Poster can be found in location 128.

More than ever, current healthcare practice demands for facilitators who foster the development of person-centred healthcare cultures and who accompany transformative processes. Since 2015, the Swiss Practice Development Network offers a Foundation Practice Development School (PD School) based on the curriculum of the International Practice Development Collaborative (IPDC). The aim of the PD School is to enable and support healthcare professionals to initiate, foster and evaluate person-centred practice development in their field of practice. One finding in the thorough evaluation of the Swiss Foundation Practice Development School was the need of external learning conditions and networks to renew and deepen knowledge. Over the last few years, there was a growing demand for a subsequent programme like an advanced facilitation school, however held in German, also in Switzerland. Internationally seen, to our knowledge, advanced facilitation schools have been offered in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands. Therefore, the Swiss Practice Development Network decided to develop a Swiss Advanced Facilitation School (AF School) considering language, culture and contextual factors. With this AF School, we aim adding another piece of the jigsaw to foster person-centred practice. Methodologically, the development of the Swiss AF School was guided by three elements: “Listening and learning from others” through conversational interviews and reviewing the literature, “designing” using the Appreciative Inquiry method, and “living participation” through the inclusion of various stakeholders. In this session, we present the results on two levels. On one hand, we will present the curriculum development and the curriculum itself. On the other hand, we talk about the crucial efforts and experiences that have allowed us to incorporate cultural realities and person-centredness in a participatory way.