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Session 5 | Looking forwards: skills for scale

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With the support of BeWell.
 
Europe is increasingly focusing on what needs to be done to encourage the Union to "think and act big". This session explores what lies ahead in terms of international action, organisational challenges, and growth in digital skills. It draws on a specific strategy, what countries/regions can learn from each other, and how to expand digital skills in the health and care fields.
 

🕐 Session Programme

 

► Session introduction

Cris Scotter, HRH Policy Advisor, World Health Organization (WHO)


► The European health and care workforce crisis: insights into solutions

Matthias Wismar, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Belgium

Europe is experiencing a health and care workforce crisis. A big picture transformation needs to take place. Having and use more digital skills could really help: their lack hampers the smooth running of health and care systems in Europe. This talk examines some new digital roles, professions/occupations, and skills, and available training courses - while also looking into what Artificial Intelligence (AI) has to offer.


► Building digital skills leadership in Scotland

Emma Scatterty, NHS Education for Scotland, UK

Members of the health and care workforce in a myriad different occupations need up-to-date and forward-looking digital skills. A deep-dive is offered into how to approach and implement a country-wide skills programme for digital skills.


► Organisational skills: leadership for scaling

Åsa Olsson, The National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden

WHO Europe has worked long and hard on the leadership competencies needed to strengthen the organisational skills. These skills are needed to transform the health and care systems, lead scaling-up, and prioritise and apply digital transformation.


All speakers will be fully confirmed shortly, stay tuned!

 

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