Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung für das Ärztliche Fortbildungswesen

The Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung für das Ärztliche Fortbildungswesen (KFS) is a German non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of continuing medical education (ärztliche Fortbildung). It is named after Empress Victoria (1840–1901), consort of Emperor Friedrich III, in recognition of her services to medical continuing education. The foundation was established in Berlin in 1903 on the initiative of Ernst von Bergmann, Robert Kutner and Friedrich Althoff, and it was designated as the governing body of the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus, a building erected between 1904 and 1906 from private donations. As a charitable institution, the KFS devoted itself to the cultivation and further development of medical continuing education until the end of the Second World War. After 1945 the foundation's activities came to a standstill. It was reactivated in West Berlin in 1972 on the initiative of Wilhelm Heim. Following German reunification, the foundation was restored to its former rights and was able to return in autumn 1992 to its original headquarters, the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus at Robert-Koch-Platz. Today the foundation describes itself as having effectively co-invented constant, career-accompanying continuing education for physicians in 1903, and it translates the foundation's original idea into the present. Its offerings are no longer aimed only at physicians but also at all other people working in medicine. The programme includes certified clinical continuing education courses accredited by the Berlin Chamber of Physicians (Ärztekammer Berlin), as well as other medical training offerings. In-person events at the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus are complemented by hybrid and online formats. The foundation's team also organizes events for third parties in the format they desire. The foundation's activities include lectures by renowned speakers from medicine and adjacent fields, interdisciplinary information on the current state of science, and career-accompanying learning formats such as refresher courses for those returning after a professional break, continuing education for general practitioners, and compact courses for colleagues coming from abroad — "from practice for practice". The historic building in the centre of Berlin has become a permanent fixture of medical continuing education in Berlin and beyond. The foundation continues to embody the spirit of its namesake, Empress Friedrich.

The Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung für das ärztliche Fortbildungswesen (KFS) is a foundation whose aim is to promote measures of continuing medical education. It is the governing body (Trägerin) of the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus in Berlin. The foundation is named after Empress Victoria (1840–1901), consort of Emperor Friedrich III, in recognition of her services to medical continuing education. It was founded in Berlin in 1903 on the initiative of Ernst von Bergmann, Robert Kutner and Friedrich Althoff, and was designated as the governing body of the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus, which was erected between 1904 and 1906 from private donations. As a charitable institution, the KFS devoted itself to the care and further development of medical continuing education until the end of the Second World War. After 1945 the foundation's activities came to a standstill. It was reactivated in West Berlin in 1972 on the initiative of Wilhelm Heim. After the reunification of the city, the foundation was restored to its former rights and was able to return in autumn 1992 to its original headquarters, the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus at Robert-Koch-Platz. According to its own account, the foundation effectively co-invented constant, career-accompanying continuing education for physicians in 1903. Today it translates the foundation's idea into the present: its offerings are no longer aimed only at physicians but also at all other people working in medicine. The programme of in-person events at the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus is complemented by hybrid and online formats, and the foundation's team also organizes events for others in the format they wish. The foundation states that it still lives the spirit of its namesake, Empress Friedrich, and that the historic building in the centre of Berlin has become a permanent component of medical continuing education in Berlin and beyond.

• 1992

  After German reunification, the foundation returns to its original headquarters, the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus at Robert-Koch-Platz.

• 1972

  Foundation reactivated in West Berlin on the initiative of Wilhelm Heim.

• 1945

  After the end of the Second World War, the foundation's activities come to a standstill.

• 1906

  Construction of the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus is completed.

• 1904

  Construction of the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus begins, financed by private donations.

• 1903

  Foundation established in Berlin on the initiative of Ernst von Bergmann, Robert Kutner and Friedrich Althoff; designated as governing body of the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus.

A historic, non-profit Berlin foundation for continuing medical education, open to all medical professionals and offering both its own programmes and event organization in the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus.

• Certified clinical continuing education courses

  Clinical continuing education certified by the Ärztekammer Berlin, offered by the foundation.

• In-person, hybrid and online training events

  Events held at the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus and complemented by hybrid and online formats.

• Refresher courses for returning physicians

  Career-accompanying learning such as refresher courses after a professional break.

• Continuing education for general practitioners

  Continuing education specifically for general practitioners.

• Compact courses for physicians from abroad

  Compact courses for colleagues coming from abroad.

• Room rental at the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus

  Rooms of varying capacity for meetings, seminars and other gatherings.

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