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The statistical evaluation of the collected data is still missing to complete the master’s thesis or the research article. Should you use the t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test? Or work your way through a statistics book? Here we present a small selection of useful sources. For Beginners “How to lie with statistics” (reprint, the […]

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The corona crisis falls in the middle of the WHO’ s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. We would like to express our gratitude and recognition for the nurse’s work with the publication of this interview taken before the Covid-19 outbreak. Yvonne Ribi leads the Swiss Professional Association of Nurses (Schweizer Berufsverband der Pflegefachfrauen […]

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The corona crisis falls in the middle of the WHO’ s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. With the publication of these interviews taken before the Covid-19 outbreak, we would like to express our gratitude and recognition for the nurses’ vital work. Fritz Frauenfelder is Deputy Director of the Nursing, Therapy and Social Work […]

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There is an increasing demand on digitized images and documents on the history of medicine. The Wellcome Library in London holds one of the largest collections on medical history worldwide. A large amount of books, manuscripts, images, historical films and audio files have already been digitized and are available free of charge in the Wellcome […]

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The corona crisis falls in the middle of the WHO’ s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. With the publication of these interviews taken before the Covid-19 outbreak, we would like to express our gratitude and recognition for the nurses’ vital work. Elisabeth Kurth is the managing director of «familystart», a network of midwives […]

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The corona crisis falls in the middle of the WHO’ s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. With the publication of these interviews taken before the Covid-19 outbreak, we would like to express our gratitude and recognition for the nurses’ vital work. Corinne Steinbrüchel-Boesch is a nursing expert APN in the Department of Geriatric […]

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The nursing and health scientist Iren Bischofberger was significantly involved in the establishment and expansion of the Careum Hochschule Gesundheit. On the one hand, she set up the research and development program «work & care – reconciling work and care for family members» with her interdisciplinary team. On the other hand, she managed from 2009 […]

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Iris Ludwig, who holds a degree in nursing and educational science, was a vocational school teacher and expert on nursing didactics for many years. She was instrumental in the introduction of innovative teaching methods such as skills-labs and Problem Based Learning in Switzerland. From 1996 to 2006, she founded and managed the first master’s program […]

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Talks with Iris Ludwig and Iren Bischofberger The World Health Organization WHO has designated 2020 the «Year of the Nurse and Midwife» in honor of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. (1). Nurses and midwives account for nearly half of the global health workforce. It is about time for an international focus on their […]

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Graphic medicine (or graphic pathographies) tells us in an intuitive, easily accessible way about experiences, actions, thoughts and feelings of patients, relatives and medical personnel. Often the stories are biographical, autobiographical or semi-autobiographical. The combination of texts and illustrations leads to a more visceral and enriched understanding compared to texts only. Facial expressions or changes […]

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