Clinicum Digitale: Interim Report of an Interprofessional Course to Shape Digital Health Pioneers: Interim Report of an Interprofessional Course to Shape Digital Health Pioneers

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Abstract

Digital Health is hindered by a lack of interdisciplinary exchange between medicine and technology. To advance the field it is necessary to train a new generation of young scientists that help reduce the backlog in medical technology and bridge the gap between technical innovations and patients. The Clinicum Digitale is pilot course in which students of medicine, engineering and computer science are taught together with the aim of acquiring not only transdisciplinary knowledge but also the necessary soft skills for an interdisciplinary exchange. Evaluation of the student cohort of 2023 identified interest in interdisciplinary applications (90 %), new medical technologies (85 %) and interdisciplinary learning (60 %) as main motivators for the participation. Students reported higher self-perceived knowledge in previously non-familiar subjects and high appreciation of interprofessional learning groups. In combination with individual success stories from previous participants, these results indicate that the Clinicum Digitale can help bridge the gap between medicine and technology.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE 2nd German Education Conference, GECon 2023
ISBN (electronic)979-8-3503-4813-2
Publication statusPublished - 31 Oct 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesIEEE German Education Conference (GeCon)

Conference

Title2nd IEEE German Education Conference
SubtitleNetworking Education in Germany
Abbreviated titleGECon 2023
Conference number2
Duration2 - 4 August 2023
Degree of recognitionNational event
LocationTU Berlin & online
CityBerlin
CountryGermany

External IDs

Scopus 85178517400
ORCID /0000-0002-0676-6926/work/150330911
Mendeley bd26df8c-3be1-3085-a81e-b1c3a876e342

Keywords

Keywords

  • Digital Health, Innovation, Interdisciplinarity, Medicine, Teaching