Advanced Practice Summer School Models of Care with APNs - Leadership, Outcomes and Sustainability

From individual roles to the model of care - The Advanced Practice Summer School empowers advanced practitioners and nurse managers to explore their clinical leadership skills, fostering the development of new advanced nursing roles and clinical practice.

24.06.2025 until 27.06.2025 – BFH, Schwarztorstrasse 48, 3007 Bern

Factsheet

  • Start date 24.06.2025
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  • End date 27.06.2025
  • Place BFH, Schwarztorstrasse 48, 3007 Bern
  • Application deadline Sold out - the registration is closed
  • Costs PhD and Master students: CHF 250.- | All others: CHF 540.-

In contemporary times, Advanced Practitioners in health care are leading change across various healthcare settings. The summer school facilitates the development of strategies to promote APN through knowledge translation and focuses on evaluating outcomes of models of care, emphasizing the value-added role of APNs. Participants will actively contribute to the formulation of a sustainable model for APN, grounded in a person-centered culture and practice.

The summer school is for Advanced Practitioner in health care, AP students and health care management persons.

Learning Outcomes

The participants will: 

  • Reflect on personal leadership styles and understand the importance of Advanced Practice Nurses in leading change
  • Understanding the role of formal leaders is Advanced Practice Nurse success
  • Develop strategies to promote Advanced Practice through knowledge translation
  • Learn about evaluation, outcomes of models of care and the value-added role of Advanced Practice Nurses
  • Engage in the development of a model of sustainability for Advanced Practice Nurses
  • Reflect about person-centred culture and practice and Lean Philosophy in Advanced clinical practice

Speakers

  • Nancy Carter, McMaster University, Canada
  • Christoph von Dach, Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland
  • Sabine Molls, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
  • Mirjam Meyer, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
  • Anja Hermann, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
  • Sean-Paul Teeling, Dublin University College, Mater Lean Academy, Ireland
  • Sabine Hahn, Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland
  • Maya Zumstein-Shaha, Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland
  • Christoph Golz, Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland

Schedule of the course

Time Program
08.30 

Arriving, Welcome Coffee

09.00 

Welcome

  • Prof Dr. Sabine Hahn

Introduction 

  • Dr. Nancy Carter + Prof. Dr. Christoph von Dach
09.30 

APN in Switzerland and Europe – Current Challenges and Models of Care (Part 1)

  • Prof. Dr. Maya Zumstein-Shaha
11.00 

Leaders’ Knowledge of Advanced Practice and Models of Care

  • Dr. Nancy Carter
12.30 

Lunchbreak

14.00 

APN in Switzerland and Europe – Current Challenges and Models of Care (Part 2)

  • Prof. Dr. Maya Zumstein-Shaha
16.15 

Gathering the Learning Outcomes

17.00 End of the first day
Time Program
08.30 

Workshop Clinical Leadership and Change Management at a Swiss hospital

  • Sabine Molls MScN, DNP Stud. + Dr. Mirjam Meier

Change in innovation and health care – the meaning of clinical leadership – Personal leadership, LEADS Framework

  • Dr. Nancy Carter
12.00  Lunchbreak
13.30 

Strategies for Demonstrating the Value of Advanced Roles - personal growth and outcomes focus

  • Dr. Nancy Carter
15.15

Knowledge Translation about APN and creation of evidence briefs

  • Dr. Nancy Carter
16.15 

Gathering the Learning Outcomes

17.00 End of the second day
Time Program
08.30 

Working with leaders – APNs and formal leadership

  • Dr. Christoph Golz
09.45

Implementing and Sustaining New Roles

  • Dr. Christoph von Dach
10.30

Conversation about Successful Introduction and Implementation of Roles in Organizations

  • Dr. Nancy Carter + Anja Hermann MScN
12.00 

Lunchbreak

13.30

The person-centred Lean Six Sigma Model

  • Dr. Sean Paul Teeling
16.15 Gathering the Learning Outcomes
17.00 Cultural Event
Time Program
08.30 

Development of Personal Leadership Portfolio and Action Plan to support APN Roles

Strengthening a framework of APN Role Sustainability

  • Dr. Nancy Carter + Dr. Christoph von Dach
12.30 End of the last day

Registration and costs

Sold out - the registration is closed.

Prices

PhD and Master students CHF 250.00
all others CHF 540.00

The price includes refreshment during morning break. Lunch, dinner, transport and accommodation are not included.  

Travel Planning

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