Journal Article (Original Article)

• Meine, L. E., Schaekel, L. S., Thörn, H., Ehlert, U., Brodmann Maeder, M., Exadaktylos, A. K., … Kleim, B. (2025). Characterisation of intrusive memories and prediction from memory-related genes and cognitive and emotional factors. Scientific Reports.

• Ranzani, O. T., Singer, M., Salluh, J. I. F., Shankar-Hari, M., Pilcher, D., Berger-Estilita, J., … Moreno, R. (2025). Development and Validation of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)-2 Score. Journal of the American Medical Association, 334, 2090-2103.

• Smith, A., Graña, J., Bitterlich, N., Bhugra, D., Guttormsen, S., & Liebrenz, M. (2025). Nuclear psychopathy? Exploring psychopathic trait estimates in Cold War political leaders inferred from expert-informant ratings. International Review of Psychiatry, 1-14.

• Bubser, F., Jakobsen, K., Meco, B. C., Saunders, S. J., Caterino, M., Distler, F. J., … Radtke, F. M. (2025). Impact of Shorter Preoperative Fluid Fasting on Patient Outcomes: A Safe Brain Initiative Retrospective Cohort Analysis. Anesthesia & Analgesia.

• Justiça, M. M., Henrique, T., Gandolfi, J. V., Berger-Estilita, J., & Lobo, S. M. (2025). The role of serum lactate and hypotension in mortality risk stratification for critically ill COVID-19 patients: insights from a large retrospective ICU cohort. BMC Infectious Diseases, 25(1), 1633.

• Rouxinol-Dias, A. L., Rodrigues, D., Ferreira, L., Lima, P. M., Ramos, P., Dias, C. C., … Granja, C. (2025). Elective surgery during a global health crisis - point incidence of mortality and complications in a Portuguese hospital: A cohort study. Medicine, 104(45), e45758.

• Neher, A. N., Berendonk, C., Neubauer, F., Delahaye, M., Kannape, O. A., Sauter, T. C., & Birrenbach, T. N. (2025). Immersive virtual reality versus in-person performance assessment in undergraduate medical education – an exploratory comparison. Education and Information Technologies.

• Berger-Estilita, J., Marcolino, I., Gisselbaek, M., Seidl, C., Buehrer, T. W., Fortuna, I., … Saxena, S. (2025). Patient-reported outcomes as drivers of postoperative delirium in the postanaesthesia care unit: Data from a one-year prospective cohort study. European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 42, 1006-1016.

• Fink, R., Molinari, G., Burato, A., Stricker, D., Bisi, N., Marchioni, D., … Anschuetz, L. (2025). Endoscopic ossiculoplasty: audiological and surgical outcomes from a multicenter experience with 292 cases. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 282, 5571-5580.

• Gisselbaek, M., Seyour, M., Saxena, S., Berger-Estilita, J., LaDonna, K. A., Elia, N., & Savoldelli, G. L. (2025). Rethinking the impostor phenomenon: An umbrella review of concept, context and interventions. Medical Education.

• Lersch, F., Jerney, P., Haenssgen, K., & Berger-Estilita, J. (2025). Eye-opener: Lateral canthotomy in pigs: A randomised study. European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, 4(5), e0081.

• Berger-Estilita, J., Meco, B. C., DeRobertis, E., Buhre, W., Kirkegard, P., Jakobsen, K., … Radtke, F. M. (2025). The Definition and Aims of Anesthesia: a Delphi-based Consensus Statement. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 101614.

• Hennus, M. P., Pinilla, S., Touchie, C., & van Dam, M. J. (2025). Implementing entrustable professional activities: Practical lessons and legal considerations from an international interview study. Medical Teacher, 1-9.

• von Dincklage, F., Helfrich, J., Koch, S., Soehle, M., Berger-Estilita, J., Bublitz, V., … Radtke, F. (2025). Introducing the Safe Brain Initiative’s EEG boot camp for anaesthesia for standardised training on how to use the electroencephalogram for perioperative care. BMC Anesthesiology, 25(1), 449.

