Sarah Schmelzer

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Associate

Experience

• Research associate
  Simulation Center, Universtity Hospital Zurich
  07 / 2015 - 08 / 2017
• Internship within the SNF-Project „Debriefings as Enabler for Learning in Ad-hoc Action Teams in Healthcare“
  Simulation Center, Universtity Hospital Zurich
  08 / 2015 - 08 / 2016
• Assistant
  Chair of Work and Organizational Psychology
  08 / 2014 - 08 / 2016

Education and Continuing education

Education

• M / Psychology
  University of Zurich
  09 / 2014 - 08 / 2016
• Bachelor of Science / Psychology
  University of Zurich
  09 / 2011 - 08 / 2014

Projects

• Smart Hospital – Integrated Framework, Tools & Solutions (SHIFT) / Team member / laufend
• Digital Simulation of the Swiss Vaccination Center Winterthur / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Crowdworking in Switzerland (CroWiS) - an interdisciplinary analysis taking the example of nurse crowd workers / Team member / abgeschlossen
• COVID-19 Social Monitor / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Digital Health: Scientific process-cost-analysis in hematological diagnostics / Team member / abgeschlossen
• Swiss Home Care Data: Better data on the quality of home care / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Liberatore, Florian; Schmelzer, Sarah; Berger, Sina,

  2023.

  Managementherausforderungen flexibler Arbeitsmodelle in der Pflege.

  Pflegerecht.

  2023(3), pp. 128-134.

• Wagner, Aylin; Liberatore, Florian; Schmelzer, Sarah; Dratva, Julia,

  2022.

  Confident and altruistic – parents' motives to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 : a cross-sectional online survey in a Swiss vaccination centre.

  Swiss Medical Weekly.

  152, pp. w30156.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2022.w30156

• Marty, Adrian P.; Schmelzer, Sarah; Thomasin, Reto A.; Braun, Julia; Zalunardo, Marco P.; Spahn, Donat R.; Breckwoldt, Jan,

  2020.

  Agreement between trainees and supervisors on first-year entrustable professional activities for anaesthesia training.

  British Journal of Anaesthesia.

  125(1), pp. 98-103.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2020.04.009

• Liberatore, Florian; Schmelzer, Sarah; Angerer, Alfred,

  2019.

  The relevance of citizen co-creation for the effectiveness of public health campaigns : results from the evaluation of a HIV prevention campaign in Switzerland.

  Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen.

  42(1-2), pp. 34-46.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5771/0344-9777-2019-1-2-34

• Seelandt, Julia C; Grande, Bastian; Kriech, Sarah; Kolbe, Michaela,

  2018.

  DE-CODE : a coding scheme for assessing debriefing interactions.

  BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning.

  2018(4), pp. 51-58.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2017-000233

• Liberatore, Florian; Angerer, Alfred; Kriech, Sarah,

  2017.

  The balance of patient and learners needs in non-profit, public and for-profit teaching hospitals : an analysis of average patient satisfaction ratings of hospitals on a German hospital rating platform.

  International Journal of Healthcare Management.

  pp. 1-7.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/20479700.2017.1397251

• Schulze, Melanie; Grande, Bastian; Kolbe, Michaela; Schmelzer, Sarah; Nöthiger, Christoph; Kohler, Malcolm; Spahn, Donat; Franzen, Daniel,

  2016.

  SafAIRway - an airway training for pulmonologists performing a flexible bronchoscopy with nonanesthesiologist administered propofol sedation : a prospective evaluation.

  Medicine.

  95(23).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000003849

• Angerer, Alfred; Schmelzer, Sarah; Hubmann, Franziska,

  2019.

  Digital Health als Enabler für eine integrierte Health-Value-Chain

  .

  In:

  Digitalisierung in der Praxis : so schaffen KMU den Weg in die Zukunft.

  Wiesbaden:

  Springer.

  pp. 255-266.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-26137-5_17

• Liberatore, Florian; Schmelzer, Sarah; Berger, Sina; Janosik, Veronika; Stahl, Johanna,

  2022.

  Socio-demographic characteristics of informal volunteers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland : a representative study [paper].

  In:

  22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.

• Schmelzer, Sarah; Berger, Sina; Klumb, Petra; Musy, Sarah; Simon, Michael; Liberatore, Florian,

  2021.

  Crowd working : effective workforce management to supplement hospital nursing staff : a research agenda [paper].

  In:

  21st EURAM Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada (online), 16-18 June 2021.

• Schmelzer, Sarah; Hollenstein, Eva; Huber, Marion; Nast, Irina; Wirz, Markus; Liberatore, Florian,

  2020.

  The impact of task shifting on perceived working conditions and interprofessional collaboration of health professionals : evidence from implementing two task shifting in a Swiss hospital [paper].

  In:

  20th EURAM Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 4-6 December 2020.

• Schmelzer, Sarah; Kobler, Irene; Londina, Alla; Angerer, Alfred; Liberatore, Florian,

  2019.

  Applying the health complaints analysis tool (HCAT) to patient complaint data of patient interest organizations : a qualitative analysis using data from Switzerland [paper].

  In:

  19th EURAM Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 26-28 June 2019.

• Hollenstein, Eva; Schmelzer, Sarah; Liberatore, Florian,

  2019.

