Silvia Ammann-Fiechter
Silvia Ammann-Fiechter
ZHAW
School of Health Sciences
Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Head international relations and Senior Lecturer Institute of MIdwifery and Reproductive Health. President Swiss Midwifery Education Board
Focus
- International midwifery and midwifery education
- Professional development
Experience
- President Swiss Midwifery Education Board
ZHAW
03 / 2019 - today - Head International Relations Institute of MIdwifery and Reproductive Health
ZHAW
03 / 2019 - today - Module Leader and Senior Lecturer Institute of Midwifery and Reproductive Health
ZHAW
03 / 2019 - today - Representative of the Swiss Midwifery Education Board (Berufskonferenz Hebamme) at the Swiss Health Professionals Conference (FKG-CSS)
ZHAW and before 2019 HESAV/HES-SO
03 / 2017 - today - Head of various midwifery BSc program modules and Lecturer
HESAV - HES_SO
01 / 2008 - 02 / 2019 - Practising Midwife
Privatklinik Linde Biel
10 / 2004 - 11 / 2007 - Practising Midwife "on call"
Tashkent International Medical Clinic, Uzbekistan
05 / 2002 - 03 / 2004 - Resident Support
World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Tashkent Office, Uzbekistan
07 / 2002 - 02 / 2004 - Practising Midwife
Daler Spital Fribourg
09 / 1998 - 02 / 2002 - Registered Nurse mixed ward
Klinik Beau-Site Bern
08 / 1996 - 02 / 1997 - Registered Nurse Resource Team
Wakefield Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
08 / 1995 - 06 / 1996 - Various internships for the recognition and registration of the Swiss Diploma in Nursing in New Zealand
Diverse
08 / 1994 - 04 / 1995 - Clerk visa office and chancellery, secretary to the Chief of MIssion
Swiss Embassy in Iran, Tehran
05 / 1992 - 04 / 1994 - Registered Nurse mixed surgical ward
Lindenhofspital Bern
01 / 1991 - 08 / 1991
Education and Continuing education
Education
- MSc / Midwifery
Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom
2009 - 2012 - Certificate in Didactics for Lecturers at Universities of Applied Sciences / Didactics
HES-SO, Switzerland
02 / 2009 - 03 / 2010 - Diploma / Midwifery
Ecole Cantonale Vaudoise de sages-femmes, Lausanne, Switzerland
01 / 1997 - 08 / 1998 - Bachelor of Nursing / Bachelor of Nursing for Registered Nurses
Wellington Polytechnic School of Nursing, Health and Environmental Sciences, New Zealand
03 / 1995 - 02 / 1996 - Diploma / General Nursing
Red Cross School of Nursing Lindenhof, Bern
11 / 1987 - 10 / 1990 - Diploma / Commerce
Commercial High School, La Neuveville
04 / 1984 - 03 / 1987
Continuing Education
- Ongoing continuing education in midwifery, health and education
diverse from 1998 ongoing
2024 - Certificate of Administrator Intercultural Development Inventory: IDI – LLC
IDI LLC Intercultural Development Inventory
02 / 2020
Network
Membership of networks
- International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) - Member Regional Professional Committee for Europe, focus education
- German Association for Midwifery Sciences - International Section
Awards
Outstanding Contribution to Midwifery Services: International
Royal College of Midwives
05 / 2022
Publications
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Cignacco, Eva; Schlenker, Anja; Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Damke, Therese; de Labrusse, Claire C.; Krahl, Astrid; Stocker Kalberer, Barbara; Weber-Käser, Andrea,
2024.
Advanced midwifery practice in Switzerland : development and challenges.
European Journal of Midwifery.
8(April), pp. 15.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/185648
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Cignacco Müller, Eva; Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Boegli, Sophie Laura; Caldelari, Murielle; Damke, Therese; De Labrusse, Claire; Friedli, Beatrice; Krahl, Astrid; Nunno Paillard, Catia; Perrenoud, Patricia; Schläppy-Muntwyler, Franziska; Schwager, Mona; Sigrist, Evelyne Sandra; Stocker Kalberer, Barbara; Storni, Virginia; Sutter, Christiane,
2023.
Advanced midwifery practice in der Schweiz : eine Diskussionsgrundlage.
Zeitschrift für Hebammenwissenschaft.
11(2), pp. 25-30.
Available from: https://www.dghwi.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ZHWi_Ausgbe11_2023_neu-02-2024.pdf
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Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Caldelari, Murielle; Cignacco Müller, Eva; Damke, Therese; De Labrusse, Claire; Friedli, Beatrice; Krahl, Astrid; Nunno Paillard, Catia; Schlaeppy-Muntwyler, Franziska; Schwager, Monika; Stocker, Barbara; Weber, Andrea; Storni, Virginia,
2021.
Berufskonferenz Hebamme der Fachkonferenz Gesundheit und Schweizerischer Hebammenverband.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24274
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Schläppy, Franziska; Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Graf Heule, Petra,
2020.
Die Hebamme in der globalen Welt.
Obstetrica.
2020(10), pp. 24-27.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20673
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Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Adlberger, Elisabeth; Eichenberger zur Bonsen, Dorothée; Fankhauser, Lisa; Friedli, Beatrice; Kaiser, Barbara; Oberhauser, Nadine; Schwager, Monika; Stocker-Kalberer, Barbara; Sutter, Christiane; Weber-Käser, Andrea; et al.,
2020.
Hebammenkompetenzen per Gesetz.
Obstetrica.
2020(4), pp. 18-21.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20841
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Graf Heule, Petra; Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia,
2019.
In:
6th EMA Education Conference, Malmö, Sweden, 29-30 November 2019.
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19586
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Tichelmann, Elke; Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Romeijn, Enja,
2023.
In:
33rd International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Triennial Congress, Bali, Indonesia, 11-14 June 2023.
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Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Graf Heule, Petra; Miscioscia, Emily; Velo Higueras, Maria; Romeijn, Enja; Bertini, Virginia,
2023.
In:
33rd International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Triennial Congress, Bali, Indonesia, 11-14 June 2023.
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Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia,
2023.
Genügend Hebammen für die Zukunft? : die perinatale Versorgung sichern!.
In:
Schweizerischer Hebammenkongress: Hebammen in Krisensituationen, Fribourg, Schweiz, 24.-25.05.2023.
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Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Graf Heule, Petra,
2023.
In:
Florence Network for Nursing and Midwifery (FNAM), Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain, 24.-28. April 2023.
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Graf-Heule, Petra; Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Miscioscia, Emily; Velo Higueras, Maria; Romeijn, Enja; Bertini, Virginia; et al.,
2023.
International Student Midwives Network (ISMN) : eine Chance für die Hebammen von morgen.
In:
7. Winterthurer Hebammensymposium, Winterthur, Schweiz, 21. Januar 2023.
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Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia; Velo Higueras, Maria; Graf Heule, Petra; Miscioscia, Emily,
2021.
Supporting international students on campus and online : International Student Midwives Network.
In:
Maternity & Midwifery Forum UK : Educating Midwives – Meeting Future Challenges, online, 10 November 2021.
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Ammann-Fiechter, Silvia,
2021.
In:
Professions de la santé: leadership, efficience et contribution dans les systèmes de santé et accès aux soins, Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud, Lausanne, 29 Novembre 2021.