Abstract Background The rapidly changing landscape of healthcare in the era of digital transformation brings an abundance of opportunities to improve quality of patient care; however, in parallel, it poses unique challenges to healthcare professionals, which mandate constant efforts to develop both digital competencies and a crucial set of transversal skills. In this context, to address existing unmet needs, the consortium of the H-PASS (Health Professionals and the DigitAl team SkillS advancement) European project has developed a blended learning-based educational programme. Objectives The primary objective of the hereby presented preliminary analysis is to evaluate the degree of improvement in participants’ knowledge on key aspects of technologies currently incorporated in healthcare, after completion of the training’s first module. Methods The training courses are currently being delivered in 6 EU member stated, and are divided into 5 distinct educational modules; four primary and one secondary module, focused on virtual reality (VR) technology. A detailed description of the pilot training course conducted in Greece is provided in Figure 1. Before initiation and after completion of each educational module’s activities, all participants are invited to answer the same set of module-specific multiple choice questions. For the purposes of the present analysis, we comparatively evaluated the percentages of participants that answered Module 1-specific questions correctly, prior to- and after completion of all educational activities of the course’s first module. Results As of 10/6/2025, thirty nine of the 75 in total healthcare professionals that have already been enrolled in the Greek pilot training, have completed Module 1 and answered both the pre- and the post-module six-question knowledge evaluation survey. Questions included, as well as percentages of trainees having provided the correct answers to each question prior to- and after completion of the first module, are outlined in Figure 2. For all 6 questions, a significant increase of the percentage of trainees that provided the correct answer was observed (9.7%-31,6%, mean value=18.6%). Conclusions While the delivery of the H-PASS pilot training courses is still ongoing, our preliminary results suggest that appropriately designed, blended learning-based educational programs could be valuable in promoting key digital skills, which are sine qua non for healthcare professionals in the era of digital transformationFigure 1.Figure 2
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