Study published on the digital skills of health care professionals in Catalonia

The journal JMIR has recently published Measuring the Digital Skills of Catalan Health Care Professionals as a Key Step Toward a Strategic Training Plan: Digital Competence Test Validation Study. The study is part of the COMPDIG-Health project, Challenge 4 of the Professional Dialogue Forum, led by the TIC Salut Social Foundation.

This study sought to analyse the current level of digital skills of active health care professionals in Catalonia. The aim was to obtain an approximate view of the training needs in this area and to carry out the appropriate action.

A total of 803 professionals took the survey in June and July 2021. The study’s results show that the participants mostly have a level of knowledge below ACTIC 2.

The study also reveals the training needs, based on the preferences stated by the professionals themselves. The conclusions state that there is a need to improve the digital skills of health care professionals working in Catalonia. It also highlights the need to create specific training strategies for the different professional profiles in the sector.

Reference

Reixach E, Andrés E, Sallent Ribes J, Gea-Sánchez M, Àvila López A, Cruañas B, González Abad A, Faura R, Guitert M, Romeu T, Hernández-Encuentra E, Bravo-Ramirez S, Saigí-Rubió F.  Measuring the Digital Skills of Catalan Health Care Professionals as a Key Step Toward a Strategic Training Plan: Digital Competence Test Validation Study. J Med Internet Res 2022;24(11):e38347. DOI: 10.2196/38347doi:10.2196/38347