The study on initial training in digital healthcare lists:

• references to digital health by training course in the existing mock-ups of the 53 health training courses surveyed;
• digital health training modules offered by educational establishments.

The main findings:

• Few modules specific to digital health exist.
• The modules identified mainly provide general digital basics (Office automation-computer tools, C2i).
• Only the medical professions and some paramedical training courses have compulsory digital health modules.
• The majority of digital health training modules represent 1 or 2 ECTS credits.

Training courses awarding university diplomas and masters degrees in digital health

Of the 41 university and master's degrees analyzed, the diagnostic highlights the following:

• 120 hours are taught on average for university degrees, with a high variability between 20h and 200h.
• 52% of digital health continuing education courses are aimed at doctors, even though they represent 10.7% of the working population.
• 24% of digital health training courses are aimed at paramedics, who account for 64.8% of the workforce.
• the skills taught represent as a proportion of digital health skills 54% telehealth, 25% health data, 19% digital health tools and 2% cybersecurity.

Non-degree digital health training

The 122 digital health training courses offered by the training organizations analyzed highlight the following:

• The majority of continuing digital health training courses target healthcare professionals; a small proportion are devoted to social and paramedical workers.
• 15% of digital health continuing education courses are aimed at support functions and facility managers.
• 2/3 of registrations for CPD actions related to digital health focus on telemedicine.