ABOUT US

PICTOMED is a humanitarian organisation, a support association based in Switzerland, committed to finding and promoting solutions to overcome language barriers in doctor-patient-communication. We are a Swiss medical doctor and a professional illustrator working on this project since 2017. All our members are dedicated volunteers.

Apart from developing and managing a visual communication tool, PICTOMED is active in:
- Research and academic publications on migration-related language barriers in healthcare
- awareness campaigns in the public health sector
- migrant empowerment
- promoting health equity by overcoming language barriers
 

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MEDICAL DOCTOR
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF PICTOMED
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PICTOMED has grown out of my personal experiences, commitments and endeavours since medical school. Thanks to my fascination of interpretation and my linguistic and cultural interests, I feel very concerned about health equity and the link between access to healthcare services and social integration of migrants and refugees.

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Sara

GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR
​COFOUNDER OF PICTOMED
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Sara ​has already drawn more than 150 digital pictures on the basis of my sketches, and thereby she has helped me since 2017 to create universally understood images and to visually turn my ideas into reality.​

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SONJA

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PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT
RESEARCH
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Sonja joined PICTOMED in 2020 to support our academic publications on migrant-related language barriers in healthcare. She is responsible for conducting scientific studies and evaluations. Through our research projects, we hope to raise awareness for language barriers among medical doctors.

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WARREN

IT-SPECIALIST
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Warren joined PICTOMED in 2021 to support us in developing the interactive website-app. He brings our medical illustrations to life in a communication tool, quick and easy to use, with the aim to guarantee maximal usability and effectiveness. He is in charge of everything informatics being our head programer and webmaster.

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join us

We are currently looking for:
- a second illustrator (under the supervision of Sara)
- a general secretary or allrounder (administration and management of campaigns, fundraising, accounts)
If you feel you can contribute to our organisation and if you are as passionate about health equity and the refugee cause as our team, then please contact us. We're looking forward to hearing from you.

get in touch

Support Association Pictomed
Langmattweg 5
8053 Zürich

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