• Pires, L., Marreiros, A., Saraiva, C., Reis, C., Neves, D., Guerreiro, C., … Berger-Estilita, J. (2025). Association of acute COVID-19 severity and long COVID fatigue and quality of life: Prospective cohort multicenter observational study. Medicine, 104(36), e42891.

• Potlukova E., Dubs L,, Huwendiek, S., Kassi E, von Rotz M, Nehring J, … Meienberg A. (2025). A multifaceted early clinical experience course in internal medicine fosters motivation and professional growth from the perspective of first-year medical students. BMC Medical Education, 25(1), 1210.

• Bosshard, M., Guttormsen, S., Nater, U. M., Schmitz, F., Gomez, P., & Berendonk, C. (2025). A randomized controlled trial evaluating stress arousal reappraisal and worked example effects on psychophysiological responses during breaking bad news. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 23290.

• Schmitz, F. M., Buzzi, A.-L., Felber, S. J., Zambrano, S. C., Hitzblech, T., Schnabel, K. P., … Guttormsen, S. (2025). Learning how to talk about approaching death: results from a pre-test post-test trial on the effectiveness of a blended-learning approach. BMC Medical Education, 25(1), 979.

• Lerch, S. P., Huwendiek, S., Nendaz, R. M., Klöppel, S., & Pinilla, S. (2025). Perceptions of Ad Hoc Entrustment, the Need for Supervision, and Coping Strategies in Clinical Residents: A Qualitative Study. Academic Medicine, 100(7), 844-851.

• Hari, R., Oppliger, S. M., Dolmans, D. H. J. M., Huwendiek, S., & Stalmeijer, R. E. (2025). Comparison of Practical Skills Teaching by Near-Peers and Faculty. Academic Medicine, 100(7), 820-827.

• Engeler, J., Stricker, D., Birrenbach, T. N., Fadini, D., Mattsson, B., Nyfeler Luck, B., … Berendonk, C. (2025). Designing and validating entrustable professional activities for emergency medicine: a stringent, construct-validity enhancing approach. BMC Medical Education, 25(1), 866.

• Bosshard, M., Nater, U. M., Gomez, P., Guttormsen, S., Schmitz, F., & Berendonk, C. (2025). Stress arousal reappraisal and worked example effects on the neuroendocrine stress response during breaking bad news in medical education. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 176, 107439.

• Gisselbaek, M., Berger-Estilita, J., Devos, A., Ingrassia, P. L., Dieckmann, P., & Saxena, S. (2025). Bridging the gap between scientists and clinicians: addressing collaboration challenges in clinical AI integration. BMC Anesthesiology, 25(1), 269.

• Pensier, J., Guerrero, M. A., Berger-Estilita, J., Borgstedt, L., Zaher, A. M. S., Jaber, S., & De Jong, A. (2025). Perioperative ventilation support, what clinicians and searchers must know. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 101554.

• Anschuetz, L., Tschopp, S., Trippel, M., Huwendiek, S., Trepp, R., Caversaccio, M., … Borner, U. (2025). A Novel Training Model to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy of Cervical Fine-Needle Aspiration. Head and Neck, 47(4), 1256-1263.

• Bosshard, M., Guttormsen, S., Nater, U. M., Schmitz, F., Gomez, P., & Berendonk, C. (2025). Improving breaking bad news communication skills through stress arousal reappraisal and worked examples. Medical Education.

• Schlegel, C., Schmitz, F. M., & Bauer, D. (2025). Let’s face it. Individualizing a manikin by means of a lifecast face increases the flow that students experience during simulation training: results from randomized controlled pilot trial. Journal of Healthcare Simulation.

• Saxena, S., Barreto Chang, O. L., Suppan, M., Meco, B. C., Vacas, S., Radtke, F., … Berger-Estilita, J. (2025). A comparison of large language model-generated and published perioperative neurocognitive disorder recommendations: a cross-sectional web-based analysis. British Journal of Anaesthesia.

• Ram, S. S., Stricker, D., Pannetier, C., Tabin, N., Costello, R. W., Stolz, D., … Huwendiek, S. (2025). Changing landscape of medical conferences: identifying the goals motivating virtual vs in-person participation. International Journal of Medical Education, 16, 11-20.

