Qualification of health and social care professionals in digital technologies
B. Klein, M. Ringwald, M. Schmidt, F. Paschou, L. Trebienė, H. Lydon, A. Riccio, M. Panzironi, A. Papadopoulos, K. Karaiskos, M. Xiari, C. Papadopoulou, A. Hannotte, T. Gomez-Sanchez Otero, K. Gkeka
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AbstractTechnological advancements in recent years contributed to an increase of new technologies for assistive purposes in the social and health care sector. However, these are still being implemented hesitantly in Europe because there is a lack of knowledge about their benefits and access. Funding sources are often unclear or the applications cannot be adapted to the users’ needs (Taylor et al., 2020; Zigante, 2020). Training is extremely important as it is a key factor for acceptance and subsequent use of digital technologies. Trained professionals can communicate new solutions to different target groups. However, it is still not widespread (WIPO, 2019). This was also apparent in a survey with professionals from different groups in health and social care (Fondazione Santa Lucia, 2020) in six of the participating countries of the Erasmus+ project "DDSkillls - Cutting-Edge Digital Skills for Professional Caregivers of Persons with Disabilities and Mental Health Problems". The European project aims to promote the qualification of professionals in the health and social care sector in order to help them shape decision-making processes, support their clients in the self-determined use of technologies and formulate needs with regard to the development of new adapted applications.Keywords: qualification, MOOC training course, health and social care, new technologies, assistive technologies
B. Klein, M. Ringwald, M. Schmidt, F. Paschou, L. Trebienė, H. Lydon, A. Riccio, M. Panzironi, A. Papadopoulos, K. Karaiskos, M. Xiari, C. Papadopoulou, A. Hannotte, T. Gomez-Sanchez Otero, K. Gkeka (2022). Qualification of health and social care professionals in digital technologies. Gerontechnology, 21(s),7-7
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.578.7.sp7