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Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences SAMS
Advance care planning: New thematic page for healthcare professionals
Advance care planning (ACP) provides a framework for discussing future healthcare decisions, documenting patients’ preferences and ensuring that these are respected when needed. Together with the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) is committed to further strengthening ACP in Switzerland. This is not only the responsibility of specialised professionals: all healthcare professionals can initiate conversations about future health situations and support patients through an ACP process. To facilitate this, SAMS has published a new thematic page for healthcare professionals.
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences SAMS
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Three new members elected to the SAMS Executive Board
At its meeting on 12 November, the SAMS Senate elected three new members to the Executive Board: Prof. Klazine Van der Horst (Public Health), Prof. Stefano Bassetti (Internal Medicine) and Prof. Sebastian Jessberger (Neuroscience). The elections were prompted by the announced resignation of Prof. Nicole Probst-Hensch as of 31 December 2026 and the forthcoming end of Prof. Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer’s term of office on 30 June 2027.
Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW
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Prompt engineering: How SMEs can achieve more with better prompts
Generative AI can assist businesses with a wide range of tasks. But how can better results be achieved with the right instructions? Prompt engineering helps professionals to use AI in a targeted way, even without any programming knowledge. This skill becomes particularly valuable when companies share and further develop tried-and-tested prompts, whilst also taking sustainability into account.
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Subscribe for the Learning Group of the MOOC on transdisciplinary research
Registration is now open for the next free, guided Learning Group of the online course «Partnering for Change: Link Research to Societal Challenges» (td-MOOC).