Dr. phil. Thomas Bucher
Dr. phil. Thomas Bucher
ZHAW
School of Health Sciences
Quality and Knowledge Management
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Head of quality and knowledge management
Experience
- Head of quality and evaluation management
ZHAW
2010 - today - Head of Prevention
Swiss Aids Foundation
2007 - 2010 - Senior Researcher
Zurich University, Health and Social Psycholgy
2002 - 2007 - Reserarcher
Zurich University, Insitut of Psychology
1996 - 2002
Education and Continuing education
Education
- Dr. phil. / Psychology
University of Zurich
1998 - 2002 - Lic. phil. I / Psychology, Psychopathology, Communication Science
University of Zurich
1989 - 1995
Projects
- Understanding the trajectories and work experiences of Swiss healthcare professionals: a sequential explanatory mixed methods study / Team member / ongoing
- National survey among Bachelor students in health professions – A prospective study for the transition from university into working life / Project leader / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Koppitz, A. et al. (2024) 'Comparison of student nurses" expectations and newly qualified nurses" experiences regarding clinical practice : a secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81(1), pp. 237–248. doi: 10.1111/jan.16211.
- Bucher, T. et al. (2023) 'Musculoskeletal pain in health professionals at the end of their studies and 1 year after entry into the profession : a multi-center longitudinal questionnaire study from Switzerland', BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 24(1), p. 518. doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06635-z.
- Meidert, U. et al. (2023) 'Unconscious bias among health professionals : a scoping review', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(16), p. 6569. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20166569.
- Ambrosch, C. et al. (2020) 'Behandlungsqualität durch Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) und Clinical Nurses (CN) in der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung : eine retrospektive Studie', International Journal of Health Professions, 7(1), pp. 84–89. doi: 10.2478/ijhp-2020-0008.
- Crawford, R. J. et al. (2018) 'Higher low back and neck pain in final year Swiss health professions' students : worrying susceptibilities identified in a multi-centre comparison to the national population', BMC Public Health, 18(1188). doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2.
- Bucher, T. (2014) 'Editorial', International Journal of Health Professions, 1(1), pp. 1–4. doi: 10.2478/ijhp-2014-0008.
Book chapters, peer-reviewed
Bucher, T. and Gerber-Grote, A. (2025) 'Promotion für Gesundheitsberufe in der Schweiz : die Wege ebnen sich', in Richter, R., El-Seoud, N., and Czernik, C. (eds) Physiotherapie weiterdenken: Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Heidi Höppner. Frankfurt am Main: Mabuse-Verlag, pp. 119–127.
Other publications
- Gerber-Grote, A., Bucher, T. and Höppner, H. (2023) 'Akademisierung der Gesundheitsfachberufe : Deutschland quo vadis?', Die neue Hochschule, 2023(2), pp. 14–17. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7688634.
- Höppner, H., Gerber-Grote, A. and Bucher, T. (2021) 'Pflege- und Therapieberufe an die Hochschulen! : Dokumentation der Online-Symposien «Sind duale Studiengänge der Hebammen ein Modell für die Therapieberufe?» und «Bachelor-Studiengänge in Österreich und der Schweiz: Modelle für die Therapie- und Pflegeberufe in Deutschland?» vom 18. März und 8. September 2021', International Journal of Health Professions, 8(1), pp. 125–127. doi: 10.2478/ijhp-2021-0014.
- Bucher, T. (2021) 'Akademisierung der Gesundheitsberufe in der Schweiz : Zahlen und Fakten', International Journal of Health Professions, 8(1), pp. 146–151. doi: 10.2478/ijhp-2021-0020.
- Bucher, T., Schäfer, A. and Stamm, T. (2021) 'Editorial', International Journal of Health Professions, 8(1), pp. 1–2. doi: 10.2478/ijhp-2021-0001.
- Bucher, T., Melloh, M. and Meyer, P. C. (2016) ''Über Stock und Stein' : Wege zur Promotion für Gesundheitsberufe in der Schweiz', in Promotion in den Therapiewissenschaften. Frankfurt am Main: Mabuse-Verlag, pp. 121–134.
- Sottas, B., Meyer, P. C. and Bucher, T. (2015) Winterthurer Manifest : Gesundheitsversorgung durch Bildung sichern. Available at: https://hoge3.organizers-congress.org/frontend/index.php?folder_id=282.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Meidert, U. et al. (2022) 'Unconscious bias in European health care : preliminary results of a scoping review', in 19th Biennial European Society for Health and Medical Sociology Conference, Bologna, Italy, 25-27 August 2022.
- Bucher, T., Schäfer, A. and Stamm, T. (2019) 'Einen Artikel für eine wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift schreiben', in Preconference Internationale Fachtagung für Gesundheitsfachberufe : Wie Wissenschaft und Praxis voneinander profitieren, Bochum, 6. November 2019.
- Bucher, T. et al. (2018) 'Bachelors entering their professional career : a long term study of health professionals graduating from a university of applied sciences in Switzerland', in 1st International CNHW Conference - «Countering Staff Shortage Among Health Professions», Bern, 25-26 Oktober 2018. Competence Network Health Workforce. Available at: https://www.cnhw.ch/_files/ugd/7c1666_3cda58a2ef484614b26336fe35c449e7.pdf.
- Probst Schilter, C., Bucher, T. and Dönnges, G. (2014) 'Zentralisierung und Professionalisierung der Evaluation von Aus- und Weiterbildungen an einem Fachhochschuldepartement : Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze', in 17. Jahrestagung der DeGEval gemeinsam mit der SEVAL, Zürich, 12. September 2014. Available at: https://prezi.com/oxyg7d7y1-gs/zentralisierung-und-professionalisierung-von-evaluationen/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy.
Research data
Bucher, Thomas; Volken, Thomas; Pfeiffer, Fabian; Schaffert, René, 2022. Dataset Musculoskeletal pain in health professionals at the end of their studies and 1 year after entry into the profession: a multi-center longitudinal study. Zenodo. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7123425