Graduate School for Health Sciences (GHS)

Course Catalog

18 ECTS credit points are necessary for the GHS PhD program. The following catalog lists suggestions for the different course categories. Upon request it is possible to choose other courses.

 

It is possible to choose and participate in courses not listed in the course catalogue.

Courses taken at other Swiss universities and abroad at acknowledged universities, can be recognised if they meet the criteria mentioned here: recognition of courses and conferences

PhD candidates and supervisors are very welcome to suggest topics for new courses to be added to the GHS course catalogue. For suggestions, please contact the Coordinator of the GHS: Dr. Tullia Padovani

NOTE FOR CAS COURSE CREDITS: If you intend to follow or you are already following CAS courses, please be aware that you can either use the courses for your PhD, as part of the mandatory 18 ECTS required by the GHS PhD program or acquire the CAS diploma.

The course credits cannot be used to acquire both certificates (PhD and CAS) at the same time.

Make sure to inform the CAS office if you want to use course credits for your PhD, at the time you enroll in the CAS.

In case of questions please contact the GHS office.

Mandatory Requirements (min. 3 ECTS)

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 Mandatory Requirements
 Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
 Basics of Ethics in Health Sciences Research Course information: Course flyer

Registration online: Basics of Ethics in Health Sciences Research - Universität Bern (zuw.me)

Registration opens in January

In case of limited capacity, priority will be given to students who are close to their defense.

 

 May 16-17, 2024


 

  1.0  GHS
 GHS Symposium:
 Poster presentation / Oral Presentation

 Symposium
November 22-23, 2023
  1.0  GHS

Core Courses (2 to 4 ECTS)

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Core Courses
 Additional Information Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Presenting with Confidence CTS/KSL 425946

max. 16 participants

 Next course to be announced for 2022.

Register via KSL for waiting list.

  0.5 Claudia Winfield, David Levine
Core courses offered by SSPH+ (gebührenpflichtig / subject to charges) SSPH+

Please check if the courses meet the GHS course recognition requirements, e.g. active participation.  

 Several dates in 2023 (check link) SSPH+ (please see specific registration guidelines: :  https://ssphplus.ch/en/graduate-campus/
Core courses offered by the Transferable Skills Program Transferable Skills Program Several dates in 2023 (check link) Transferable Skills Program
Core courses offered by the Public Health Sciences Program Public Health Sciences Course Program

Program information 

Please note that students attending singular courses/modules might be asked to supplement the course content with an exam/assessment, essay or presentation in order to meet the GHS course recognitions requirements about active participation.
Keep on Writing! CTS/KSL 481825

Keep On Writing 2024 Course Flyer.pdf

 

 Starting January, 2024.   1.0
GHS
Lecturer: J. Barth
Scientific Communications for PhD Students CTS/KSL 420465

Limited to 12 participants

 October 4 - November 22, 2023 

Wednesdays

  2.0 S. Longnus,  Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Inselspital
Scientific Writing Course Inselspital

CTS/KSL 473600

 Starting August 29, 2023  2.0 Inselspital, contact: peggy.vanloo@insel.ch 
Systematic literature searching for health and biomedical scientists: clinical databases CTS/KSL 467116
Thursday, April 13th 2023, 09.15h - 15.00h
Uni Mittelstrasse, Room 220

 0.5

Kristina Palmer, MS, LIS, Information Specialist, University of Bern Medical Library
Collegium generale: Was ist Gesundheit? Only in German. 

Please see the course description for program and ECTS requirements. 

Please note that the ECTS recognition as part of the GHS PhD curriculum applies only to this specific Collegium generale topic (Was ist Gesundheit, fall semester 2023). 

 September 20 - December 13, 2023 3 University of Bern Collegium generale

Method Skills (4 to 6 ECTS)

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 Research Approaches, Tools and Applications
 Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Courses on methods and data analysis offered by the Public
Health Sciences Program
 Public Health Sciences Course Program

Program information

Please note that students attending singular courses/modules might be asked to supplement the course content with an exam/assessment, essay or presentation in order to meet the GHS course recognitions requirements about active participation

 Several dates in 2023 and 2024 (check links) Public Health Sciences Program
Courses on methods and data analysis offered by SSPH+

 SSPH+

The courses will be subject to charges from January 2023.

Please check if the courses meet the GHS course recognition requirements, e.g. active participation.   

 Several dates in 2023 (check link) SSPH+
Courses on methods and data analysis offered by the Transferable Skills Program Transferable Skills Program Several dates in 2023 (check link) Transferable Skills Program
An introduction to EEG: Theory and applications in clinical and social neuroscience CTS/KSL 434879 Whole days:  13.02, 14.02, 15.02, 13.03, 10.04, 01.05, 29.05.2024

 

  5.0 Dept. of Psychiatric Neurophysiology (L. Gianotti, T. König, M. Stein)
Experimental Psychology Lab: Introduction to Programming in MATLAB TBA TBA  5.0 Institute of Psychology (F.Wichmann)
Research methods CTS/KSL 485934

 

 

 Wednesday from 02 August 2023 to 31 January 2024 (check dates in KSL)

 1 Marialuisa Cavelti and Stefan Lerch, University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
How to Design, Plan and Perform a Research in Clinical Dentistry

 CTS/KLS: 485555

Course flyer

 13, 14, 15, 16 November, 2023 2 School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern
R Bootcamp
 TBA for 2022
Science IT Support
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 Statistics  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Statistic courses offered by the Public Health Sciences Program Public Health Sciences Course Program

Program information

Please note that students attending singular courses/modules might be asked to supplement the course content with an exam/assessment, essay or presentation in order to meet the GHS course recognitions requirements about active participation

 Public Health Sciences Program
 Advanced statistic courses offered by SSPH+  SSPH+

The courses will be subject to charges from January 2023. 

