Our expertise
Organisation of healthcare systems and interprofessional collaboration
Interprofessional education and training in team-based care
Integration oforganisational and technological innovations into healthcare practice
Medication safety throughout the care pathway
Appropriate use of medicines and medication safety
Encouraging patients to be partners in the care process
Our approach
The Healthcare systems and Interprofessionality Laboratory (LAB S21) focuses its activities on theorganisation of healthcare systems and collaborative practices amongst healthcare professionals, with the aim of supporting the evolution of healthcare systems towards more effective and coordinated models of care.
The laboratory’s work focuses in particular on the analysis and development of models of interprofessional collaboration, with a special emphasis on interactions between professionals and the organisational conditions that promote teamwork.
The laboratory also contributes to the development of educational initiatives and simulation projects designed to promote learning about interprofessional teamwork amongst the various healthcare professions.
Patient partners: agents of change
The S21 Laboratory recognises patient partners as key players in the development of effective healthcare systems and integrates them as such into its research and teaching activities. Drawing on their first-hand experience of care pathways, the laboratory values their expertise as a complement to that of healthcare professionals, helping to improve analyses and steer projects towards specific and meaningful issues. Patient partners are involved at various stages of the work, from design to the dissemination of results, facilitating approaches that are more participatory and grounded in real-world practice. This commitment enables the laboratory to contribute to the development of healthcare systems that are more inclusive, collaborative and truly patient-centred.
Some of the lab’s projects
TOGETHER
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Mentoring Programme
JIP Interprofessional Days
Team
Valérie Santschi, professor at the University of Applied Sciences, scientific director of the lab
Sandra Zoni, senior lecturer, managerial head of the lab
Christine Bienvenu, University of Applied Sciences lecturer, patient partner
Johanna Ponchaud, senior lecturer
Raphaël Rich, senior lecturer, head of simulated patients
Séverine Schusselé Filliettaz, lecturer