Care about IT

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"“Technology is not to be feared. It is only to be understood."" Much is possible in our century. ICT is bound to revolutionize the healthcare landscape for the better. A digital & technological revolution takes place and the medical world can profit. The EU has a growing shortage of Care workers due to an ageing population. The challenge is to find, educate and train those in and outside vocational education, who do not have sufficient skills for these challenging developments yet. What is and can be developed in IT to (en)lighten the healthcare worker? The gap between health industry (demand) and education (availability) and IT (solutions) is large. What does the care sector need? How can digital systems reduce the workload? How can we train more people in a continious cycle? This application looks at the opportunities and challenges in VET education within the care and IT domain in our regions. Changing and adapting existing systems takes time, effort and trust. By joining our forces, combining our knowledge and experiences, we ensure initial and continuous education in the care sector is future proof. Through (re)educating and applying new IT possibilities together in healthcare, the pressure on healthcare decreases, studying and working in health care will become more attractive and clients will be happier. This CoVE combines regional excellence with international cooperation and industry, IT innovation with sharing knowledge in VET. We exchange students, staff and experts. We build innovative educational programmes, valorised through microcredentials and we share knowledge through an European platform of Vocational Excellence in HealthTech. Through work-based learning, online lessons, working with industry and policymakers, we ensure the education we deliver together is up-to-date, and accessible for all. So, a new generation of European health care students/ workers will be trained and educated to face this challenge."