• Hennel, E. K., Lahner, F.-M., Zweifel, N., Harendza, S., Neuhaus, K., & Huwendiek, S. (2025). Multisource feedback in residency training: A quantitative study to investigate the feedback conversation. GMS Journal for Medical Education, 42(5), Doc67.

• Schnabel, K. P., Bauer, D., Schmitz, F. M., Hitzblech, T., & Brem, B. G. (2025). Simulated patients’ role-portrayal in the clinical skills part of the Swiss federal licensing exam is of high quality and improves further over time as measured with the FAIR OSCE instrument. GMS Journal for Medical Education, 42(1), Doc12.

• Berger-Estilita, J., Krista, L., Gogollari, A., Schmitz, F. M., Elfering, A., & Guttormsen, S. (2025). Self-directed learning in health professions: A mixed-methods systematic review of the literature. PLoS ONE, 20(5), e0320530.

• de la Rosa, M., Schmitz, F. M., Berger-Estilita, J., Tekian, A., & Guttormsen, S. (2025). Exploring healthcare professionals’ motivation to attend two postgraduate education programs at the University of Bern in Switzerland: A qualitative interview study. GMS Journal for Medical Education, 42(3), Doc37.

• Schütze, J., Bernhard, B., Greisser, N., Joss, P., Manser, S., Stark, A. W., … Gräni, C. (2025). Sports behaviour and adherence to sports and exercise recommendations in patients with myocarditis. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 11(1), e002218.

• Mitchell, S., Schmitz, F. M., Janczukowicz, J., Buzzi, A.-L., Haas, N., Hitzblech, T., … Guttormsen, S. (2025). Does Education Design Matter? Evaluating an Evidence-Based Continuing Education Intervention on Genomic Testing for Primary Care; a Pre-Test Post-Test Study. Journal of CME, 14(1).

• Lobo, S. M., Paulucci, P. S., Tavares, L. M., Luckemeyer, G. B., Machado, L. F., Elias de Oliveira, N., … Berger-Estilita, J. (2025). Fluid balance dynamics and early postoperative outcomes in orthotopic liver transplantation: a prospective cohort study. Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition), 75(3), 844619.

• Abramovich, I., Beilstein, J., Kornemann, E., Berger-Estilita, J., & Schröder, T. (2025). In-house designed simulation courses versus society-accredited designs by international societies: A comparative analysis. GMS Journal for Medical Education, 42(3), Doc32.

Conference Paper (Speech)

• Lange, A. A., Bonvin, R., Guttormsen, S., & Zambrano Ramos, S. C. (2025, December). Key Stakeholder Perceptions of Medical Students’ Training to Identify and Manage Their Emotions for Future Patient Care: A Qualitative Study. Presented at the Day of Clinical Research, Bern.

• Guttormsen, S. (2025, November). Teaching and Learning in the 21. Century - with support of technology. Presented at the Symposium "Promotion of Education in Respitratory Medicine in Central Asia (Prof. Konrad Block, Prof. Talant M. Sooronbaey), Jannat Hotel Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

• Lange, A. A., Bonvin, R., Guttormsen, S., & Zambrano Ramos, S. C. (2025, September). Physicians’ emotion awareness and emotion regulation training during medical education. Findings of a systematic scoping review. Presented at the American Conference of Physical Health, Boston.

• de la Rosa, M., Schmitz, F. M., Tekian, A. S., & Guttormsen, S. (2025, July). The journey mapping approach applied to the higher education context: A systematic review. Presented at the European Conference on Education (ECE 2025), London.

• Guttormsen, S. (2025, March). Design the Future - what would make a leadership career more attractive. Presented at the FELS Research Day, Inselspital Bern.

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

• Radtke, F. M., Ghezel-Ahmadi, D., Bubser, F., Berger-Estilita, J., & Meco, B. C. (2025). Response to the Letter to the Editor concerning: "The definition and aims of Anesthesia: a Delphi-based consensus statement". Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 101733.

• Gulec Kilic, A., Erel, S., Dulger, T., Gisselbaek, M., Berger-Estilita, J., & Saxena, S. (2025). Gender distribution of anaesthesiology journal editorial boards and authorship by women: a bibliometric analysis. British Journal of Anaesthesia.

