School of Health Professions

• Symposium

3rd Swiss PPIE Symposium 2026 Shaping Action Together

The symposium provides a participatory space for exchange, networking and collaboration on Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE), and for shaping the future direction of the Swiss PPIE Network.

21.11.2026, 1.30pm–5pm – BFH, Schwarztorstrasse 48, 3007 Bern

• Event for specialists

Creating Connections – Midwifery Between Hands-on Practice and High Tech Swiss Obstetrics Forum

Swiss Obstetrics Forum 2026 – Creating Connections: where obstetric hands-on practice meets high tech and two Universities jointly set new impulses for peripartum care.

20.11.2026, 9am–4.30pm – Hotel Bern, Zeughausgasse 9, 3011 Bern

• Story

Thinking technology together

11.06.2026 Innovation through participation: Bern University of Applied Sciences is looking to involve affected persons in the development of digital assistive technologies. A quick peek at the RETHINK project.

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Caring Spaces – spaces where care flourishes

16.04.2026 How are spaces made that support social interaction and caring relationships? In the Caring Society strategic thematic field, research is led on actual measures that can be realised to create such Caring...

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Does the Swiss mental health system need to change course?

09.04.2026 Switzerland appears to be mentally stable – yet psychiatric care is expensive and stretched to the limit. In this interview, BFH expert Dirk Richter explains why we should place a greater emphasis on...

• News

Didactics in higher education: Teaching Award 2025 of the Citizens’ Commune Bern

08.07.2025 The Teaching Award of the Citizens’ Commune Bern, which honors didactically outstanding educational units at BFH, goes to Nicole Bosshard, Jörg Berkel and Markus Tiede, as well as to Adrian Stettler.

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Review 2023/24: Innovative research for physiotherapy

18.06.2025 The Physiotherapy Research Department at BFH embarked on an eventful 2023 and 2024: new projects, significant publications, and interdisciplinary cooperations strengthened evidence-based practice and education.

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Sustainable nutrition: young and old in dialogue

14.05.2025 What can young people and senior citizens learn from each other in the field of sustainable nutrition? A BFH research project focusses on intergenerational dialogue on nutrition.

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More freedom for patients in hospital

22.04.2025 Measures put in place by hospitals to protect patients can also restrict their freedom. A BFH project has investigated how this protection can be achieved without the use of freedom-restraining measures.

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Remote Care Emmental promises relief for GPs

03.03.2025 A BFH project is investigating how telemedicine and digital networking can relieve the burden on GPs in rural areas. Sang-Il Kim, co-director of the Swiss Center for Care@home, outlines the project.

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Closing the gap in care for mothers experiencing mental health issues after childbirth

26.02.2025 For women who suffer from mental health issues after giving birth, finding a therapy facility that allows them to bring their child with them is not always easy. One potential solution is a model for...

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How to measure stress without stress

24.02.2025 A team of researchers at BFH are using a new analytical approach to measure stress without causing additional stress, thereby helping to combat staff shortages in the healthcare sector.