KoPAL - Conference of Practice Instructors 2025
"Building stable bridges"
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Wednesday, October 08, 2025 |
| 13:00 - 17:30 |
| FHV, Building W, Room W211/12 |
What can you expect?
Practical guidance thrives on exchange and diversity of perspectives. Valuable connections are created between training institutions and practice, between theory and application, between lecturers, students and practical instructors - bridges that bring learning and teaching to life.
Under the motto "Building Stable Bridges" , this year's KoPAL invites you to enter into direct dialog: With lecturers about their approaches to training, with students about their learning experiences and with practical instructors about the challenges and opportunities of instruction in everyday working life. The interactive workshops offer the opportunity to gain insights into current teaching methods and training content, to contribute your own perspective from practice and to reflect together on how successful practical guidance can be designed.
Stable bridges need a strong foundation. In their roles, practical instructors are exposed to a variety of areas of tension. Bertram Strolz's keynote will therefore be dedicated to the topic of self-care and resilience.
Programme
| 12:30 pm | Check-In |
| 13:00 |
Welcome What`s up in the Health Care and Nursing degree programme |
| 13:40 |
Meet & teach - Behind the scenes of teaching |
| 13:40-14:25 |
Workshop slot 1 |
| 14:30-15:15 |
Workshop slot 2 |
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> One workshop can be attended per slot. Please select two. |
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Workshop 1: Practical training - wound management: |
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Workshop 2: Fundamentals of Health Care and Nursing |
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Workshop 3: Practical training - promoting movement/kinesthetics |
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Workshop 4: Introduction to scientific work |
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Workshop 5: Nursing Assessment - Diabetes Mellitus |
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Workshop 6: Seminar on professional practical training |
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Workshop 7: Simulation |
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Workshop 8: Evidence Based Healthcare - scientific practice project |
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Workshop 9: Practical training - injection/infusion |
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| 15:15 | Break |
| 15:45 |
Presentation of the workshop results |
| 16:30 | Self-care and resilience in practice guidance with Bertram Strolz, Academy for Positive Psychology |
| 17:15 | Conclusion and outlook with Peter Johannes Jäger, Lecturer Health Care and Nursing, FHV |
| 17:30 | Meet & Enjoy |
Moderation: Petra Lichtenwallner, Degree Programme Administration Health Care and Nursing, FHV |
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Sign up for our interactive workshops
Discover our 9 varied workshops - and register directly for your two favorites!
Please choose two different workshops - one per time slot (slot 1: 13:40-14:25 and slot 2: 14:30-15:15).
We recommend registering early - places are limited!
with Peter Johannes Jäger
Lecturer Health Care and Nursing, FHV
Chronic wounds pose a major challenge for those affected and caregivers. This workshop will show how students can be introduced to the topic on a case-based basis. In the subsequent trialogue between the teacher, students and practical instructors, the challenges of theory-practice transfer will be jointly reflected upon and experiences exchanged.
Register for the workshop now:
Slot 1: Register for the wound management workshop (max. 20 participants)
Slot 2: Wound management workshop registration (max. 20 participants)
with Irene Müller
Lecturer Health Care and Nursing, FHV
The teaching of basic nursing skills forms the foundation for professional action in practice. This workshop will show how students develop central principles of Health Care and Nursing - including the NNN assessment, which forms the basis of the practice assignment in the first semester. In the subsequent trialogue between teacher, students and practice instructors, challenges of theory-practice transfer are jointly reflected upon and experiences are exchanged.
Register for the workshop now:
Slot 1: Register for the Fundamentals of Health Care and Nursing Workshop (max. 20 participants)
Slot 2: Registration for the Fundamentals of Health Care and Nursing Workshop (max. 20 participants)
with Sofia Grassl
PSV Lernort Feldkirch
Proper mobilization of people with care needs requires a sensitive feeling for movement sequences and cooperation. This workshop shows how students learn to understand, analyze and design movements in a resource-oriented manner with the help of kinaesthetics. In the subsequent trialogue between the teacher, students and practical instructors, the challenges of theory-practice transfer will be jointly reflected upon and experiences exchanged.
