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ERIC Number: EJ1470475
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: EISSN-2731-5525
Available Date: 2025-05-07
Practice Makes Progress: Essential Components in Digital Health Training for Current and Prospective Health Workers
Laura Thomas1; Amy Braddon1; Crystal Lee1; Richard Norman1; Kate Valmadre2; Stephanie Waters2; Giles Nunis3; Tab Berger4; Suzanne Robinson1,5
Discover Education, v4 Article 107 2025
This study explored whether digital health content was included in current higher education curriculum, barriers and enablers to inclusion, key skills required and university educators' confidence in delivering content in undergraduate and postgraduate health courses in Western Australia. A three-stage design included: 1) desktop audit of course (n = 117) and unit (n = 1559) descriptors for digital health-related keywords; 2) semi-structured interviews with university educators (n = 15); and 3) online survey of final year students (n = 14). Health, allied health, medicine, nursing and midwifery disciplines at five universities were included. The audit identified limited digital health-related keywords. Interviews identified unsystematic application of digital health content across disciplines. Five themes for digital health curriculum were identified; only one required discipline-specific content. Despite low responses, students supported a need for additional training opportunities to support digital health skill implementation in practice. Comprehensive and ongoing digital health curricula and practice opportunities are needed for undergraduate and postgraduate health workers. Consideration should be given to the skills of university educators and clinical supervisors regarding their own confidence in delivering digital health teaching and practice opportunities for students. A universal approach, supplemented by discipline-specific content, may create efficiencies in curriculum development and support a common language and understanding across professions.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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Author Affiliations: 1Curtin University, School of Population Health, Perth, Australia; 2Western Australian Country Health Service, Perth, Australia; 3Western Australian Primary Health Alliance, Perth, Australia; 4Western Australian Department of Health, Perth, Australia; 5Deakin University, Deakin Health Economics, Melbourne, Australia