Current research

The overarching aim of this project is to generate comprehensive, nationwide evidence to support the monitoring, management, and retention of healthcare professionals (HCPs) over time, considering their career trajectories and evolution. More specifically, the project pursues four objectives:

Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté), Annie Oulevey Bachmann (HES-SO, La Source), Ingrid Gilles (CHUV)

In collaboration with Christophe Golz (BFH), Thomas Bucher (ZHAW), Tiziana Sala Defilippis (SUPSI), André Bertchotd (Unil), Nicky Le Feuvre (Unil)

SNF: 750’000.- (2024-2027)

The objective of this study is to explore how indirect recruitment methods can be applied to studying healthcare professionals when exhaustive national registers are lacking, and to assess their implications for representativeness in health research. 

Léonard Roth (Unisanté)

The objectives of this study are, first, to investigate how working conditions affect the perceived quality of interprofessional collaborative practice, and second, to examine the role of educational preparedness as an additional mediator.

Anthony Grand-Guillaume-Perrenoud (Unisanté), Ingrid Gilles (CHUV, Unisanté)

The primary objective of this study is to examine well-being among healthcare professionals practising in Switzerland. Secondary objectives are to identify its main determinants and to compare their relative influence across professional groups.

Léonard Roth (Unisanté), Andrea Orlando Fontana (Unil)

The aim of this project is to compare, across practice environments, the professional experiences of nurses and physicians participating in the Swiss Cohort of Healthcare Professionals and Informal Caregivers (SCOHPICA).

Figen Ulucan (Unisanté), Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté)

The objective of this study is to examine gender differences in working conditions and professional experiences among stratified groups of healthcare professionals defined by profession, work setting and career longevity, and to assess the relative importance of these factors in shaping the intention to remain in the profession.

Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté), Léonard Roth (Unisanté)

In collaboration with Nicky Le Feuvre (Unil), Michael Amiguet (Unisanté), Joëlle Schwarz (Unisanté)

This study aims to examine the association between long-term care workers‘ perceptions of work organization and their perceived ability to influence work-related decisions („voice“) with their intention to stay in their position, profession, or the health sector in Swiss nursing homes. Using cross-sectional data from multiple recruitment waves, the study also seeks to assess the relative contribution of these organizational and participatory factors while accounting for individual and occupational characteristics.

Léonard Roth (Unisanté)

In collaboration with Nicolas Pons-Vignon and Jason Schneck from the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI)

The objectives of this study are (1) to assess quality of care throughout Switzerland as perceived by a variety of healthcare professionals, according to their profession and work setting, and (2) to identify the key determinants of perceived quality of care, by profession and work setting.

Arthur Escher (Unisanté), Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté)

The objectives of this study are to assess the work-life balance of physicians, overall and by specialist subgroups (salaried general internists; independent general internists; salaried specialists; independent specialists), and to examine how belonging to these specialist subgroups is associated with work-life balance, taking into account potential confounding factors.

Antoine Hennard (Unisanté), Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté)

The aim of this project is to determine whether involvement in the APN domains of practice is associated with job satisfaction, well-being, and intention to stay.

Patrick Teixeira Machado (IUFRS-UNIL, HUG), Manuela Eicher (IUFRS-UNIL), Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté), Anne-Sylvie Ramelet (IUFRS-UNIL)

The aim of this project is to examine and clarify the roles, activities, and impact of Advanced Practice Nurses in critical care settings in Switzerland and to investigate the factors influencing role involvement, stakeholder perceptions, job satisfaction, well-being, retention, and the integration and sustainability of APN practice.

Patrick Teixeira Machado (IUFRS-UNIL, HUG), Manuela Eicher (IUFRS-UNIL), Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté), Anne-Sylvie Ramelet (IUFRS-UNIL)

The objectives of this project are:

1. To delineate the APN roles in Switzerland from those of RN and SN;
2. To determine factors that predict involvement in APN domains of practice.

Patrick Teixeira Machado (IUFRS-UNIL, HUG), Manuela Eicher (IUFRS-UNIL), Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté), Anne-Sylvie Ramelet (IUFRS-UNIL)

The aim of this project is to examine which factors are associated with job satisfaction among occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and midwives in Switzerland, based on an analysis of SCOHPICA data.

Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté), Thomas Ballmer (ZHAW)

In collaboration with Brigitte Elizabeth Gantschnig (ZHAW), Susanne Grylka (BFH), Sophie Karoline Brandt (BFH)

This project aims to reuse SCOHPICA data to analyze in depth how the determinants of well-being do or do not differ between different generations of nurses. Analyzes will be guided by a field experts group and concrete recommendations for practice will be elaborated and disseminated.

Jonathan Jubin (La Source, Unisanté), Annie Oulevey Bachmann (La Source, Unisanté)

Domaine Santé HES-SO

This study aims to adapt the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-12) for use with informal caregivers and to comprehensively evaluate its psychometric properties, including its factorial structure, internal consistency, and concurrent validity, in order to provide a reliable and valid instrument for assessing burnout in this population. 

Lucie Escasain (Unifr), Pierre Gérain (ULB University – Université Libre de Bruxelles), Annie Oulevey Bachmann (HES-SO, La Source)

The study aims to implement the SCOHPICA cohort of informal caregivers in Switzerland to collect longitudinal data, assess the feasibility of the baseline, and monitor caregivers’ well-being, burnout, and caregiving trajectories.

Annie Oulevey Bachmann (HES-SO, La Source), Lucie Escasain (Unifr), Ingrid Gilles (CHUV), Isabelle Peytremann Bridevaux (Unisanté)