This course is an introduction to the digitalisation of healthcare to the nursing workforce. Nurses following this course will be taught on what is the “digitalisation” in a broader sense, to then move to an explanation on how digitalisation is transforming 1) the way healthcare is understood, 2) the way healthcare is provided, and 3) patients’/citizens’ expectancies of their healthcare providers. The course includes several sections explaining the following concepts/technologies: 1) end-user engagement and co-creation, 2) nursing sensitive data, and 3) health clouds. Once these three are properly explained, the course moves towards a concrete explanation on what are Electronic Health Records, which type of data and/or datasets of nursing-sensitive data they include, and how these are used in the day-to-day activities for maximising the quality of patient’s care (whether at a hospital or home settings), decreasing nurses’ workload, and fostering the continuity of care.This online course is aimed at all ‘lifelong learners’, especially frontline nurses, who want to learn more about the digitalization of the health care system and the opportunities it offers. It is intended as an advanced Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course. Technical background knowledge is not needed for this course. Participants should expect to spend 1 to 2 hours through the instructional course.

Certification

At the end of each lesson, the participants will have to answer some questions to test the knowledge acquired. If 75% of good answers is reached, the participants get a Certificate of completion of the course.