Welcome to the CoMind Lab!

Our research group studies decision-making under uncertainty, such as in the emergency room, to gain a clearer understanding of how medical diagnosis and other high-risk decisions can be improved.

Ongoing study

How is teamwork experienced in the diagnostic process of emergency care?

The ethnographic research team at our lab explores this question through in-depth observations and interviews in Swiss emergency departments.

Learn more about the team and the current project.

News

April 2026: The CoMind Lab has its second retreat and is joined by Prof. Dr. Markus Feufel for a workshop on decision making in emergency medicine

February/March 2026: Luisa Krieger temporarily joins the group for her internship on diagnostic team interactions and tool development.

January 2026: Team Ethnography starts the second half of its data collection at a second site.

The CoMind Lab is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) with a Starting Grant to Prof. Dr. Juliane Kämmer (project number TMSGI1_218047). The lab is part of the Diagnostic Quality Lab at the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland.