Academy
28.05.2019
Common templates to facilitate data and material exchange
The Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) and Swiss Biobanking Platform (SBP) have worked in close collaboration to deliver Data Transfer and Use Agreement and Material Transfer Agreement templates to facilitate data and material exchange in the context of academic research projects.
In order to be able to exchange data and samples for research projects between institutions, a Data Transfer and Use Agreement (DTUA) and/or Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) are required. As part of a national harmonization effort, SPHN and SBP have, together with Swiss universities, ETH-Domain institutions and University Hospitals, developed common templates for both documents. Details can be found in the newsletter published today.
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Publications
16.04.2019
The annual report 2018 is published online
The SAMS keeps up with the times and publishes its annual report online only. We use the advantages of the internet to link the review with further information and ongoing activities.
Perhaps you will find the commission in which you were involved or the title of your project selected by our experts? We hope you will enjoy discovering or rediscovering the many highlights of 2018. Our report is available in German or French.
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Funding
12.04.2019
Young Talents in Clinical Research: Call 2019
With the «Young Talents in Clinical Research» program, the Gottfried and Julia Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation and the SAMS aim at encouraging young medical doctors to venture into clinical research. CHF 1 million is made available for this call with submission deadline set on 30 June 2019.
The program is conceived in two consecutive steps: Young medical doctors can start out in clinical research thanks to a «beginner grant» which guarantees them protected time for research by covering a portion of their salary. Interested grantees can then apply for a «project grant» to consolidate the acquired research skills during the next two years. More information can be found on our website.
Flyer «Young talents in clinical research» PDF
Funding
02.04.2019
KZS Fund call for proposals for young researchers in biomedical ethics
In 2019, the SAMS is providing a total of CHF 250’000.– from the Käthe-Zingg-Schwichtenberg Fund (KZS Fund) to support junior researchers in biomedical ethics who wish to carry out an independent research project with a Seed Grant. The submission deadline is 15 June 2019.
Contributions for 2019 from the KZS Fund are provided to junior researchers aiming at an academic career in biomedical ethics. Up to CHF 50’000.– can be awarded per Seed Grant to explore novel research ideas, to realize a small, independent pilot project or to prepare a project proposal to be submitted to a larger funding agency. Details on the call and procedure for submission can be found on our website.
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Projects
15.03.2019
Recommendations to support young clinical researchers
The SAMS is committed to a good scientific culture and thereby to improving the situation of young researchers. A working group has evaluated the existing instruments for the support of young scientists at university hospitals. The report published today summarizes the recommendations to strengthen and improve the current structures and instruments.
The working group recommends, among other things, the establishment of a web portal offering a direct access to the resources available to young clinical researchers. This portal is to be developed until mid-2020. More information can be found in the recommendations (in German or in French) available on our website.
Nachwuchsförderung in der klinischen Forschung – bestehende Instrumente und Bedarf PDF
Publications
04.03.2019
New recommendations: Ethics training for health professionals
In daily clinical practice, healthcare professionals are often confronted with ethically challenging situations. The recommendations on ethics training for health professionals reflect the SAMS’ commitment to a successful collaboration when dealing with ethical issues in everyday medical practice.
Ethics education is important in two ways: on the one hand, to ensure that ethically sensitive situations are recognized as such in the first place, and on the other hand, to develop appropriate options for action. The SAMS recommendations describe the contents of a solid ethics education and training and offer a uniform basis for all health professionals. The document can be downloaded in German, French, Italian and English and can also be ordered in printed form (d/f) free of charge.
Recommandations: Ethics training for health professionals (2019) PDF
Publications
25.02.2019
Patient, doctor, big data. Who has the power of definition?
At first glance, concepts of health and disease seem to be limited to abstract reflections. Patients and health professionals are, however, tangibly affected. During the workshop «Patient, doctor, big data. Who has the power of definition?», the exchanges were focused on three perspectives on health: health as conceived through scientific data, health as defined by the professionals and health understood as a public good.
Experts from health and science policy discussed whether there’s a need for redefining today's concepts of health and disease to better reflect the age of big data and artificial intelligence. The trilingual workshop report (German, English, French) summarizes the most important results of this day rich in discussions. The brochure can be downloaded; a printed copy can be ordered free of charge.
Patient, doctor, big data. Who has the power of definition? PDF
Ethics
22.02.2019
General Consent for Research: the common model for university hospitals is online
The General Consent for Research (GCR) allows persons treated in hospitals to consent to the collection and reuse of their data and samples for future research projects. In 2017, the SAMS and the Swiss Ethics Committees (swissethics) published a first harmonized model of the GCR. In the meantime, the five university hospitals have adopted a common model that is now available online.
The harmonized model of the GCR, published today, was developed under the leadership of unimedsuisse (swiss university medicine) and approved and adopted by the five university hospitals as well as the swissethics Executive Committee. It contains understandable information for patients on the use of their data and the protection of their rights. In addition, with the harmonized model of the GCR, researchers are provided with a standard document for multicentre research projects in Switzerland. Other hospitals are encouraged to use this model. The document is available in German, French, Italian and English on the unimedsuisse website (German page).
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