Education on ehealth necessities and challenges

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1 Education on ehealth necessities and challenges ehealth Acceptance Conference November 5-6, 2012, Brussels, Belgium Helli Kitinoja, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland (WP5) Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) 1

2 ICT for Health Project - WP 5 Objectives Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) 2

3 Health Care professionals and citizens with chronic diseases are educated and trained to use ehealth technologies in prevention and treatment processes To empower health care professionals and citizens with chronic diseases enhancing their capacities and acceptance to utilise ehealth technologies in prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. To support citizens with chronic diseases to participate in decision making and to achieve personal involvement for high quality prevention, treatment and health services. To jointly implement multidimensional ehealth learning modules for students and professionals based partly on virtual learning methods. more skilled workforce, empowering citizens PSC / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March

4 To jointly implement web-based self-learning materials for citizens with chronic diseases. The web-based self-learning concept and framework developed in WP 4 will be used and adopted to further chronic diseases (e.g. asthma/copd, diabetes, rheuma). To test run the learning courses with health care professionals, students and citizens with chronic diseases. Event, venue, Date 4

5 WP5 Partners University of Applied Sciences Flensburg, Germany Aalborg University, Department of Development and Planning, Denmark South Ostrobothnia Healthcare District, Finland Diako Hospital Norwegen, Norway Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania PSC / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March

6 Main Outputs Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) 6

7 Self-learning (web-based) material for the citizens with chronic diseases used by patients and medical professionals in the pilot regions. The education and training content will be transferred and offered to organisations and the general public in the BSR after project finalisation. Education courses on utilisation of ehealth technologies for health care professionals and teachers (3 modules) to be piloted during the project in the pilot regions and afterwards be offered to the BSR. Distribution concept and business plan to be used for the large-scale offer of the education content and training on ehealth for students, teachers, health care professionals and citizens with chronic diseases after project finalisation. Network of distribution partners in the partner countries to offer education content to the general public in the BSR. PSC / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March

8 Activities during the project Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) 8

9 1) To share the experiences of different countries about ehealth in education Description of ehealth education for professionals and citizens in partner countries diagrams from each country, Report 2) To give recommendations concerning ehealth in education for empowerment of citizens and medical professionals Evaluation of the IMIA recommendations Survey for the teachers PSC / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March

10 3) To make pilot testing in ehealth education Core content for the three modules (bachelor students, master students and professionals, teachers) and education framework for citizens Model for the European Master Programme Pilot testing of the modules in ) To evaluate the results and process of the ehealth education and prepare the sustainable market-entry Evaluation and reports in 2012 PSC / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March

11 1 Needs Analysis 2 Report: How to teach ehealth 3 ehealth Acceptance Conference Recommendations Issues: Students (Nursing, Medical ) ehealth Education Development Health Professionals Preliminary titles of parallel sessions: Teachers Citizens Regional strategies A concept of joint European multidim ensional MA Prog Patient empowerment Module Qualification for and lifelong learning Online module for master BA students Digital patient students information and health care professionals Online (Topic: How to create an online course, how to teach ehealthbased on survey) Framework how a course for citizens should be created content, teaching methods, level Learning Platform: Moodle 5 PSC / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March 2012 Pilots 11

12 Needs Analysis Education on ehealth in Baltic Sea Region Countries Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) 12

13 ehealth education survey (DE, DK, FI, LT, NO) This study has revealed a wide range of programmes and courses in the five countries that include ehealth elements more or less extensively. Apart from Lithuania all countries also reported on programmes in pure ehealth. This certainly applies to Finland which has included eight of these, but also Germany, Denmark, and Norway have some of these programmes. ( PSC / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March

14 Moreover there are in all countries relatively many programmes with a high emphasis on the technical, engineering part of ehealth. But especially in the education of health care professionals (physicians, nurses etc.) the integration of ehealth elements is often not existing or marginal. Sometimes one subject in the domain of medical informatics is compulsory. Education concerning the management of information systems is normally not mandatory for medical / HC students. Event, venue, Date 14

15 Survey for the Teachers (DE, DK, FI, LT, NO) -The level of knowledge of ehealth in their home universities was described satisfactory or poor (62 %) -There is a lack of information concerning the content of ehealth, teachers` pedagogical strategies to teach ehealth, lack of resources to develop ehealth education, lack of knowledge and interest of leaders, curriculum doesn`t support ehealth area Event, venue, Date 15

16 - Three out of four teachers use international connections in teaching ehealth - Advantages of ehealth: better and fast information, better quality of care, effectiveness in acute cases, positive cost effects, well organized central archive, transparency, knowledge sharing among professionals, patient empowerment - 40 % of the teachers said that students require more ehealth related education Event, venue, Date 16

17 Multidisciplinary education in ehealth Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) 17

18 ehealth Module for the Bachelor Students Module for MA Students Framework of the Joint European ehealth Master Programme A concept of the programme (catalogue) for qualifying all professionals in HC to use ehealth in caring of elderly Online module for teachers (Topic: How to create an online course, how to teach ehealth) Framework how a course for citizens should be created (content, teaching methods, level) PS C / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March

19 Citizen-centered ehealth: citizen should be able to control his/her own care plan integrated to the: medical services (diagnostic tools, lab, images, pharmacy, monitoring etc.), health care delivery (continuity of care: primary care, 2 nd specialized opinion etc.), financing and expenditure (integrated financial / political system: insurance companies, social security etc.), other services (integrated community: education, prevention, social services, statistics / public health etc.). (Telemedicine Alliance 2004) Event, venue, Date 19

20 The aims of ehealth services directed at the citizens can be divided into four main areas: 1) General health information 2) Personal information my data -Electronic Patient Records (EPR s) and Computerized Order Entry Systems (CPOE): -The monitoring of chronic diseases from a distance -Online patient support contact and communication 3) Peer sharing and support - network 4) Lifestyle information education Event, venue, Date 20

21 Components of an ehealth education Components of an ehealth education -Learning outcomes should cover ehealth knowledge, skills and attitudes, -Utilization of Bloom`s taxonomy -View for the different roles of professionals -Multidisciplinary content: nursing science (patient empowerment) and public health, medical science (telemedicine), technology (ICT etc.), economics, management (decision making, project work) Event, venue, Date 21

22 Components of an ehealth education Policy Framework Organizational & Social Framework Care Education Admin Surveillance Technical Framework Event, venue, Date 22

23 Flensburg University of applied sciences, Germany IE - Health Business ERASMUS IE-Health master program INTERREG IV ERASMUS Lithuania University of Health Sciences ERASMUS Medicine, technologies Nursing, Public Health Seinajoki University of applied sciences, Finland 44 Event, venue, Date 23

24 Recommendations for ehealth Education Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) 24

25 IMIA Recommendations The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) agreed on international recommendation in health informatics / medical informatics education back in 2000 and these recommendations were revised in The revised version of the recommendations differentiates between two main roles for health care professionals in relation to educational needs, being health care professionals as users of ehealth and health care professionals as ehealth specialists. PSC / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March

26 Recommendations of the ICT for Health project To raise awareness of decision makers (management board, politicians, professors) regarding need for education in ehealth To integrate more education in ehealth for health care professionals In BA / MA, further education To consider more the issue of technology acceptance within education in ehealth (less technology-oriented) To integrate a multi-professional and multi-disciplinary view in education in ehealth PSC / WP meeting, Gdansk, 12-14th March

27 Thank You for Your Attention Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) 27