National

  • Federal Licensing Exam in Human Medicine:
    • National Exam Committee: Guttormsen S., permanent guest
    • Budget Group: Hegi O., Huwendiek S., Schnabel K., members
    • National Working Group CK (Clinical Knowledge): Schurter T., Anschütz W., co-chairs (chairmanship in rotation with faculty representatives of other Medical Faculties)
    • National Working Group CS (Clinical Skills): Berendonk C., Zurbuchen B., co-chairs; Schnabel K., regular member (chairmanship in rotation with faculty representatives of other Medical Faculties)
    • National Working Group SP Trainers: Schnabel K., chair; Bauer D., Brem B., Fischer F., members
  • Federal Licensing Exam (FLE) for other healthcare professions:
    • FLE CS (Clinical Skills ) Veterinary Medicine: Wasmer S., Wagner F.
    • FLE CS (Clinical Skills ) Chiropractic Medicine: Anschütz W., Wagner F.
  • Other Exams*:
    • FLE Chiropractic Medicine KAF: Kexel A.-K.
    • FLE Dentistry MC: Dreifuss C.
    • FLE Pharmacy MC: Dreifuss C.
    • FLE Veterinary Medicine MC: Schurter T.
      *The persons mentioned are methodological responsible for the respective exams in IML.
  • National Joint Commission of the Swiss Medical Schools (SMIFK): Guttormsen S., Huwendiek S., permanent guests
  • Scientific Advisory Group for the Medical Degree Admission Procedure, Swiss Universities (Eignungstest): Huwendiek S., member
  • Swiss Institute for Medical Education (SIWF): Huwendiek S., permanent guest Executive Board

University of Bern

  • Graduate School for Health Sciences, «Aufsichtkommission / Executive Board»: Guttormsen S., member
  • Graduate School for Health Sciences, Expert Committee I (Epidemiology, Social Medicine, Psychology): Guttormsen S., member
  • Graduate School for Health Sciences, Expert Committee III (Clinical sciences and patient oriented research): Huwendiek S, member
  • Master of Medical Education (MME), IML, Executive Board: Guttormsen S., Huwendiek S., Trachsel S., members
  • Commission for International Relations: Hennel E., MVUB representative
  • Curriculum Commission for the CAS in Palliative Care (Bern): Guttormsen S., president
  • Curriculum Commission for the CAS in Evaluation (Bern): Huwendiek S., member of the Program Committee

Medical Faculty Bern

  • Executive Board for Education (Ausschuss für Lehre): Guttormsen S., IML representative, Huwendiek S., member
  • Curriculum reform group (strategy 2040): Guttormsen, S; Huwendiek, S.,
    Schnabel. K.
  • Operative Executive Board for the Bachelor’s Program in Medicine: Trachsel S., member (till: 30.06.2025)
  • Quality Assurance Body of the Medical Faculty: Guttormsen S., member
  • Subcommission for the Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine: Huwendiek S., Schnabel K., Trachsel S., members
  • Subcommission for the Master’s Degree in Medicine: Guttormsen S., IML representative, Huwendiek S., Schnabel K., lecturers’ representatives
  • Examination Board MC 1st Year Medicine: Küng, L., methodological expert
  • Examination Board MC 2nd Year Medicine: Dreifuss C., methodological expert
  • Examination Board MC 3rd Year Medicine: König B., methodological expert
  • Examination Board MC 4th Year Medicine: König B., methodological expert
  • Examination Board MC 5th Year Medicine: König B., methodological expert
  • Examination Board OSCE 3rd Year Medicine: Loretz N., Zurbuchen B., methodological experts, Schnabel K., member
  • Examination Board OSCE 5th Year Medicine: Neubauer F., Fassel J., methodological experts
  • Examination Board OSCE 5th Year Pharmacy: Wasmer S., methodological expert, Bauer D., Hitzblech T. members
  • Working Group on Communication Trainings at the Medical Faculty: Schnabel K., co-chair; Brem B., Hitzblech T., members
  • Working Group on ePortfolio: Huwendiek S., chair; Bayha E., Loretz N., members
  • Working Group on the Faculty Development Program: Guttormsen S., Bauer D., members
  • Working Group - FILMED Project Assessment Group, Huwendiek S., member
  • Working Group on Teaching Evaluation and Performance-Oriented Allocation of Funds: Guttormsen S., Huwendiek S., members

External / International

  • Advisory Board for Pedagogy in Education and Training for the Insel Group: Schnabel K., member
  • DACH Association for Medical Education (GMA):
    • Committee «Assessment»: Bauer D, Huwendiek S., Schnabel K.; members
    • Committee «Communication and Social Skills»: Hitzblech T., Schnabel K., members
    • Committee «Digitalisierung - Technologie-unterstütztes Lernen und Lehren»: Guttormsen S., Huwendiek S., Schnabel K., members
    • Committee «Educational Research Methodology»: Huwendiek S., member
    • Committee «Gender, Diversity and Career in Medical Education»: Hennel E., Schmitz F., member
    • Committee «Postgraduate Training»: Hennel E., co-chair
    • Committee «Practical Skills»: Schnabel K., co-chair; Bauer D., Brem B., Huwendiek S., members
    • Committee «Professional Identity Formation»: Hennel E., member
    • Committee «Simulated Persons»: Brem B., co-chair; Bauer D., Hitzblech T., Schnabel K., members
    • Committee «Young Educators»: Huwendiek S., member
    • Executive Committee: Huwendiek S., Schnabel K., members
    • Scientific Advisory Board: Schnabel K., chair; Brem B., Huwendiek S., members
    • Scientific Advisory Committee of the Annual Conference of the Association for Medical Education (GMA), 2025, Düsseldorf: Hennel E., Schnabel K., members
    • Section Suisse: Huwendiek S., co-chair; Bauer D., Guttormsen S., Hennel E., Schnabel K., members and other GMA-members for the IML 
  • ASPE (Association of SP Educators)
    • «International Committee», Brem B., member
    • «Standards of Practice Committee, Brem B., member
  • Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME): Huwendiek S., member
  • BMC Medical Education: Guttormsen S., Schnabel K., Associate Editors
  • Board of Examiners Specialist Physician Examination Internal Medicine, Swiss Society for Internal Medicine: Neubauer F., advisory member
  • MedEd on the Edge conference - Future Trends and Current Controversies in Health Professions Education- Productive struggle: Exploring the role of discomfort in learning, teaching and assessment, Stockholm: Huwendiek S., member international planning advisory board
  • Entrustable Professional Activities Commission of the Swiss Institute for (Postgraduate) Medical Education (SIWF): Huwendiek S., member
  • Executive Committee for the International Skills Lab Symposia (iSLS): Schnabel K., co-chair; Bauer D., member
  • Expert Board «VIPROM» (Victim Protection in Medicine – Exploiting Practical Knowledge of Medical Staff to Enhance the Multi-Professional Contact with Victims of Domestic Violence): Schmitz F., member
  • GMS Journal for Medical Education: Huwendiek S., Schnabel K., Associate Editors
  • International Competency-Based Medical Education Collaborators: Huwendiek S., member at large
  • International Medical Educators eXchange (IMEX): Guttormsen S., Huwendiek S., board members
  • Perspectives on Medical Education: Huwendiek S., Associate Editor
  • The Clinical Teacher: Hennel E., member of the Editorial Advisory Board