About the project

The aim of the HELP – Healthcare Logistics Education and Learning Pathway – project is to develop Healthcare logistician education pathway (study modules) from vocational education to doctoral studies and start the development of networks of healthcare logisticians as the long term objective to create national and international networks of healthcare logisticians and healthcare logistics education institutions. The target is to develop new healthcare logistics study modules and pilot them in international cooperation so that a student can specialize to the healthcare logistics in all study levels.

Project title: Healthcare Logistics Education and Learning Pathway
Project Acronym: HELP
Project number: 2017-1-1FI01-KA203-034721
Project dates: 9/2018 – 8/2020
Funding instrument: Erasmus+, KA2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices
Partners: LAB University of Applied Sciences (lead partner, Finland), University of Eastern Finland (Finland), Salpaus Further Education (Finland), Tallinn Health Care Collage (Estonia), Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands), Zaragoza Logistics Center (Spain), and KU Leuven (Belgium)

BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT

The idea of the project is based on the results of the Healthcare Logistician Project (2012–2013) funded by TEKES (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) as part of their Innovations in Social and Healthcare Services programme and the healthcare logistician education pilots in Finland.

The Healthcare Logistician project was implemented in cooperation with a private supplier of transport and logistics services, DSV group, two regional hospital districts and LAB UAS. The project created a new service concept, a new profession, defined a job description and set competence requirements for it as well as developed the first study modules for healthcare logisticians. The Healthcare Logistician project was awarded by the Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics (LOGY) Logistics Award in 2014. The award is presented annually for development of extraordinary in-house logistics processes.

 

 

 

Healthcare Logistics

Healthcare organisations are complex and challenging process organisations containing actions and structures that have demanding material, patient and personnel flows in which logistics contribute greatly to the quality of the operations. Logistics plays an increasingly important role in healthcare, and it has become one of the largest cost factors for many healthcare organisations, especially for hospitals. At… Continue reading Healthcare Logistics

Intellectual Outputs

  THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT The main work of the HELP project is done in 5 work packages based on different education levels: Preparatory research and guidance for pathway development Vocational level education development Bachelor level education development Masterslevel education development PhD level education development. Figure 1. The draft structure of the healthcare logistics… Continue reading Intellectual Outputs

Pilot Trainings

The HELP project will organise the following pilot trainings: The vocational healthcare and logistics modules will be piloted in Estonia (logistics study module) and in Finland (healthcare study module). The pilot trainings will include also study visits at healthcare organisations. The bachelor level Operating in healthcare logistics study module will be piloted as an intensive… Continue reading Pilot Trainings