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Dr. Wolf LANGEWITZ Professor Emeritus; Lecturer, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel

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1971-1978 Study of Medicine, Freiburg and Berlin
1978-1979 Institute of Pathology University Bonn
1979-1986 Training as Internist, University Hospital Bonn
1981-1990 Training as Psychotherapist with Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as main qualifications
1991 PhD about Vagal Activity in Hypertension
since 1990 Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel
since 1994 Senior Registrar, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel
since 1997 Professor of Medicine, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel
since 1998 Co-Editor of "Uexküll" Lehrbuch der Psychosomatischen Medizin (Currently 8th edition, 2017)
1998-2007 Executive Head, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel
since 2007 Deputy Head, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel
2008 Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, Visiting Professor, NIVEL Institute, Utrecht
2004-2008 President, EACH-European Association for Communication in Health Care, Salisbury
since 2016 Professor Emeritus, Responsible for E-learning facilities in communication Skills Training, University Hospital Basel

Publikationen

Langewitz W, Ackermann S, Heierle A, Hertwig R, Ghanim L, Bingisser R: Improving patient recall of information: Harnessing the power of structure. Patient Educ Couns. 2015 Jun;98(6):716-21
Sleptsova M, Hofer G, Marcel E, Grossman P, Morina N, Schick M, Daly ML, Weber I, Kocagöncü O, Langewitz WA: What do Interpreters Understand as their Role in a Medical Consultation and How do they Carry it out in Reality? Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2015 Sep;65(9-10):363-9
Maatouk-Bürmann B, Ringel N, Spang J, Weiss C, Möltner A, Riemann U, Langewitz W, Schultz JH, Jünger J: Improving patient-centered communication: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Patient Educ Couns. 2016 Jan;99(1):117-24
Ackermann S, Ghanim L, Heierle A, Hertwig R, Langewitz W, Mata R, Bingisser R.: Information structuring improves recall of emergency discharge information: a randomized clinical trial. Psychol Health Med. 2017 Jul;22(6):646-662.