Erasmus+ project dedicated to revolutionizing digital healthcare education through innovative training and social support programs.
AboutProject
Social Innovation Incubators for Inclusive Digital Healthcare. Erasmus+ project dedicated to revolutionizing digital healthcare education through innovative training and social support programs.
Advancing digital healthcare education
The INVITE project will drive advancements in digital healthcare education and foster social innovation across Europe. Supported by the Erasmus+ Programme, this initiative is focused on increasing digital skills and healthcare competencies among teachers and students in vocational medical schools.
By empowering these institutions, INVITE aims to address healthcare disparities and strengthen community support for vulnerable populations.
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Duration in years
250.000
Budget in €
7
Project Partners Start Date: 01.10.2024.
End Date: 30.09.2026.
Project Objectives
Objectives outline the mission to drive digital transformation and social innovation in healthcare education. By equipping vocational education and training (VET) schools with advanced digital tools, innovative curricula, and a strong focus on social impact, the project aims to prepare students and educators for the evolving demands of digital healthcare.
The objective is to improve the quality of content, activities, and practices related to digital healthcare and social innovation development in medical vocational education and training (VET) schools.
This objective focuses on increasing the digital and professional competencies of teachers in medical VET schools. Innovative teaching methods and pedagogical approaches, such as design thinking for curriculum development and open pedagogy, will be employed.
The project aims to enhance the capacity of VET schools to foster social innovation within their regional health innovation ecosystems, promoting their role in community health solutions.
This objective seeks to strengthen partner schools’ ability to establish international partnerships, operate at a transnational level, and expand their stakeholder networks and international presence.
The goal is to raise digital and innovation competencies in medical vocational students. This will be achieved through peer learning, solving real-life problems, social innovation and entrepreneurship, and civic engagement within both national and international settings.
The final objective is to ensure broad dissemination of project results across the VET and other educational sectors in the European Union, maximizing the project’s impact and outreach.
ProjectResults
These results will contribute to making medical VET more innovative as they support students, staff and schools to embrace a social innovation mindset, open pedagogy, and solve currently emereging real-life problems.
TargetGroups
Groups directly impacted by the project, ithat will benefit from enhanced digital healthcare skills, innovative learning resources, and increased social innovation capacities to address healthcare challenges effectively.
Students in VET medical schools
Once medical students start their work careers, they will likely work with the older people daily and need to be acquainted with the needs of the older people. The students have great potential to be drivers of the change, but they need proper training, guidance, and support.
Teachers in medical vocational schools
Teachers are crucial in transferring knowledge and acquiring skills to students. They will participate in training that will prepare them to guide students through the incubator and direct them to the development of innovative solutions for social problems, as well as to contribute to the development of the social innovation ecosystem.
School managers
The third target group are school managers (school directors, school boards), who can introduce social innovation initiatives, whether through formal or informal training programs in their respective schools and shape the school’s strategic direction to better align with the European priorities.
PROJECT Management
This work package focuses on ensuring effective coordination, planning, and oversight throughout the project’s lifecycle. Activities include setting up management structures, monitoring project progress, and maintaining clear communication among partners to achieve project objectives. Quality assurance and risk management plans will be implemented to address any issues promptly, and regular meetings will be organized to review milestones, track deliverables, and facilitate collaboration. Additionally, administrative and financial tasks will be managed to ensure compliance with Erasmus+ funding guidelines, supporting a smooth and successful project execution.
DESIGN of Curriculum and Open Educational Resources
This work package involves the design, implementation, and refinement of a digital healthcare curriculum tailored for medical vocational education and training (VET) schools. Using design thinking and open pedagogy approaches, a blended training program will be created to improve students’ digital and healthcare skills. The curriculum will include interactive modules and open educational resources (OER) that foster inclusive digital healthcare education. Feedback will be collected through pilot programs, allowing for adjustments to enhance learning outcomes and effectiveness.
SOCIAL INNOVATION Toolkit Development
Work Package 3 focuses on the creation and validation of a Social Innovation Toolkit, aimed at guiding teachers and students in developing social innovation solutions within the field of digital healthcare. The toolkit will provide practical methodologies and tools, such as design thinking frameworks, to help educators foster student-led innovation in their schools. Pilots will be conducted to test and refine the toolkit, ensuring it effectively supports inclusive healthcare initiatives within the VET environment.
IMPLEMENTATION and Assessment
This work package is dedicated to the pilot implementation and evaluation of the curriculum, OERs, and Social Innovation Toolkit across participating VET schools. Teachers and students will apply these resources in real-life educational settings, gaining hands-on experience in digital healthcare and social innovation. The effectiveness of the resources will be assessed through regular feedback, monitoring, and data collection, with results used to make improvements and adjustments before broader dissemination.
COMMUNICATION, Dissemination and Exploitation
The final work package aims to maximize the project’s impact through structured communication and dissemination efforts. Activities will include the organization of five multiplier events across four countries, publication of project results, and engagement with educational and healthcare networks in the EU. A detailed dissemination plan will ensure project findings and resources reach a wide audience, encouraging adoption within other VET schools and educational sectors. Exploitation strategies will support the sustainability and continued use of project outputs beyond the project’s duration.
