Health and applied technology
Our research contributes to the development and implementation of new and relevant digital technologies in healthcare practice. We include co-creative processes in our research approach to ensure a constructive interaction between the individual and technology.
The praxis oriented research results we provide are implemented both in praxis and in our study programmes at UCN (especially within the health programmes) to ensure an innovative development of healthcare professions, businesses, and practice.
Our vision in Health and Applied Technology is to be an attractive research partner to other research institutions, private enterprises and public partners across our region as well as at national and international level.
The research centre is involved in a number of different research projects - here you can see three examples.
INNOCOMPTEC
The Interreg North Sea Program funds the project InnoCompTec that aims to enhance infection prevention skills among nursing home staff. The project is led by Vesthimmerland Municipality in partnership with Mölndal Municipality, Campus Mölndal, Danish Life Science Cluster and UCN. It focuses on the development of simulation technologies, such as VR and AR, to train staff in preventing and managing infectious diseases and improving communication skills with residents and their families. The Research Center provides expert guidance, conducts pre- and post-assessments and supports the overall process of staff competence development.
STEM4HEALTH
STEM4Health is a three-year national project supported by Novo Nordisk Fonden. The project aims to address the growing challenges in the healthcare sector, including shortages of healthcare professionals and an expected increase in patient contacts. It seeks to increase applications to and completion rates in health education programmes, while strengthening STEM competences that are essential to meeting rising demands. The primary target group is nursing students and continuing professional education participants. The project is led by UCL in collaboration with UCN, UC SYD and SDU.
IDEAHL
IDEAHL is a European HorizonEurope project involving 14 European partners. The aim of the project is to develop and test knowledge, models and policy for health literacy (HL) and digital health literacy ((d)HL) with the purpose to improve EU citizens' (d)HL skills to improve a healthy and active lifestyle. The knowledge generated in IDEAHL will be the starting point of a wide-ranging and inclusive European digital health-literacy strategy.