The Definition of Informatics Competencies in Finnish Healthcare and Social Welfare Education

Alpo Värri; Minna Tiainen; Elina Rajalahti; Ulla Mari Kinnunen; Lea Saarni; Outi Ahonen

doi:10.3233/SHTI200341

The Definition of Informatics Competencies in Finnish Healthcare and Social Welfare Education

Alpo Värri, Minna Tiainen, Elina Rajalahti, Ulla Mari Kinnunen, Lea Saarni, Outi Ahonen

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Abstract

Finland is a world leader in the use of public electronic services. Continuous improvement to competencies is a prerequisite for the success of digitalisation in the service development sector. The increasing use of information technology in health and social care needs to be taken into account in the education of the health and social care sector work force. The mandate of the national SotePeda 24/7 project is to identify and define the informatics competencies required for multidisciplinary education of this sector in Finland. The project has adapted international recommendations for use in the national context. The national recommendation covers 12 areas of competency and related content. In addition to defining competencies, the project has produced a toolbox of materials for use by educators of these topics in universities that cover applied sciences and lifelong learning. The results of the project are expected to significantly improve the preparedness of graduating health and social care and related engineering and business sector students to make full use information technology, all of which benefits the national health and social welfare system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digital Personalized Health and Medicine
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of MIE 2020
Publisher	IOP Press
Pages	1143-1147
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-64368-083-5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-64368-082-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI200341
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2020
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	Medical Informatics Europe - Duration: 1 Apr 2020 → … Conference number: 30th

Publication series

Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	270
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630

Conference

Conference	Medical Informatics Europe
Abbreviated title	MIE
Period	1/04/20 → …

Keywords

competence
education
health care
informatics
information technology
skill
social care

Publication forum classification

Publication forum level 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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Värri, A., Tiainen, M., Rajalahti, E., Kinnunen, U. M., Saarni, L., & Ahonen, O. (2020). The Definition of Informatics Competencies in Finnish Healthcare and Social Welfare Education. In Digital Personalized Health and Medicine: Proceedings of MIE 2020 (pp. 1143-1147). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 270). IOP Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI200341

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Värri, A, Tiainen, M, Rajalahti, E, Kinnunen, UM, Saarni, L & Ahonen, O 2020, The Definition of Informatics Competencies in Finnish Healthcare and Social Welfare Education. in Digital Personalized Health and Medicine: Proceedings of MIE 2020. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 270, IOP Press, pp. 1143-1147, Medical Informatics Europe, 1/04/20. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI200341

The Definition of Informatics Competencies in Finnish Healthcare and Social Welfare Education. / Värri, Alpo; Tiainen, Minna; Rajalahti, Elina et al.
Digital Personalized Health and Medicine: Proceedings of MIE 2020. IOP Press, 2020. p. 1143-1147 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 270).

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