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Sara Kerstin Kohler

Sara Kerstin Kohler

Sara Kerstin Kohler

ZHAW School of Health Sciences
Institute of Nursing
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur

+41 58 934 42 62
sarakerstin.kohler@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

  • Programm director of MAS in oncological Nursing
  • Programm director CAS integrative and complementary therapeutic approaches
  • Senior Lecturer

Teaching

Experience

  • Member of the Education Working Group
    Swiss Network Integrative Oncology (SNIO)
    08 / 2024 - today
  • Member of the Consensus Working Group
    Swiss Network Integrative Oncology (SNIO)
    08 / 2024 - today
  • Board Member
    integrative-kliniken.ch
    06 / 2024 - today
  • Member of the Education Working Group
    European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS)
    05 / 2024 - today
  • Programm director of the Certificate in integrative and complementary therapeutic approaches
    Zurich University of applied Sciences
    04 / 2022 - today
  • Programm director of the Master`s Degree Programme in oncology Nursing
    Zurich University of applied Sciences
    08 / 2019 - today
  • Head of Nursing, Internal Medicine
    Clinic Arlesheim
    01 / 2018 - 08 / 2020
  • Registered Nurse and Nurse Specialist
    Clinic Arlesheim
    03 / 2011 - 01 / 2018

Education and Continuing education

Education

  • Master of Science / Nursing
    University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen
    10 / 2016 - 08 / 2019
  • Diploma / Registered Nurse
    Berta-Renner School at the Deaconesses Hospital Karlsruhe-Rüppurr
    03 / 2006 - 03 / 2009

Continuing Education

  • Master of Science in integrative Oncology
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    09 / 2026
  • CAS Higher Education
    University Zurich
    08 / 2022
  • CAS Digitale Learning
    Zurich University of Applied Sciences
    08 / 2020
  • MAS oncological nursing
    Zurich University of Applied Sciences
    11 / 2019
  • GCP Certificate - Clinical Investigator Level
    CTU Bern
    06 / 2018
  • Basic Course anthroposophic nursing
    SOLEO
    04 / 2012

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3347-9770

Social media

LinkedIn

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Articles in scientific journal, not peer-reviewed

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Kohler, S., & Stolz, R. (2024). Komplementär- und Alternativmedizin (KAM) bei Krebs. In P. Jahn, A. Gaisser, M. Bana, & C. Renner (eds.), Onkologische Krankenpflege (7. Auflage, pp. 775–794). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67417-8_40

Book chapters, not peer-reviewed

Busch, A. K., Mathier, I., & Kohler, S. (2024). Development of an integrative nursing intervention as part of outpatient care in a general practitioner setting in Switzerland. In A. Kremling, C. Buch, & J. Schildmann (Eds.), Complementary medicine in healthcare : international perspectives on concepts and normative challenges (pp. 138–151). Kohlhammer.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Kalbermatten, N., Kohler, S. K., Corbière, T., Rodondi, P.-Y., Templeton, A., Witt, C., Wolf, U., & Schlaeppi, M. (2025, November 19). A Delphi consensus in integrative oncology : towards shared principles and criteria for integration. 8th Swiss Oncology & Hematology Congress (SOHC), Basel, Switzerland, 19 - 21 November 2025.

Other publications

Oral conference contributions and abstracts, peer reviewed

Gresch, B., Kohler, S. K., & Alig, B. (2020). New blended-learning module for breast care nurses in Switzerland [Conference presentation]. Annals of Oncology, 31, S1123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.723

Oral conference contributions and abstracts, not peer reviewed