Digital Health Competencies for Medical Education (DECODE)
Collaboration
This study was conducted by The Digital Health Systems Collaborative in partnership with the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre (WHO CC) for Digital Health and Health Education, LKCMedicine, NTU.
This study will establish internationally agreed curriculum framework for digital health competencies (DECODE Framework) for under/graduate medical school education. This study is now closed for participation.
A global, multidisciplinary panel of 211 experts from all six WHO regions was assembled and actively engaged in the development process. Findings from this study are published in JAMA Network Open:
Car J, Ong QC, Erlikh Fox T, et al. The Digital Health Competencies in Medical Education Framework: An International Consensus Statement Based on a Delphi Study. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(1):e2453131. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.53131
If you are interested in implementing the framework at your institution or in collaborating with us on advancing this initiative, please contact us at: dhscollab@digitalhealthsystems.org