• Gisselbaek, M., Matot, I., Becke-Jakob, K., von Ungern-Sternberg, B. S., Berger-Estilita, J., & Saxena, S. (2025). Redefining female leadership by choosing support over rivalry. The Lancet, 406(10501), 330-331.

• Heintz, A., Schöllner, M.-M., Huyghe, L., Gisselbaek, M., Vacas, S., Berger-Estilita, J., & Saxena, S. (2025). Evaluating patient knowledge about peri-operative neurocognitive disorders (KNOW-PND study): A feasibility study. European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, 4(3), e0075.

• Gisselbaek, M., Saxena, S., Berger-Estilita, J., Ateleanu, B., Brazzi, L., Buhre, W., … Matot, I. (2025). ESAIC Mellin-Olsen declaration on diversity, equity and inclusion. European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 42(7), 579-583.

• Gisselbaek, M., Matot, I., Berger-Estilita, J., & Saxena, S. (2025). Shame must change sides: fostering fairness and respect in medicine. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 134(5), 1534-1536.

Journal Article (Review)

• Moreno, R., Rhodes, A., Ranzani, O., Salluh, J. I. F., Berger-Estilita, J., Coopersmith, C. M., … Singer, M. (2025). [Review of Rationale and Methodological Approach Underlying the Development of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)-2 Score: A Consensus Statement.]. Jama Network Open, 8(10), e2545040. American Medical Association.

• Berger-Estilita, J., Saxena, S., & Gisselbaek, M. (2025). [Review of Advancing electroencephalography education in anesthesiology.]. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 38, 576-583. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

• Berendonk, C., Waldvogel, T. E. E., Bonvin, R., Schirlo, C., Goldhahn, J., Frank, Z., & Nendaz, M. (2025). [Review of Revision of a nationwide competency framework for undergraduate medical education in Switzerland: PROFILES 2.]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 155(9), 4389. SMW supporting association.

• de la Rosa, M., Schmitz, F. M., Tekian, A. S., & Guttormsen, S. (2025). [Review of Enhancing institutional processes and student experience in higher education through Journey Mapping: A systematic review]. Review of Education, 13(3). Wiley.

• Saxena, S., Gisselbaek, M., Berger-Estilita, J., & Rubulotta, F. (2025). [Review of Inclusive Pathways in Anesthesiology: Addressing Structural and Cultural Barriers on International Women’s Day]. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 141, 531-535. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

• Weiss, Y., Zarour, S., Neuman, M. D., Politi, M. C., Tang, V. L., Gisselbaek, M., … Saxena, S. (2025). [Review of Shared decision-making for older adults in the peri-operative setting: A narrative review.]. European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 42, 767-773. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

• Smith, A., Hachen, S., Bhugra, D., Artese, A., Guttormsen, S., & Liebrenz, M. (2025). [Review of A scoping review of research literature exploring the manifestations and correlates of dark personality traits in political figures]. Psychiatria Danubina, 37(2), 205-234. Medicinska Naklada d.o.o.

• Saxena, S., Marino, L., Hammer, B., Bilotta, F., & Berger-Estilita, J. (2025). [Review of Peripheral Cytokine Modulation by Anesthetic Agents: A Systematic Review of Neuroprotective and Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Randomised Clinical Trials.]. Biomarkers, 1-18. Taylor and Francis Group.

• Ebneter, A., Eychmüller, S., Fliedner, M., Park, Y., & Huwendiek, S. (2025). [Review of [Workplace-Based Assessments in Postgraduate -Specialist Palliative Medicine: a narrative review].]. Praxis: Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin, 114(3), 92-98. Hogrefe.

• Neher, A. N., Bühlmann, F. S., Müller, M., Berendonk, C., Sauter, T. C., & Birrenbach, T. (2025). [Review of Virtual reality for assessment in undergraduate nursing and medical education - a systematic review.]. BMC Medical Education, 25(1), 292. BioMed Central.

• Pinilla, S., Lerch, S. P., Nendaz, M., Huwendiek, S., & Klöppel, S. (2025). [Review of [Graduate medical education in old age psychiatry: a scoping literature review].]. Fortschritte der Neurologie, Psychiatrie, 93(4), 138-146. Thieme.

