We offer a unique opportunity to meet Swiss and otherinternational students to discuss similarities and differences when collaborating interprofessionally within the health and social system. Together, students of health professions and social work learn during role plays, study visits and interactivelectures about working together in interprofessional teams,about different health and social systems or how to sensiblyact with clients from different cultures. At the same time, the beauty of the Swiss Winter Mountains is only a short travel away.

The courses we offer are:

1.Counseling (German; interprofessional)
2.Crisis and Coping (German; interprofessional)
3.Interprofessional Collaboration (German; interprofessional)
4.Diversity in Health Professions (English; interprofessional)
5.Study Visits to Swiss Health and Social Care Institutions (English; interprofessional)
6.Professional Identity and its Visibility (English – 1x only Occupational Therapy, 1x interprofessional)
7.Health in demanding settings (English, NEW COURSE)

Target group: All students of Health related Study Programs and Social Work Programs (Bachelor or Master)

Dates: 7 January to 1 February 2019

Duration of stay: flexible from 1 up to 4 weeks

Website:

zhaw.ch/health/winterschool
See our pictures and videos from last year here.

Detailed description of courses and additional information:

-Flyer for your Website or to print: Information about the schedule of the four Winter School weeks, accommodation, costs etc.
-Detailed descriptions of the courses will be sent out upon request

Preliminary allocation of places:

-Bilateral Partners of ZHAW School of Health Professions or ZHAW School of Social Work: 3 students per partner-study-program. Within one institution, free places of one study program can be given to another.
-Other institutions: 3 students per institution.
-If you have more students being interested, we will put them on a waiting list. Normally, we have enough free places to accommodate all waiting list students.

Nomination:

Please send us a list of interested participants via Email latest by the end of September 2018 to gesundheit@zhaw.ch to be able to inform about free places early October.

Registration:

-After nomination, students have to register online until 15 October 2018 at zhaw.ch/health/winterschool/registration.
Registration opens 1 July 2018.
-Early nomination and registration will increase the chances that students can be placed in the course(s) of their choice.

Teachers:

… are most welcome! But you can also send only students. If you are interested to contribute to the teaching, please contact Andrea Tamas as soon as possible (tamas@zhaw.ch).

A limited amount of incoming teachers from European partner institutions can be funded via the Swiss-European Mobility Program. We expect to be able to fund one teacher per partner institution.

Questions?

Please don’t hesitate to contact us at gesundheit@zhaw.ch