Ulrike Morgenstern

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Morgenstern is Vice President and Professor of Health Education at Akkon Hochschule für Humanwissenschaften in Berlin, where she leads the Master’s program in Health, Nursing and Medical Education. She has previously held professorial roles at IU Internationale Hochschule, Medical School Berlin, and SRH Fachhochschule Gera. Her academic leadership and teaching are centered on pedagogy, interprofessional education, and health promotion in healthcare professions.

Her research focuses on interdisciplinary healthcare education, dementia care, gender-sensitive activation, and hybrid teaching methodologies. She is currently leading research projects on participatory digital didactics (funded by BMBF), interprofessional training for migrant healthcare, and activation therapies for dementia. Her work emphasizes evidence-based nursing, didactic innovation, and the improvement of care quality through education.

The analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong trend toward interprofessional collaboration, educational innovation, and person-centered dementia care. Her work bridges clinical practice and pedagogy, with a focus on practical, implementable strategies in nursing and medical education. Topics such as blended learning, error culture in training, and gender-sensitive interventions reflect a commitment to responsive, equitable, and modern healthcare education.

While no specific scientific awards are listed, her leadership in national research projects and extensive publication record in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters demonstrates significant scholarly impact.

She actively supervises collaborative research and contributes to curriculum development and faculty training, particularly in the context of interprofessional and digital education. Her work with students and trainees is deeply embedded in practice-based learning, though formal advisees are not explicitly named. She leads initiatives in clinical supervision, problem-based learning, and transition support for new educators in health professions.

Prof. Morgenstern is involved in multiple research teams and projects, including the Institute for Applied Innovation in Healthcare (ITAC) and interinstitutional collaborations on hybrid teaching and dementia care. Her current work includes developing gender-sensitive activation models and evaluating interprofessional discharge management in rehabilitation.