Please check if the courses meet the GHS course recognition requirements, e.g. active participation.  

  Several dates in 2023 (check link) SSPH+
 Introduction to Epidemiology & Biostatistics Vetsuisse Bern, VPH Institute 2 Weeks, summer  4.0 Vetsuisse / GCB
Research Methods (quantitative and qualitative research methods) CTS/KSL  454874
 Autumn Semester   5.0 Institute of Sport Science (J. Schmid, M. R. Zibung, N. J. Ronkeinen) 
Admission through ILIAS

Special Knowledge (min. 6 ECTS)

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 Active Participation at International Meetings  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
 An abstract must have been accepted    Participation must be confirmed by the organizer
General rule for ECTS accreditation after fulfillment of all requirements.
1 ECTS is equivalent to 30 hours

0.5 for half day
1.0 ECTS for 1 day onwards
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 Research Areas: Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Medical Education, Social Sciences  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Courses offered by the Public Health Sciences Program Course progam

Program information

Please note that students attending singular courses/modules might be asked to supplement the course content with an exam/assessment, essay or presentation in order to meet the GHS course recognitions requirements about active participation

 Several dates in 2023 and 2024 Public Health Sciences Program
 Epidemiology - Book Club ISPM TBD 1.0 (without exam)
3.0 (with exam)
  ISPM. To register contact: Leonie Schreck (leonie.schreck@ispm.unibe.ch)
 Swiss Epidemiology Winter School ISPM January 15-20, 2024 See program   ISPM Winter School (course Coordinator Stefanie Kurt)
 Module der Bewegungs- und Sporttherapie bei inneren Erkrankungen Inselspital

Teaching language: German

 Various schedules See additional information Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Sport- und Bewegungsmedizin
Inselspital (Catherine Marchand)
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 Colloquia, Seminar, Journal Clubs  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Scientific Journal Club in Psychiatry  CTS/KSL 474597 06.09, 04.10, 01.11, 06.12, 10.01, 07.02, 06.03, 03.04, 01.05, 05.06.2024

10.00h - 11.00h 

 1.0  UPD (Leila Tarokh, Thomas König) 
Journal Club/Seminar: Epidemiology / Critical Appraisal CTS/KSL 477755 Starting in October 17 2023  1
  CTU 
Collegium generale: Was ist Gesundheit? Only in German. 

 Please see the course description for program and ECTS requirements. 

Please note that the ECTS recognition as part of the GHS PhD curriculum applies only to this specific Collegium generale topic (Was ist Gesundheit, fall semester 2023). 

 September 20 - December 13, 2023 3 University of Bern Collegium generale
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 Research Area: Neuroscience  Additional Information  Term / Dates  ECTS  Offered by
Advanced functional neuroimaging analysis CTS/KSL  481665

Course description

 January 16-17, 2023  1.0 UPD, PD Dr. Yosuke Morishima
Peer Review in Neuroscience Training Course CTS/KSL: 485397

Course flyer

 19/09, 26/09, 17/10 2023 1.5 UPD, Dr. Matthias Grieder
Brain Dissection Course CTS / KSL 427507 no course planned at the moment
  1.0 Medical Studies (max 2-3 students, G. Herrmann)
Courses offered by Lémanic Neuroscience Doctoral School

Please check if the courses meet the GHS course recognition requirements, e.g. active participation.

 Lémanic Neuroscience Participation by request  various Lémanic Neuroscience
Central Nervous System
no course planned at the moment   M. Sc. Biomedical Sciences, Prof. Dr. med. Claudio Bassetti
Multimodal Non-invasive Brain Stimulation CTS / KSL 442410 no seminar planned at the moment 1.0
Sleep Science Winter School
 SSWS TBA (check link)
   European Sleep Foundation
9th European Synapse Meeting ESM May 2-4, 2024 ESM Organizing Committee
Disease and repair in the CNS CTS/KSL 27340  Starting Fall 2024  1.5  MLS 
 Neurogenetics (together with the University of Fribourg)  CTS/KSL 25469 Starting September 19, 2023  3.0  MLS 
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 BENEFRI Program Neuroscience  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
 Neurobiochemistry / Neurophysiology (exam) BENEFRI  Biannually: May and November  4.0  BENEFRI, contact: katrin.huber@unifr.ch
 Neuroanatomy / Neurohistology / Neuroembryology (exam) BENEFRI  Biannually: May and November  4.0  BENEFRI, contact: katrin.huber@unifr.ch
Workshop 2023 (theme TBA) BENEFRI TBA (January 2023)  TBA  BENEFRI, contact: katrin.huber@unifr.ch
 Annual Meeting "Clinical Neurosciences Bern" - full day participation & 1st author presentation

Clinical Neuroscience Bern

 

 September 6, 2024 (Annually)  1.0 Clinical Neuroscience Bern
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 Colloquia and Seminars  Additional Information  Term/Dates  ECTS  Offered by
 Journal Club UPD, at least 12 sessions  UPD
Tuesday, 17:15-18.15 (several dates in 2023)
  1.0  UPD Bern, Murtenstrasse 21, Hörsaal , 4. Stock
UPD Scientific Conference 2023 Registration in KSL: 482226 

CourseFlyerUPDScientificConference_eng.pdf

 

 

 Wednesday 16:30-17.15

Start: January 11, 2023
Finish: December 13, 2023
See additional information. 
  1.5  UPD Bern, Bolligenstrasse 111, Auditorium Wölfli
 Colloquium in Cell and Developmental Biology  CTS/KSL 25847, 25848 and 25849
  Spring 1.0 or 1.5 per module  MLS