Professional development
Our professional development offerings
Organisation-specific professional development
We will develop and run professional development offerings addressing concrete questions for your employees. Ideal for teams seeking to build up new skills together.
Examples:
- «Patient-oriented design of spaces» for hospital management
- «Ergonomic workplace design» for industrial enterprises
- «Barrier-free design» for architecture firms
Study trips and best-practice tours
Learn from successful projects: we organise professional development trips to innovative health buildings and exemplary facilities. With input on theoretical aspects and practical insights on site.
Examples:
- Visit to innovative new hospital buildings
- Tour through modern long-term care facilities
Modules in existing professional development programmes
We contribute specific modules to a range of existing professional development programmes – from Certificate of Advance Studies programmes to conferences.
Examples:
- «Design for Health» module for Certificate of Advance Studies programmes
- Specialist lecture at conferences/conventions
- Workshops for inclusion in a series of professional development events
Open formats for all interested parties
Regular professional development offerings on current topics that are open to anyone interested.
Examples:
- «Introduction to design that supports health»
- «Materials and their effect on health»
- «Digital tools for healthcare spaces»
Flexible and needs-oriented – we carry out our professional development offerings where they can deliver the best results: on our clients’ premises, in a digital environment or in the SCDH’s Living Lab. Our platforms: the SCDH’s Extended-Reality Simulation Area, the largest facility of its kind in Switzerland, realistic test settings, a variety of testing systems, workshops and the SCDH Materials Collection. We use these platforms as needed and depending on the question being addressed.
We offer professional development in these areas
Signage, guidance systems / Information design / Interaction design
The transmission of information and ideas that are presented graphically and swiftly perceived and understood – this is visual communication. We see it everywhere, all the time: in the form of signage in buildings, of signs and markings indicating a route in a city, an informational chart on a website, a poster campaign in public spaces.
Architecture, interior design / Urban planning, public spaces / Product design
The built environment encompasses not only architecture but also the places around it, the front yards or gardens, interior courtyards or shaped urban spaces. These places, and the objects and products within them were and are formed by us, by people, and, at the same time, they form the environment in which we live.
Service design / Organisation design
A service, a system, a process: these are not things that simply come into being. They need to be shaped, and they need to be continuously reshaped or refined. Only by consistently taking their users’ perspective into account, can one guarantee their alignment with the needs and expectations of those users. This approach results in needs-oriented systems, processes and services – and occasionally in changes that may involve the entire organisation.
Who are our professional development offerings for
- Health professionals: doctors, nurses, therapists learn how design supports their work
- Health services managers: hospital and care facility management acquire strategic skills aimed at better facilities
- Planners and designers: architects, designers and planners learn how they can support health through their designs
- Builders: decision-makers learn how to make optimal use of investment capital
- Students and researchers: students and early career researchers gain access to cutting edge knowledge
- Associations and advocacy organisations: members receive professional development of specific relevance to them
Your learning experience
- Practice-oriented: all professional development offerings combine theory with practical exercises and applications.
- Interdisciplinary: learn from and with experts representing a range of subject areas.
- Networking: make contacts with like-minded people, including experts from all over Switzerland.
- Evidence-based: all content is based on scientific findings and the latest research.
- Individualised: professional development offerings are tailored to your specific needs and challenges.
