Continuing education
Public continuing-education events
Symposia, lecture series and congresses of the old-age psychiatry institutions and their partners in the Canton of Bern – open to professionals, mostly with SGPP / SGAP credits.
The old-age psychiatry institutions in the Canton of Bern regularly offer public continuing-education events – symposia, lecture series and congresses open to a broad professional audience.
Many events are recognised as continuing education and can be counted towards the credits required for the subspecialty. Dates and registration directly with the organising institution.
Agenda
Upcoming dates
05.08.–09.12.2026
Lecture series
Continuing-education series of the Wyss Private Clinic (Wednesdays)
Wyss Private Clinic · Auditorium, Münchenbuchsee, and online
Nine dates, incl. ‘Update old-age psychiatry’ (Prof. S. Klöppel, 2 Sep), ‘Influence of the microbiome on anxiety and depression’ (14 Oct) and ‘Emergency psychiatry’ (21 Oct) · free, hybrid · 1–2 SGPP credits per date
23.10.2026
Information day
Parkinson Information Day
Parkinson Schweiz · Auditorium Ettore Rossi, Inselspital Bern
14.00–17.30 · ‘Current developments in Parkinson’s treatment’ · for those affected, their relatives and professionals · registration by 19 Oct · free
06.–07.11.2026
Congress · Save the Date
Dementia Summit 2026
Swiss Memory Clinics · Hotel Seepark, Thun
‘Dementia research and clinical innovation in Switzerland: what is clinically meaningful’ · programme to follow
19.11.2026
Symposium
Autumn Symposium of the Wyss Private Clinic
Wyss Private Clinic · Bauernhaus, 2nd floor, Münchenbuchsee
17.00–19.00, followed by an apéro riche · topic: depression – treatment, disorder-specific psychotherapy and crisis intervention · registration by 9 Nov · free, limited places · 2 SGPP credits
03.12.2026
Symposium · Save the Date
16th Gurten Symposium
University Psychiatric Centre Bern (UPZ)
Current findings from clinical practice, research and care · programme and registration to follow
16.03.2027
Specialist conference
Old-age psychiatry in practice
University Psychiatric Centre Bern (UPZ, formerly UPD) and Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) · Festsaal, UPZ Bern
13.00–17.15 · 4th interprofessional conference ‘Information flow: person-centred and meaningfully connected’ · talks, workshops and poster session · CHF 75 for early registration by 31 Dec 2026, then CHF 100 · registration by 8 Mar 2027 · call for posters by 18 Jan 2027
12.05.2027
Annual symposium · Save the Date
Annual Symposium and General Assembly of Swiss Memory Clinics
Sorell Hotel Ador, Bern
Programme to follow
Information without guarantee – the current dates, programmes and registration deadlines can be found on the linked pages of the organising institutions.
Events
Institutions’ events calendar
The current continuing-education and symposium programmes of the old-age psychiatry member institutions – straight to each clinic’s calendar.
UPZ Bern – events calendarincl. Waldau & Gurten Symposium↗
Wyss Private Clinic – continuing education & specialist eventsMünchenbuchsee↗
Meiringen Private Clinic – eventsMeiringen · Centre for Old Age Psychiatry↗
Psychiatric Services ThunSTS Hospital · Thun↗
Psychiatric Services Interlakenfmi Hospitals · Interlaken↗
Psychiatric Services LangenthalSRO Ltd · Oberaargau↗
Psychiatric Services BurgdorfEmmental Hospital · psychiatry lecture cycle↗
Professional societies
Calendar & credit recognition
Supra-regional continuing-education calendars and counting events towards the subspecialty.
SGPP continuing-education calendarrecognised continuing education with credits↗
SGAP – continuing education & congressesSwiss Society for Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy↗
Swiss Memory Clinics – eventsDementia Summit and annual symposium↗
Credit recognition (form)Counting events towards the subspecialty↗
BGPP – Bernese Psychiatry Daysregional continuing education · symposium@bgpp.ch↗