Stories
CST videos as a valuable resource for medical students
Learning medical examination techniques forms a central element of medical training alongside cognitive knowledge. Clinical Skills Training (CST) at the University of Bern has a long tradition dating back to group teaching in the 1970s.
Swiss Federal Licensing Exam in Human Medicine
More than 1200 prospective doctors from six faculties took the written part of the Federal Licensing Exam in Human Medicine electronically for the first time. The switch from paper to tablets went smoothly.
Usability and User Experience
Two Challenging Disciplines as Drivers of Software Development
DocCom.Deutsch
Good communication between all stakeholders in the healthcare system can be learned.
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.
BiSS recognised as a «Certified Skills Lab» according to the APF standard
The Association for Medical Education GMA (Committee for Practical Skills APF) awards the Bern Interprofessional Skills and Simulation Personnel Center (BiSS), including its simulation person program, accreditation as a certified skills lab.
The challenge of holding examinations during the Covid-19 pandemic
How can exams take place during the Covid-19 pandemic? As an internationally recognised competence centre, the IML has dealt with the challenges that arose suddenly.
Training of Contact Tracers
The IML helped the Cantonal Medical Office of Bern to rapidly set up an online learning programme for contact tracers.
Coronavirus: Contacting the IML
Digitally optimize simulation in practical tests (OSCE)
High quality simulation in the OSCE: Optimization with digital workflows and 3D printing.
The IML joins an international network for the work with SP
Dr. med. Beate Brem has been elected as Member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE).
The IML is participating in an EU project on clinical decision-making
As part of this EU project an adaptive curriculum for clinical reasoning for students and instructors is to be developed, implemented and disseminated in order to better prepare future doctors and to avoid mistakes.
The IML is committed to interprofessionalism
Healthcare professionals face increasingly complex challenges. Can interprofessionalism in education address this?
Virtual reality now available in UniZiegler
As a media and technology expert, Dario Zaugg immersed himself in the topic of "virtual reality" for his thesis at the AUM. He shares his perspectives on the possible applications and considerations of this new technology in an interview.
Enthusiastic medical student develops an app for CliniSurf
Learning program of the IML provides the impulse for a heart sounds app.
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.
Open day at 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.
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.
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.
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.
MIL-Office 5
MIL Office ist die Fachapplikation, welche vom VBS in allen Schulen und Wiederholungskursen für hunderttausende von Militärangehörigen für administrative Belange eingesetzt wird.
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.
Usability without users
How can one optimise interfaces in a time- and safety-critical context without knowledge about the users of the system?
Assessment-Tools: Vorsprung durch Usability, Qualität und Forschung
Wir konzipieren und evaluieren Assessment-Tools auf Basis jahrzehntelanger Erfahrung und leisten so einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Innovation, Forschung und Qualitätssicherung.
Unsere Poster aus Textil «fliegen» in alle Welt!
Packen Sie ab jetzt Ihr Poster in den Koffer und lassen Sie die Posterrolle zu Hause! Die Abteilung für Unterricht und Medien (AUM) druckt wissenschaftliche Poster auch auf Textil.
Datensicherheit früher und heute
Für die sichere Abwicklung von Prüfungen in der Medizin, Umfragen und Forschungsprojekten ist ein hoher Standard beim Datenschutz unerlässlich.
Hollywood lässt grüssen
Furchteinflössend, fantasievoll, ansprechend, in der Filmindustrie werden SchauspielerInnen ihrer Rolle entsprechend exakt geschminkt. Auch am Institut für Medizinische Lehre (IML) der Universität Bern wenden wir die Kunst des Schminkens an, jedoch für Lehrzwecke. So imitieren wir Krankheiten und Verletzungen für Simulationssituationen in der Lehre oder Prüfung.