How can patients and nursing staff work together to shape care in hospitals? And what conditions support successful collaboration?
These are the questions at the heart of Co-Creation of Care (CCC), an interdisciplinary research project. Working with Swiss hospitals, we explore how co-creation of care takes place in everyday clinical practice and how it affects patients, nursing staff, and the quality of care.
The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
Our Project
How do patients and nursing staff experience their collaboration in everyday hospital care? What makes it easier or more difficult to shape care together? And how does this collaboration affect their well-being and satisfaction?
To answer these questions, we bring together different scientific perspectives and research methods, including interviews, observations, and surveys conducted in Swiss hospitals. Our findings will help us better understand co-creation of care and develop practical recommendations for healthcare.
Doing research together
Co-Creation of Care is an interdisciplinary research project involving five research teams from the University of Zurich (UZH), Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), and University Hospital Zurich (USZ).
Together with our partner hospitals, we combine diverse scientific perspectives and practical experience to better understand and promote the collaborative shaping of nursing care.