Objective
This project contributes to the declared EU objective of telematically linking private health sector services, by spreading knowledge of information technology (IT) among them. Initially, it will produce free updatable IT modules or information packages for demonstration courses and seminars for well over 5000 professional staff. Supported by health training executives, IT EDUCTRA will also build on EU plans for a flexible health staff informatics curriculum, including a training and information exchange programme. Multimedia publishers will be invited to collaborate in ensuring wide distribution and use of courses.
The Bangemann report settled following target for the HC (Health Care) sector: Major private sector health care providers linked on a European scale. First level implementation of networks in Member States linking general practitioners, specialists and hospitals at a regional and national level by end of 1995.
This project wants to contribute to that objective by spreading the knowledge of IT (Information Technology) in the HC sector. This is a very practical project in the field of the education and training of the Healthcare professionals in Information Technologies. At the end of the first demonstration phase, this project will have produced more than 150 new training modules or information packages about IT for the HC sector, some in text, some in multimedia packages, packaged in easy distribution CD-ROMs or accessible through Internet in an WWW (World Wide Web) node, that will be distributed for free, and will have established a mechanism to update and produce more. At the end of the demonstration stage, this project will have delivered more than 10 courses, and 8 seminars, in 14 European distribution sites, with an average of 20 students or attendants, which gives a global audience of more than 5.000 HC professionals, and will have established a mechanism by which these courses can be also adopted by other institutions, multiplying the final audience in a cascade effect. In order to achieve this, this project has established from the outset a wide network of key figures and decision makers of the HC sector in most European countries, especially with those responsible for education and training. The state of the art review carried out by the Concerted Action EDUCTRA clearly demonstrated that European health professionals lack knowledge in health informatics and skills in the use of IT. Therefore, EDUCTRA formulated practical guidelines for a European curriculum intended to support the design of courses and training sessions on health informatics for health professionals. The current project builds on the results of EDUCTRA (and also of the ERASMUS project on HC Informatics), with the aim to create awareness about IT in the HC sector and to stimulate diffusion and transfer of information technologies by means of a broad, flexible and modular educational, training and information exchange programme. To achieve this goal, the project has established from the beginning a wide network of key figures and decision makers in the HC sector in most European countries, especially, with those responsible for the experience gained in the ERASMUS Programme (Master's course in Medical Informatics) and also the DELTA Programme. Collaboration of multimedia publishers will be sought for wide dissemination and exploitation of courses.
The following quantitative objectives are set as of measure of success for this project:
In the demonstration phase
In the project extension by the local consortia
Nb of training modules to be created
75
150
Nb of languages translated
5
10
Nb of training sites
14
23 - 60
Nb of courses and seminars given
252
550 - 2000
Nb of students or attendants
4000 - 5000
10 000 - 30 000
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28001 Madrid
Spain
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