Team

Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Raupach

Director of the institute

Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Raupach, MME, is the Director of the Institute of Medical Education and serves as a Consultant (Oberarzt) at the Heart Center of the University Hospital Bonn (UKB). For several years, he has also been a Research Associate at the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London. His research focuses, among other things, on the effectiveness of digitally supported teaching and learning formats—for example, a virtual emergency department and an AI-supported app for training guideline adherence. Other research interests include test-enhanced learning as well as the reliability and validity of student evaluations of teaching. Additionally, he is involved in clinical studies and the development of guidelines on the topic of smoking cessation.

Email:
Tel.: 0228 287 52161

Dr. Matthias Laupichler

Deputy Director

Dr. Matthias Carl Laupichler, MME, is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Medical Education (IMD) and Head of the Medical Education Research Group. He organizes and shapes the research strategy at the IMD and supports early-career researchers. His research focuses primarily on the use of AI to improve medical education, as well as on enhancing the AI literacy of medical students and physicians.

Email:
Tel.: 0228 287 52167
 

Jeannine Schönewald

Office Manager

Jeannine Schönewald is the Office Manager at the Institute of Medical Education, focusing on the organization and administration of central operations. She supports the Director in daily administrative tasks, coordinates internal processes, and serves as an internal interface with the Human Resources and Finance departments.

Email:
Tel.: 0228 287 52161 

Johanna Rother

Research Associate

Johanna Flora Rother, M.Sc., is a Research Associate at the Institute of Medical Education and a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, where she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Psychology. Her dissertation focuses on the transformation of emotional and motivational factors in medical students. Furthermore, she monitors and evaluates the implementation of digital teaching resources (e.g., AppER) and assists in the acquisition of external research funding.

Email:
Tel.: 0228 287 52162

Ebru Bala

Referentin

Ebru Bala (M.A. Media Science, B.A. Media Informatics) is responsible for the conceptualization, implementation, and continuous optimization of the faculty-wide e-learning strategy. Her focus lies on the sustainable curricular integration of quality-assured e-learning resources that go beyond the simple provision of content to provide didactically valuable support for medical education.

Email:
Tel.: 0228 287 52165

Susanne Eigster

Research Associate

Susanne Eigster (M.Sc.Psychology) is a Research Associate responsible for the NeuroNet and AI MedTAll projects, which are funded under the DiLL#24 (Digital Teaching and Learning) initiative. Her work focuses on e-learning. Within both projects, she designs, develops, and evaluates digital learning courses for medical students on the eCampus platform.

Email:
Tel.: 0228 287 52260

Kim Baur

Research Associate

Kim Baur (M.Sc. Psychologist, Mediator, and Conflict Manager) is a Research Associate at the Institute of Medical Education and is responsible for the BMFTR-funded project VERO (Independent and Responsible Online Research). In addition to her project work, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Psychology, focusing on bias towards AI.

Email:
Tel.: 0228 287 52160

Joel Rüttger

Research Associate

Joel Rüttger (M.Sc. & B.Sc. in Psychology, B.Eng. in Industrial Engineering) is a Research Associate at the Institute of Medical Education. His work focuses on the interface between humans, machines, and artificial intelligence. He is currently responsible for the KOMET project (Communication Training via Medical Chatbot). The project aims to make practically relevant communication skills in medical education trainable in a hands-on, longitudinal, and interdisciplinary manner.

Email:
Tel.: 0228 287 68142

PD Dr.med. Friederike Schröck

Physician and Research Associate

PD Dr. med. Friederike Schröck is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychotherapist and serves as a Research Associate at the Institute of Medical Education (IMD). She supports the team with medical expertise across all ongoing projects. As the lead of the ReAniMed research project, she also works in an interdisciplinary and interprofessional context. Her research focus includes the factors and resources related to the mental health of medical students.

Email:
Tel.: 0228 287 52161

Dr. Alexandra Aster

Dr. Alexandra Aster was a Research Associate at the IMD from July 2021 to March 2026. In her doctoral thesis, which she completed at the IMD, she focused on chatbots for history-taking training as a game design element in serious games for medical education. She remains active in IMD research projects as an IMD alumna and associated researcher.

ResearchGate: Alexandra Aster