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Healthcare and Personnel Development innovation field

Our research revolves around the sustainable, needs-oriented development of healthcare. We are particularly interested in developing new, innovative care models.

The Swiss healthcare system is facing the major challenge of ensuring healthcare professionals have access to efficient, modern working conditions. This includes offering long-term prospects for health professionals so they can remain healthy and fulfilled over the course of their careers. Innovative care models offer effective solutions for new roles and teamwork.

Research topics

Our research focuses on five different areas. One strategic focus area concerns the topic of advanced-practice roles in nursing.

  • Work organisation in nursing
  • Organisational development and culture in nursing and interprofessional fields
  • Occupational health management in nursing
  • New care models focused on care in an interprofessional context

 

We support and evaluate projects that implement advanced practice roles in GP practices, care homes and hospitals. In Switzerland, advanced practice roles have already been established in non-medical healthcare professions for several years. Healthcare professionals in advanced practice roles have a Master of Science and therefore have in-depth scientific and professional expertise. These enable them to make complex decisions and act with more autonomy and clinical responsibility, but also with more accountability.

Our research helps to determine the impact and potential of advanced practice roles in healthcare. In this way, we contribute to the sustainable development of healthcare.  

Responsible for the research focus on advanced practice roles in nursing

Prof. Dr. Maya Zumstein-Shaha

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Projects

  • Kompetenzmodell personzentrierte Lehre

    A person-centered understanding of nursing is already created during training. Teachers can contribute to this. This project examines what it takes for teaching to promote a person-centered attitude among...

    • Institute(s) Nursing
    • Research unit(s) Innovation in the Field of Health Care and Human Resources Development
    • Head of project Christoph von Dach
      Univ. Prof. Dr. Mag. Hanna Mayer

  • Evaluation Ausbildungsstation Lindenhof

    In times of scarce resources, the training station model offers an attractive innovation in practical training.

    • Institute(s) Nursing
    • Research unit(s) Innovation in the Field of Health Care and Human Resources Development
    • Head of project Fabienne Renggli

  • Automatic work-related stress detection among nurses

    Nearly half of the nurses leave their jobs due to work-related stress. Surveys are no longer effective in capturing the real-time stress levels. Our project aims to revolutionize stress measurement using...

    • Institute(s) Nursing
    • Research unit(s) Innovation in the Field of Health Care and Human Resources Development
    • Head of project Christoph Golz
      Souhir Ben Souissi

  • APN visits in retirement and nursing homes

    Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) can improve the treatment and care of chronically ill patients. Little is known about quality indicators for outreach APNs in nursing homes and the associated costs.

    • Institute(s) Nursing
    • Research unit(s) Innovation in the Field of Health Care and Human Resources Development
    • Head of project Maya Zumstein-Shaha

  • Grademix Configurator in Long-Term Care

    In long-term care, there is an urgent need to determine staff resources in a standardised way and based on objective planning principles, considering the complexity of the resident's situation.

    • Institute(s) Nursing
    • Research unit(s) Innovation in the Field of Health Care and Human Resources Development
    • Head of project Sabine Hahn

  • AI tool in general practices with new professional roles

    In general practices, the majority of chronically ill patients are assigned to general practitoners. In future, referrals are to be made using an AI tool so that patients can be assigned to the right...

    • Institute(s) Nursing
    • Research unit(s) Innovation in the Field of Health Care and Human Resources Development
    • Head of project Maya Zumstein-Shaha
      Margarithe Ch. Feuz-Schlunegger

    • Partnerships

    • Fachhochschule Südschweiz SUPSI 

    • HES-SO Fachhochschule Westschweiz 

    • Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften ZHAW 

    • Fachhochschule OST 

    • Competence Network Health Workforce 

    • BESA QSys AG, Bern 

    • Swica Krankenversicherung 

    • School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK 

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Clayton, Australia 

    • Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 

    • Mc Master University, Hamilton Ontario, Canada 

    • Ontario Shores Center for Mental Health Science, Ontario, Canada 

    • School of Nursing, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 

    • Nursing Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Hospital 

    • Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland 

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