Register for the workshop now:
with Birgit Hartleb
Lecturer Health Care and Nursing, FHV
The ability to think and work scientifically is a key skill in the nursing profession. This workshop shows how students are introduced to scientific work - for example by critically questioning, using specialist literature and researching databases. In the subsequent trialogue between the teacher, students and practical instructors, the challenges of theory-practice transfer are jointly reflected upon and experiences are exchanged.
Register for the workshop now:
Slot 1: Registration for the workshop Introduction to academic work (max. 20 participants)
Slot 2: Registration for the workshop Introduction to academic writing (max. 20 participants)
with Samuel Ganahl
Lecturer Health Care and Nursing, FHV
Diabetic foot syndrome is a serious problem for people with diabetes mellitus, along with other secondary diseases. In this workshop, students will be shown how to recognize nursing challenges and derive measures from a case study based on a structured clinical assessment. In the subsequent trialogue between the teacher, students and practice instructors, the challenges of theory-practice transfer will be jointly reflected upon and experiences exchanged.
Register for the workshop now:
Slot 1: Register for the Care Assessment Workshop - Diabetes Mellitus (max. 15 participants)
Slot 2: Registration for Nursing Assessment Workshop - Diabetes Mellitus (max 15 participants)
With Rebecca Lirussi
Lecturer Health Care and Nursing, FHV
About half of the course takes place in a practical setting. This also requires intensive theoretical support. This workshop will show how students are prepared for work placements in the seminar and then structure, reflect on and specialize their practical experience. In the subsequent trialogue between the teacher, students and practical instructors, the challenges of theory-practice transfer will be jointly reflected upon and experiences exchanged.
Register for the workshop now:
Slot 1: Registration for the professional practical training seminar (max. 20 participants)
Slot 2: Registration for the professional practical training seminar (max. 20 participants)
with Jürgen Bachmann
Health Care and Nursing lecturer, FHV
Simulations enable students to experience, analyze and reflect on complex nursing situations in a protected environment. This workshop will show how simulated scenarios can be used to promote clinical decision-making and teamwork. In the subsequent trialogue between the teacher, students and practical instructors, the challenges of theory-practice transfer will be jointly reflected upon and experiences exchanged.
Register for the workshop now:
Slot 1: Register for the Simulation Workshop (max. 8 participants)
Slot 2: Registration for the Simulation workshop (max. 8 participants)
With Alison Themessl-Huber
Health Care and Nursing lecturer, FHV
The combination of theory, research and practice is at the heart of evidence-based nursing. In this workshop, students will be shown how to analyze a nursing question from an internship position, research literature and derive and present recommendations as part of a scientific practice project. In the subsequent trialogue between teacher, students and practical instructors, challenges of theory-practice transfer are jointly reflected upon and experiences are exchanged.
Register for the workshop now:
with Anna Imgrunt and Verena Wohlgenannt
PSV Lernort Bregenz
Placing PVCs, preparing and administering injections and infusions requires professional precision and a high sense of responsibility. This workshop shows how students develop and reflect on these practical skills step by step in a protected learning environment. In the subsequent trialogue between the teacher, students and practical instructors, the challenges of theory-practice transfer will be jointly reflected upon and experiences exchanged.
Register for the workshop now:
Slot 1: Register for the Practical Training Workshop - Injection/Infusion (max. 15 participants)
Slot 2: Registration for Practical Training Workshop - Injection/Infusion (max. 15 participants)
Event language
German
Audience
Healthcare and nursing staff with continuing education in practical instruction or those persons who are involved in a leading or coordinating role in work-based learning in the nursing professions.
Participation
Participation in the event is free of charge. Registration is required
Details on the event series
The KoPAL - Conference of Practice Instructors - has established itself as an important event in Vorarlberg for all practice instructors working in healthcare facilities. It offers information on current developments in Health Care and Nursing studies, addresses specialist topics relating to practical guidance and enables the visualization and networking of practical guidance in Vorarlberg.
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