- Innovations in Medical Education
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Hernia repair and management
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
University Hospital of Basel
2019-2025
St. Claraspital
2021-2024
Digestive Health Research Institute
2024
Spital Thurgau (Switzerland)
2015-2023
St Clara Hospital
2023
University Hospital of Bern
2014-2020
Medical University of Vienna
2020
University of Bern
2014-2020
Dalhousie University
2020
University of Kassel
2013-2019
In a few weeks, the global community has witnessed, and for some of us experienced first-hand, human costs COVID-19 pandemic. There is incredible variability in how countries are choosing to thwart disease's outbreak, sparking intense discussions around what it means teach learn era COVID-19, more specifically, role medical students play midst A multi-national multi-institutional group made up dedicated student from Austria, passionate clinicians educators Switzerland, PhD scientist involved...
In qualitative research, language is data. But not neat, straightforward What said in an interview a transparent, objective record of reality: It social construction, shaped by the interviewer's aims and participant's motivations perceptions. co-construction, arising from interaction between researcher participant. And, as anyone who has read transcript knows, it nonlinear, often illogical, inevitably messy. Participants circle back, detour, cut off mid-thought, contradict themselves mix...
Emotions refer to conscious and subjectively experienced mental reactions that are often associated with physiological behavioral changes. In the context of medical education research, emotions have a pervasive influence on how various types information perceived processed, therefore, can research is designed, conducted, implemented. While there considerable affect learning, little guidance for researchers recognize potentially leverage while conducting disseminating research. be beneficial...
Objective Telemedicine is becoming an increasingly feasible option for patients with chronic diseases due to its convenience, cost-effectiveness and ease of access. While there are certain limitations, the benefits can be appreciated by those seeking repetitive care. The perception telemedicine as alternative recurrent, in-person appointments obesity in structured bariatric programmes still unclear. This content analysis’ primary endpoint was explore how within our programme perceived...
Objective: Psychotherapy research needs to convince psychotherapists contribute their time and effort participate. The present paper describes the development first results of Attitudes Research Questionnaire (APRQ). Method: APRQ additional qualitative questions about exclusion criteria for participation were filled out by a sample 365 therapists (psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral) during an Internet-based survey. Results: A principle component analysis yielded six factors:...
Abstract Purpose Internal hernias (IH) are frequent complications after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). Closure of the jejunal mesenteric and Petersen defect reduces IH incidence in prospective retrospective trials. This study investigates whether closing space alone by non-absorbable suture splitting omentum can be beneficial to prevent LRYGB. Methods Observational cohort 785 patients undergoing linear LRYGB including omental split at a single institution, with 493 without...
Abstract Purpose Due to improved survival of esophageal cancer patients, long-term quality life (QoL) is increasingly gaining importance. The aim this study compare QoL outcomes between open Ivor Lewis esophagectomy (Open-E) and a hybrid approach including laparotomy robot-assisted thoracic phase (hRob-E). Additionally, standard group healthy individuals serves as reference. Methods With median follow-up 36 months after hRob-E ( n = 28) 40 Open-E 43), patients’ was assessed using the...
Background Learning is in delicate balance with safety, as faculty supervisors try to foster trainee development while safeguarding patients. This particularly challenging if trainees are allowed experience the educational benefits of failure, acknowledged a critical resource for developing competence and resilience. While other domains allow failure service learning, however, we do not know whether or this strategy applies clinical training. Methods We conducted individual interviews...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented stress to the medical education community, potentially worsening problems like burnout and work-life imbalance that its members have long been grappling with. However, collective struggle sparked by could generate critical reflection necessary for transforming professional values practices better. In this hermeneutic phenomenological study, we explore how community is adapting-and even reconceptualising-their personal roles amidst crisis.
In the long term, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) may be associated with insufficient weight loss (IWL), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and persistence or relapse of medical problems. This study's objective is to present mid-term results regarding (WL), evolution problems, reoperation rate patients who underwent a conversion after SG.Retrospective single-center analysis minimal follow-up 2 years conversion.In this series 549 SGs, 84 (15.3%) conversion, 71 met inclusion...
BackgroundMentorship has been found as a key factor for successful and satisfying career in academic medicine surgery. The present study was conducted to describe the current situation of mentoring surgical community Switzerland evaluate sex differences regarding impact on success professional satisfaction.MethodsThe designed an anonymous national survey all members Swiss Surgical Society 2011 (820 ordinary 49 junior members). It 25-item questionnaire addressing mentor–mentee relationships...
Fragestellung: Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene stellen eine Minderheit unter den Patienten mit malignen Erkrankungen dar. Ihr Gesamtüberleben hat sich in letzten beiden Jahrzehnten – anders als das jüngerer oder älterer kaum verbessert. Ob dies an Unterschieden der Tumorbiologie Therapiekonzepte besonderen psychosozialen Bedingungen einer schlechteren Compliance Versorgungsqualität liegt, ist unklar. In vorliegenden Untersuchung wurden deshalb alle 15- bis 39-jährigen des Klinischen...
During the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic, medical students were abruptly removed from clinical rotations and transitioned to virtual learning. This study investigates impact this shift on students' wellbeing preparedness for advanced training.Through qualitative research methods, including semi-structured interviews, experiences working frontline explored.The comprehensive findings shed light profound emotional journey that embarked upon during relentless public health crisis. Within...
ChatGPT has been widely heralded as a way to level the playing field in scientific communication through its free language editing service. However, such claims lack systematic evidence. A writing scholar (LL) and six non-native English scholars researching health professions education collaborated on this Writer’s Craft fill gap. Our overarching aim was provide experiential evidence about ChatGPT’s performance editor coach. We implemented three cycles of procedure, describing how we...
<b>Ziel:</b> Therapieverfahren weisen starke Unterschiede in psychologischen Grundannahmen und praktischen Vorgehensweisen auf, woraus sich Fragen nach der Passung von Psychotherapeut Verfahren ergeben. Diese Arbeit untersucht den Einfluss therapeutischen Haltungen, Mentalisierungsinteresse Persönlichkeitseigenschaften auf die Wahl des Verfahrens. <b>Methodik:</b> Es wurden 184 Teilnehmer 3 Richtlinienverfahren Deutschland zu Beginn ihrer Ausbildung mittels Fragebögen untersucht....