Last update: August 15, 1996

IT-EDUCTRA The Bangemann report set the following target for the Health Care (HC) sector: Major private sector health care providers to be linked on a European scale. First level implementation of networks in Member States linking general practitioners, specialists and hospitals, to be in place at a regional level by end of 1995. This project will contribute to that objective by spreading knowledge of IT in the HC sector. This is a practical project in the field of education and training of HC 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, supplied in easy distribution CDs. Also, it will be accessible through Internet in a WWW node which will be distributed free, and will have an established 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 5000 HC professionals. This phase will have provided a mechanism by which these courses can be adopted by other institutions, multiplying the final audience in a cascade effect. In order to achieve this, the project, from the onset, has established a wide network of key figures and decision makers from the HC sector in most European countries, especially those responsible for education and training and those with experience gained in the ERASMUS and DELTA Programmes.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 ERASMUS, with the aim of creating awareness about IT in the HC sector and to stimulate diffusion and the transfer of information technologies by means of a broad, flexible and modular educational training and information exchange programme. The major validation sites are: University of Athens EuroMISE, Prague University of Liege Universitat Freiburg Universitatklinikum, Berlin ExpertCentre Healtcare, Amsterdam Univer. Politec. Madrid Universidade de Porto Broussais Univ. Hospital, Paris NHS, Bristol University of Manchester University of Kuopio, Finland Aalborg University, Denmark Politecnico de Milano Information supplied by Rogelio Segovia, FUNDESCO, Plaza de la Independencia, 6, E-28001, Madrid. Tel: +34-13-30-06-20 Fax: +34-13-30-06-60 E-Mail : rogseg@nova.es

 

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