08:15 - 09:30
Guido Beldi
TRUSTED SURGERY Congress
Leading Teams to Excellence in the Operating Room
The TRUSTED SURGERY Congress brings together international experts, clinicians, and healthcare leaders to advance patient safety, teamwork, and non-technical skills in surgery.
WHEN:
Tuesday, 26 May 2026, 08.15 – 17.30
WHERE ON-SITE:
SITEM Bern University Hospital, Freiburgstrasse 3, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
WHERE ONLINE:
On Congress Platform with Live Streaming
REGISTRATION RATES for On-site and Online Participation:
- Regular: CHF 300
- Resident/In-training: CHF 150
- StOP? II Study participants: Free
Our Partners
Speakers
Learn from internationally recognized experts in patient safety, surgical teamwork, and operating room performance.
Brigid Gillespie
Brisbane, AUS
Franziska Tschan
Neuchâtel, CH
Guido Beldi
Bern, CH
Hugo Guillen Ramirez
Bern, CH
Julien Maillard
Geneva, CH
Matthias Weigl
Bonn, DE
Michel Adamina
Bern, CH
Minou Afzali
Nidau, CH
Test
Paul Barach
Philadelphia, US
Peter McCulloch
Oxford, UK
Sandra Keller
Bern, CH
Tanja Manser, Moderator
Olten, CH
Teodor Grantcharov
Stanford, US
Program
Accredited with 6 CME Credits by the Swiss Society of Surgery
Morning Topic: Non-technical skills in the OR
07:45 - 08:15•Welcome Coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Trust and Safety in the OR: an international perspective
Paul Barach
09:00 - 09:30
Teamwork in the OR: a nursing perspective
Brigid Gillespie
09:30 - 10:00
Communication under pressure: Lessons from the OR and beyond
Franziska Tschan
10:00 - 10:30•Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Do Intra-operative briefings improve patient outcomes? First results of a multicentric randomized controlled trial
Sandra Keller
11:00 - 11:30
From insight to action: Implementing efficient teamwork
Peter McCulloch
11:30 - 12:15Roundtable
Leadership Roundtable: Patient Safety a system perspective
Moderated by Tanja Manser, Moderator
12:15 - 13:30•Lunch Break
Afternoon Topic: Let’s make it happen
13:30 - 14:00
Determinants of Team Performance: What does it take to excel
Matthias Weigl
14:00 - 14:30
Inside the Black Box: Measuring performance in the OR
Teodor Grantcharov
14:30 - 15:00
From insight to action: Training teams for real ORs
Julien Maillard
15:00 - 15:45•Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:15
Data as a Team Member
Hugo Guillen Ramirez
16:15 - 16:45
Designing Trust: How space, tools, and systems shape OR teamwork
Minou Afzali
16:45 - 17:00
Wrap-up & Perspectives
Guido Beldi
Michel Adamina
17:00 - 17:30•Farewell Apero
About us
Prof. Dr. med. Guido Beldi
Founder of TRUSTED SURGERY
Prof. Dr. med. Michel Adamina
Co-Founder of TRUSTED SURGERY
Dr. Sandra Keller
Co-Founder of TRUSTED SURGERY
