After the event / Key takeaways
The Summer School brought together 23 students from all DigiCare4CE partner countries and from different professional backgrounds, including nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, paramedic studies and social pedagogy. Participants worked in international and multidisciplinary teams and explored how digital technologies can support clinical reasoning and decision-making in long-term care. The programme combined lectures, workshops, case work and a field trip. Students discussed digitalisation, clinical reasoning, ethical and social implications of smart care technologies, and the practical integration of digital tools into long-term care. A key conclusion was that technology should support care professionals and improve care quality, but it should not replace human contact, relationships and person-centred care.