"We have the privilege of building on a greenfield site"

Last autumn, 100 students began the Bachelor's programme in Human Medicine newly offered by ETH Zurich. The aim of the course is to combine medical topics with technical and scientific aspects and to prepare the future doctors for the rapidly changing challenges in this field. But topics such as empathy and communication are not neglected either. Thanks to an innovative concept and state-of-the-art learning methods, this balancing act should succeed.