csiadm July 1, 2022
UNIHEAL+ is a 2-year European project that aims the re-skilling of health professional towards digital health. The digitization of health care has long been on the European Agenda to modernize and improve healthcare and resilience across Member States; following the health impacts and the health care needs the global current pandemic has caused, OECD (Report 2020) has drawn some policy conclusions for health care provision pointing out that the Covid-19 crisis has demonstrated the importance of universal health education as a key element for the resilience of health systems, which can be issued successfully only through training and raising awareness for health professionals.The need for digital skills is widely acknowledged but there is limited reference to the health professionals as also the existing digital health professional curricula are inadequate – there is the need to strengthen the educational curricula of health professionals and use continuous professional development programs to provide them with useful digital skills training.
UNIHEAL+ aims to reach the following objectives: a) addressing the needs of the health professionals for further skilling, re- and upskilling, with a specific VET curriculum updated on further needs-centered skills building and adapted to labor market needs b) recognizing the significance of digital health services deriving also from the recent health situation/emergency and the dominance of the ICT context in personal and professional life c) equipping health professionals to better deliver their jobs, by digital health services training, thus improving their use of computational technologies, smart devices, communication media, etc, and, aids healthcare professionals and their patients manage illnesses, health risks, as well as promote health and wellbeing d) maximizing potential in their employment through the recognition of skills and qualifications due to the EQF, ECVET & ECTS units e) constructing well-stepped units of training, educational materials, work-based scenarios, guide for the VET educators as well Health services providers.
- FUNDACION AYESA – SPAIN
- GRIPEN EUROPE S.R.L. – ROMANIA
- XWHY / MB HOMO EMINENS – LITHUANIA
- CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION (CSI) – CYPRUS
- XENIOS POLIS – GREECE
- PROLEPSIS – GREECE
- INNOVATION TRAINING CENTER – SPAIN
This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.[Project number: 2021-1-ES01-KA220-VET-000033271]
