She has been a professor of medical education since 2005 and the director of the Institute of Medical Education (IML) at the medical faculty of Bern, Switzerland. At the IML she is actively promoting research into and services for educational issues as well as professional high stake further education. She has headed the establishment of the ‘Graduate School for Health Sciences’ at the University of Bern and engages in the further development of these programs as well as in the post-graduate course of ‘Master of Medical Education’ at the IML.