Health Professionals’ and the “DigitAl team” SkillS advancement”

Health workforce (HWF) education is a key component in HRH management and development to keep health professionals’ knowledge, competences and skills fit to practice. The digital transformation resulted in new ways of care provision, modified care pathways and scopes of practice and altered professional-client or team relationships by the growing use of digital solutions. This acceleration of technology brings an inevitable opportunity to improve healthcare team competences, skill-mix, task shifting, upgrade qualifications and upscale HWF skills. The “Health Professionals’ and the “DigitAl team” SkillS advancement” (H-PASS) project aims to support EU Member States in developing team resilience and to overcome difficulties experienced in care provision due to mismatch or lack of skills. The main objective of H-PASS is to design and pilot a training programme with thoroughly developed modules and appropriate synchronous and asynchronous activities, training materials and tools concerning transversal skills that ensure up-to-date and evolving knowledge and respond to skills gaps. H-PASS particularly develops digital skills of the clinical staff in an innovative environment. By targeting various health professions: medical doctors, nurses, and pharmacists as well as training the trainers for more effective change management and educating digital change agents, more advanced digital maturity, literacy, readiness and integration in healthcare can be realised. H-PASS performs pilot implementations in Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania and Romania. Pilots will test and validate the new training programme and the innovative learning environment, and incorporate lessons from 6 EU MS. H-PASS dedicates a significant attention to stakeholder involvement and engagement at various levels (e.g. national, regional and EU), intends to monitor the synergies with other EU initiatives, and to enable maximising the uptake, impact and continuation of the H-PASS training in the EU.

Working Method And Outputs

To achieve its goals, H-PASS adopts a multi-pronged approach. Firstly, it targets various health professions, including medical doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, providing them with training to bolster their digital competences. Additionally, the project focuses on training the trainers to facilitate more effective change management and cultivate digital change agents within the healthcare sector. This holistic approach is envisioned to lead to heightened digital maturity, literacy, readiness, and integration within the healthcare workforce.

H-PASS will conduct pilot implementations in six EU Member States, namely Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania. These pilot initiatives will serve to test and validate the efficacy of the new training programme and innovative learning environment, incorporating insights and lessons from diverse European contexts. Ensuring comprehensive stakeholder involvement and engagement across various levels, from national to regional and EU-wide, is a priority for H-PASS. Furthermore, the project seeks to foster synergy with other relevant EU initiatives, maximizing the uptake, impact, and sustainability of the H-PASS training programme within the European healthcare landscape. In line with the European Commission’s objectives, this cutting-edge project provides EU Member States with tools and knowledge to build surge capacity and overcome difficulties in care delivery caused by a lack or mismatch of transversal and digital skills. Through knowledge sharing and exchange, H-PASS facilitates cooperation and best practice in health workforce training.

H-PASS is co-funded by the EU4Health Programme of the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 11101139 (HaDEA). Views and opinions ex-pressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them

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