VFWG Award 2025
The VFWG awards prizes of € 1000, € 2000 or € 3000 for the best articles on digital transformation in education and practice published in the International Journal of Health Professions IJHP by December 31, 2025.
Find more information about the IJHP here.
Topic: Digital Transformation in Education and Practice of Health Professions
The digital transformation brings many challenges and opportunities for the health professions and the health care of the population. The implementation of artificial intelligence further reinforces this trend. Topics are ethical issues, data protection and security, regulation, integration of various digital systems and platforms, digital skills and the need for continuous training, resistance to change, new dependencies, changes in the world of work through artificial intelligence, heteronomy. But also increased efficiency and patient safety, faster diagnoses, online treatments, innovative therapies using robotics and serious games, increased reach and accessibility of healthcare services through telemedicine and online therapies, more patient self-management through digital tools, new teaching and learning formats for education and training.
Are you planning a scientific article on this topic? Then take part in the call for the VFWG Prize 2025!
How to participate
- Write an outline for the planned article. This should include the following sections:
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- Working title
- Objective / Research Question (max. 200 words)
- Format / Methods (quantitative research, review, etc.)
- Corresponding author: email address and institutional affiliation
- Send your outline by January 31, 2025, to ijhp.health@zhaw.ch.
- The jury will decide on participation in the award by February 28, 2025, at the latest. The jury will process Incoming outlines continuously so the authors can start writing immediately.
- Write the article and submit it to the IJHP Editorial Manager by August 1, 2025. Follow the instructions for authors carefully.
- The article will undergo peer review by two reviewers with the decision options: accept, minor revision, major revision, reject. If necessary, revise the manuscript within the given timeframe.
- After publication of the accepted articles, the jury will decide on the award and prize money in January 2026.
Requirements for Participation in the Award
Format: original research article, review, meta-analysis, case study, theoretical article, methods article
Language: English or German. Abstract and keywords must be written in both German and English (see instructions for authors).
Jury
The jury consists of the board members of the VFWG and the Co-Editors-in-Chief of the IJHP.
The VFWG looks forward to receiving your drafts by January 31, 2025.