SEM Switzerland: making sport safer and breaking down silos

The past year has been a repetitive tale of challenges and adaptations, as each new wave of the pandemic spread across the world. One striking feature has been each country or region’s race for ‘safe ground’, including border closures and idiosyncratic rules and regulations. When the going gets tough, everyone seems to revert to strategies of the past, usually involving silos and fences. Sometimes, this happens in medicine too. As problems become more complex, specialised care and specialists become more isolated from one another, meaning they cannot see the forest for the trees. SEM clinicians have a strong culture of transversal collaboration, necessary because of the complex multistakeholder environment and the extreme pressure we have to navigate. As challenging as it is, the pandemic has added a new layer by erasing most in-person …