  Sensitive to critical incidents : the development and validation of the Swiss CSI-HC : a client satisfaction measure for homecare services in Switzerland [paper].

  In:

  19th EURAM Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 26-28 June 2019.

• Liberatore, Florian; Schmelzer-Kriech, Sarah; Hollenstein, Eva; Schaffert, René; Dratva, Julia,

  2018.

  Patient-experience based organizational learning : criteria for a patient satisfaction measure as an effective indicator in home care settings [paper].

  In:

  International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM), Edinburgh, Scotland, 11-13 April 2018.

  International Research Society for Public Management.

  Available from: https://irspm2018.exordo.com/files/papers/314/final_draft/IRSPM_Paper_FINAL.pdf

• Schätzle, Julia; Homayounfar, Kia; Raewer, Henrik; Brand, Tim; Schmelzer-Kriech, Sarah; Angerer, Alfred; Lindenmeier, Jörg; Liberatore, Florian,

  2018.

  Physicians as jacks of all trades? : preferences of senior physicians for accepting management responsibilities in German university hospitals [paper].

  In:

  18th EURAM Annual Conference, Reykjavík, Iceland, 19-22 June 2018.

• Schätzle, Julia; Homayounfar, Kia; Raewer, Henrik; Brand, Tim; Schmelzer-Kriech, Sarah; Angerer, Alfred; Lindenmeier, Jörg; Liberatore, Florian,

  2018.

  Preferences of senior physicians for management responsibilities in German university hospitals [paper].

  In:

  78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, USA, 10-14 August 2018.

  Academy of Management.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.15996abstract

• Liberatore, Florian; Schmelzer-Kriech, Sarah; Hollenstein, Eva; Schaffert, René; Dratva, Julia,

  2018.

  Rate your home care nurse : methodological challenges in measuring patient satisfaction with home care services [paper].

  In:

  18th EURAM Annual Conference, Reykjavík, Iceland, 19-22 June 2018.

• Höglinger, Marc; Heiniger, Sarah; Egger, Thomas; Meier, Flurina; Moser, André; Schmelzer, Sarah,

  2023.

  Lebensqualität, psychische Gesundheit, Einsamkeit und Adhärenz an Schutzmassnahmen während der Covid-19-Pandemie : Schlussbericht zum Covid-19 Social Monitor.

  Bern:

  Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2458

• Schmelzer, Sarah,

  2021.

  Mit Reisen monatlich 10‘000 Franken im Gesundheitswesen verdienen.

  Gesundheitsökonomie @ ZHAW.

  Available from: https://blog.zhaw.ch/gesundheitsoekonomie/2021/09/30/mit-reisen-monatlich-10000-franken-im-gesundheitswesen-verdienen/

• Heiniger, Sarah; Meier, Flurina; Moser, André; Schmelzer, Sarah; Höglinger, Marc,

  2021.

  Ausgewählte Ergebnisse des Covid-19 Social Monitors : Lebensqualität, psychische Befindlichkeit und Adhärenz an Schutzmassnahmen im Verlauf der Corona-Pandemie von März 2020 bis Juni 2021.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://www.bag.admin.ch/dam/bag/de/dokumente/mt/k-und-i/aktuelle-ausbrueche-pandemien/2019-nCoV/social-monitor-zwischenbericht2021.pdf

• Stahl, Johanna; Kobler, Irene; Schmelzer, Sarah; Liberatore, Florian; Lehmann, Joel,

  2021.

  PROMs in der schweizerischen Grundversorgung : Arbeitspapier zur Auswertung von PROMs-Routinedaten der Hausarztpraxis.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3128

• Hollenstein, Eva; Schmelzer, Sarah; Liberatore, Florian,

  2020.

  Handbuch Client Satisfaction Instrument-Home Care : NFP74 Home Care Data.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2395

• Schmelzer, Sarah; Hollenstein, Eva; Stahl, Johanna; Wirz, Markus; Huber, Marion; Nast, Irina; Liberatore, Florian,

  2020.

  Task Shifting in der inter-professionellen Zusammenarbeit.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20950

• Doden, Wiebke; Morf, Manuela; Schmelzer, Sarah,

  2015.

  Schweizer HR-Barometer Frühlingsnewsletter 2015: Angst um den Arbeitsplatz : Einflussfaktoren und Folgen in vier Ländern.

  Schweizer HR-Barometer.

  2015(1), pp. 1-15.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-122532

• Schmelzer-Kriech, Sarah; Klumb, Petra; Simon, Michael; Liberatore, Florian,

  2020.

  Crowdworking in Switzerland (CroWiS) : an interdisciplinary analysis of crowd working in nursing : project outlook and preliminary results.

  In:

  2nd Crowdworking Symposium, Paderborn (Germany) & online, 8-9 October 2020.

• Brand, Tim; Angerer, Alfred; Schmelzer, Sarah,

  2019.

  Like a Swiss watch? : measuring the effects of a lean implementation at Bern university hospital.

  In:

  XXIII Annual Conference of the International Research Society for Public Management, Wellington, New Zealand, 16-18 April 2019.

• Hollenstein, Eva; Schmelzer-Kriech, Sarah; Liberatore, Florian,

  2019.

  The development and validation of the Swiss CSI-HC : a client satisfaction measure for homecare services in Switzerland.

  In:

  Swiss Public Health Conference 2019, Winterthur, 28.-29. August 2019.

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