Bern Medical Faculty: Excellence in Academic Teaching
Prof. Dr. Dr. Sören Huwendiek's membership of the faculty has been extended for a further four years on the basis of his excellent academic performance in teaching. We offer our sincere congratulations.
Honorary Professor (Titularprofessorin UniBE)
We congratulate Prof. Dr. med. Berger-Estilita on her appointment as honorary professor. This great recognition reflects her outstanding achievements in the field of medical education.
My heartfelt thanks to the inspiring colleagues and mentors at the University of Bern and the Institute for Medical Education (IML) for their support and partnership. In particular, I would like to extend a special thank you to Prof. Sissel Guttormsen Schär for her support and encouragement.
Award for Excellence in Medical University Teaching
One of the joint prize winners of the Society for Medical Education’s ‘JME Publication Award’ 2025 for an outstanding publication in the field of medical university teaching was the following publication (co-author Sören Huwendiek, IML):
→Tessmann T, Marty AP, Stricker D, Huwendiek S, Breckwoldt J: There is no «too small» for frequent workplace-based assessment: Differences between large and small residency programs in anesthesia when using a mobile application to assess EPAs. GMS J Med Educ. 2024 Nov 15;41(5):Doc54. doi: 10.3205/zma001709. eCollection 2024.
Artificial Intelligence. Funded with 500,000 University of Bern
Congratulations on securing funding for the project «LLM4Humans – Empowering humans through local Large Language Models (LLM) in research and clinical practice» to Prof. Huwendiek. We, at the IML are proud to share this success, which supports this project focused on developing secure, locally operated large language models (LLMs) and guidance for clinical and research use. A fantastic achievement and an important step toward trustworthy AI in healthcare and research.
The topic will be explored within two dedicated PhD positions. This project is a collaboration of the IML with the Department of Clinical Research Bern (Prof. Benjamin Victor Ineichen (Co-applicant)).
«Our stated goal is to bring the benefits of large language models to sensitive domains while keeping data protection non-negotiable,» Prof. Huwendiek