Health Systems, Ethics and Interprofessional Practice

Profile

The Health Systems, Ethics and Interprofessional Practice Teaching and Research Laboratory brings together members from different disciplinary backgrounds proficient in a variety of competency areas:

This plurality of outlooks is conducive to innovative and stimulating synergies in the fields of education and research alike.

The complementarity of the analytical perspectives and work experiences of the LAB members makes it possible to examine the complexity of the health field with a participatory and transversal approach for the benefit of individual and community care.

Through different members, the SEI LAB is involved both in educational projects and in research projects (e.g., in the fields of care access, digital health, interprofessional practice, history of the health professions and nursing care, and philosophy of health). More specifically, the educational projects concern student supervision, interprofessional practice and interinstitutional collaboration by LAB members. These include the DIPP project (student supervision during practicums), the IMCO project (community interprofessional field research by nursing, medical and anthropology students in China, India and Switzerland), and the SU project (summer university courses given in India, the United States and Lausanne, particularly on the subject of disaster nursing).

In october 2019, the SEI LAB created a Film Club, which allow illustrating and reflecting upon health topics related to its competency areas by way of discussions after the viewing of films. These events are an opportunity for the people who make up La Source, namely, the students, teachers and collaborators of the School of Nursing and of the La Source Clinic, to meet and exchange views and ideas in an informal context.

Team

Research topics

Interprofessional practice is the key common denominator running through the SEI LAB’s multiple areas of activity. More specifically, our aim is to document current health issues and future health challenges by exploring these from an interdisciplinary perspective, particularly through:

Rounding out the SEI LAB team are two research assistants and a senior academic associate to help with carrying out R&D activities and conducting research projects.

Partners

At the national level

At the international level

Clinical partners

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