• De Cassai, A., Rubulotta, F., Zdravkovic, M., Mustaj, S., & Berger-Estilita, J. (2025). [Review of The gender gap in academic anesthesiology and critical care medicine: a systematic review.]. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 72(1), 75-90. Springer.

Conference Paper (Abstract)

• Hitzblech, T., Mücke, J., Schnabel, K. P., & Brem, B. G. (2025). Feedback-geben und -nehmen neu denken: Wege zur Stärkung des Growth-Mindsets von Studierenden. Presented at the Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA), Düsseldorf.

• Fischer, F., Bichsel, H., Bauer, D., & Brem, B. (2025). Unsicherheiten und unbewusste Vorurteile von Medizinstudierenden im 6. Studienjahr in der Interaktion mit paraplegischen Patienten. Presented at the Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA), Düsseldorf.

• Peter, T., Bauer, D., Brem, B. G., Eberz, P., Goerges, U., Schwarz, L., … Thrien, C. (2025). Qualitätskriterien für die Rollendarstellung von Simulationspersonen in der Medizin – Ergebnisse einer multizentrischen, qualitativ-explorativen Studie in Deutschland und der Schweiz. Presented at the Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA), Düsseldorf.

• Arrancibia, C., Brem, B., Peters, V., Smith, C., Tierney, T., & Chondron, C. (2025). Global Perspectives on Simulated Participant Practices: Enhancing Inclusion for Diverse Populations of SPs. Presented at the 2025 ASPE Annual Conference, Montreal.

• Smith, C., Brem, B., Clark, L., Lewis, K., & Tierney, T. (2025). Perspectives on Contributing to Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Geriatric Simulation - A Focus on Older Adults as SPs. Presented at the 2025 ASPE Annual Conference, Montreal.

• Mücke, J., Greiner, B., & Brem, B. (2025). Forum Theatre – an effective method to work with SPs in larger groups of learners. Presented at the 2025 ASPE Annual Conference, Montreal.

• Mücke, J., Bauer, D., Schlegel, C., Blaha, V., Schnabel, K., Meyer-Massetti, C. V., & Brem, B. (2025). Implementation of a training for interprofessional ward rounds for undergraduate nursing, medicine and pharmacy students. Presented at the 2025 ASPE Annual Conference, Montreal.

• Bohnert, C., Lewis, K., Brem, B., Smith, C., Webster, T., Tierny, T., & Yelen, M. (2025). ASPE SOBPs in the Literature: A panel discussion of the Standards of Practice Committee’s scoping review. Presented at the 2025 ASPE Annual Conference, Montreal.

• Stosch, C., & Schnabel, K. (2025). Studierende sind keine Patient*innen, können aber schnell dazu werden. Workshop zum Umgang mit Zufallsbefunden im Studium. Presented at the 19. Internationales Skills Lab Symposium, München.

• Schwitz, F., Schnabel, K., Lüthi, N., & De Marchi, S. (2025). KARDIOmed: ein innovativer Hands-on Blended Learning Kurs in der Kardiologie. Presented at the 19. Internationales Skills Lab Symposium, München.

• Bauer, D., Brem, B., Eberz, P., Gramer, R., Mücke, J., & Weber, M. (2025). Diversität im SP-Pool. Ein Fettnäpfchen-Parcours. Presented at the 19. Internationales Skills Lab Symposium, München.

• Bauer, D., Germano, M., Klein, A., Schlegel, C., & Droz, M. (2025). Design and Production of a Hybrid Simulator for Staple and Suture Removal on Peers or Simulated Patients in Nursing Education. Presented at the 19. Internationales Skills Lab Symposium, München.

• Bovermann, X. U., Ho Dac, L. K.-M., Leimgruber, J., Croll, J., Lüthi, N., Latzin, P., … Steiner, I. (2025). E-Learning zum Erlernen von Spirometrie und ihrer Qualitätskontrolle. Georg Thieme Verlag.

• Bauer, D., Abbühl, D., Ferrieri, G., Michel, A., Neumeyer, S., Schnabel, K., … Lüthi, N. (2025). Pimp my simulator. Tweaks to improve the quality and range of findings of part-task trainers. Presented at the 19. Internationales Skills Lab Symposium, München.