und pilotisieren.
Students teach students
Students support their colleagues in learning to report and evaluate electrocardiograms (ECGs).
ÖREB-Kataster
Der «dynamische Smart-Auszug» ist ein webbasierter Kataster-Auszug für Desktop, Tablet und Phone, welcher für alle Kantone das gleiche Benutzerinterface zur Verfügung stellt.
Usability Optimierungen für Ability.net
Ein Browser-basiertes System zur Sammlung von Wissen und zum Lernen dieses Wissens. Gibt es noch Usability Stolperfallen?
Prototyp und Umsetzung eines interaktiven Registerauszugs
Entwurf eines interaktiven, intuitiven Zugangs auf verschiedensten Endgeräten und Bildschirmgrössen.
Targeted creation of exam questions – it’s better together
In March 2017, the new exam questions for the Federal licensing MC examination in human medicine were created, for the first time, in a two-day workshop. The quantitative output was very good. The authors’ satisfaction and the qualitative output were considerably better than in previous years, when the questions were devised individually or in smaller workshops.
True-to-life examinations through hybrid simulation
For quality assurance of the Federal Clinical Skills Examination, the Institute for Medical Education (IML) is working on the innovative concept of hybrid simulation in cooperation with the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich, on behalf of the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).
Interprofessional teaching with simulations and standardized patients
The conference “Standardized Patients and Simulation” (SPSim) on 16.-18.3.2017 fell under the motto “Curricular Integration of Simulation in Healthcare – from Concept to Reality”.
Research internship at the IML – a personal experience
Psychology students regularly undertake research internships at the Institute for Medical Education (IML). Simon Burkhalter reports on his own experience as an intern.
SPSIM Kongress 2017 in Bern
5th International Conference on Standardized Patients and Simulations (SPSIM).