Supporting early clinical careers in digital health: Nurturing the next generation

摘要

The integration and implementation of digital health strategies has the potential to transform care quality, efficiency and safety. We have learnt from previous attempts to implement digital health interventions that an informed, engaged and skilled clinical workforce is essential. There is therefore a necessity to support clinicians in gaining experience in digital health approaches, and nurture the career pathways of those who show an early interest. The increasingly multidisciplinary nature of healthcare mandates that cross-profession approaches are adopted, and that differences in existing career paths and training opportunities are recognised. Across all disciplines is the need to capture the interest of clinicians in digital health early in their chosen career paths, giving them the time and flexibility to develop professional skills and qualifications, which they can then apply as they become more specialised in their individual fields, whilst also building inter-disciplinary networks focused on effective integrated digital health interventions.