Resilient Minds, Resilient Teams: How can healthcare employees stay mentally healthy in difficult times?

Welcome to the homepage of the Mai-Anlass 2024, which will take place on the 29th of May 2024 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Here you will find all the important information about the event, which is organised by the Competence Centre for Mental Health, Department of Health, of the OST – University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland.

At a time when the healthcare sector is facing unprecedented challenges, the resilience and mental health of our employees is crucial. This year’s Mai-Anlass brings together professionals, students, and peers in the field of healthcare, who are interested in supporting and promoting good mental health in the workplace.  

We aim to collectively share best practice in theoretical, empirical, and clinical advances through hands-on workshops and the presentation of relevant research and practice. Overall, the discussions of the day will focus on the question: “Resilient Minds, Resilient Teams: How can healthcare employees stay mentally healthy in difficult times?”  

 

Call for Abstracts

Experts from both research and practice are welcomed and students or trainees in the healthcare sector are particularly encouraged to attend. Contributions can deal with a variety of topics within the field of employee mental health in the healthcare sector, and we encourage the submission of completed, ongoing, or planned research and practice projects.

 

Important Information and Dates

Submission types: (1) Individual presentation, (2) Brief PechaKucha (flash talk) and poster

Language: German, English

Registration open: Wednesday 21th February 2024

Abstract submission deadline: Monday 18th March 2024, 23:59

Abstract acceptance notification: Monday 8th April 2024

Submission Types

(1) Individual Presentations:

The event organisers will group individual submissions together to create a 60-minute symposium for each presentation track. Each track will contain three 15-minute presentations, followed by five minutes after each presentation for questions and discussion in plenary.

(2) Brief PechaKucha and Poster:

This is a brief focused presentation on a topic relevant to employee mental health in healthcare. Each presenter has 1 minute to briefly present 1 slide with an overview of their topic and main discussion points. The slides of all presenters will be delivered one after another as a single, consecutive presentation. There will then be the opportunity for detailed follow-up and exchange with the presenters during the poster presentation, which will take place during the Apéro.

Submission Guidelines

  • Title of presentation
  • Author details: Presenting author name and contact email, co-author names, institutional affiliation of all authors
  • Structured abstract including background and objective, methods, results, conclusions; max. 250 words, no references
  • Max. 5 keywords
  • Indicate preference for individual presentation or brief PechaKucha (and poster). The committee will decide the presentation type upon review, with consideration of the indicated preference. Decision notifications will be emailed to the submitting author, including the presentation type for accepted abstracts.

To submit your abstract: Click here.  

Registration and Cots

To register for the Mai-Anlass please use the online registration form: Click here. 

Registration opens on Wednesday 21th of February 2024.

The registration deadline is Wednesday 15th of May 2024. 

There are two options available for registration: 

  • Standard rate: CHF 45.- 
  • Reduced rate (for students and doctoral students): CHF 30.- 

Program

You can download the detailed program here

14.30
Registration

15:00 – 15:10
Welcome
Prof. Dr. Birgit Vosseler

15:10 – 15:35
«The hidden burden: Mental health and emotions of healthcare professionals put to the test»
Prof. Dr. Manuel P.  Stadtmann

15:45 – 16:45 (parallel sessions)
Presentations Track 1 « From practice for practice»  and Track 2 «Current scientific developments»

17:00 – 17:50 (parellel sessions)
Workshop 1 «Dealing with stress stimuli and the imapact on emotions»
Sonja Urech Ntinis / Anja Katharina Englhardt

Workshop 2 «Promoting mental health in the team – Information, tips, & tools»
Samuel De Monaco 

18:00 – 18:15
Closing
Prof. Dr. Heidrun Gattinger

18:20 – 18:30
Brief PechaKucha presentations

18:30
Apéro and networking

Location and Getting here

Address:   
OST – University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland 
Campus St. Gallen (University Centre) 
Rosenbergstrasse 59  
Postfach 
9001 St. Gallen 
Switzerland 

https://www.ost.ch/de/die-ost/campus/campus-stgallen  

By train: 
The OST St. Gallen campus is situated right next to the train station. You can reach the University Centre directly via the West Underpass at St. Gallen train station.   

By car:  
Take the St. Gallen/Kreuzbleiche exit and drive towards the city centre. After the tunnel, change to the far-left lane and follow the signs for “Fachhochschulzentrum”. 
Parking: There is a public underground car park operated by CityParking AG in the basement of the University Centre. You can find more information on their website www.cityparking.ch/die-parkhaeuser/bahnhof/.  There are other public car parks in the surrounding area or, alternatively, parking spaces in the Blue Zone. You can find information on this at https://www.pls-sg.ch/parkraeume  

By bicycle: 
In the basement of the University Centre there is a public and supervised bicycle station of the City of St. Gallen. OST students and staff have access to the bike station with their CampusCard and can park their bikes there free of charge.  

Contact

Organising committee: 
Competence Centre for Mental Health, Department of Health 
OST – University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland 
Rosenbergstrasse 59 
CH-9001 St. Gallen 
Email: ipw@ost.ch