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Expertise and expert knowledge are omnipresent terms and powerful concepts in healthcare settings. From highly specialised knowledge of physicians, nurses and other health professionals to the knowledge of non-medical therapists and lay people, to the experience-based knowledge of patients, service users and survivors, expertise comes in many forms and variations. This interdisciplinary research symposium invites participants to critically examine variations of ‘expertise’ and ‘expert knowledge’.
In four thematic sessions, we want to explore how different understandings come at play in healthcare settings, how they inform healthcare practices, how implicit and explicit ‘expert knowledge’ is taught in educational institutions, and how research practices and notions of scientific ‘evidence’ are shaped by and shape ‘expertise’ in healthcare settings.

Sessions on:
‘Bodies and Care’, ‘Power and Agency’, ‘Materialities and Technologies’, and ‘Gender and Intersectionality’

Place:
Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH (exact location TBA)

Registration:
www.bfh.ch/gesundheit/mas-symposium

Participation fee:
CHF 60.– regular
CHF 40.– reduced (BFH and SAA members)
CHF 25.– students