Case Study
The Finnish directors and managers of a regional health services department needed to improve their English in order to better participate in a cross-border e-health project involving several countries.
OBJECTIVES
To simulate remote consultations
To be able to speak more comfortably (participants were more used to writing)
To practice using the English terminology for e-health
Team-building
To exchange ideas with European colleagues
KEY ELEMENTS OF THE COURSE
Using digital videos of other e-health projects within the EU and world-wide
Using case-studies of other e-health projects as presentation material
Meeting simulations
Presentations of their own projects
Practice in explaining their own ideas and opinions
OUTCOMES
“REMOTE CONSULTING SYSTEM SET UP BETWEEN DOCTORS & NURSES
CROSS-BORDER SHARING OF EXPERTISE
DEEPER LEVELS OF EXCHANGES”