The Australian Digital Health Agency has launched a free digital health eLearning course for nursing and midwifery students. Developed in collaboration with La Trobe University, the Digital Health Foundations for Nursing and Midwifery: Competency Preparation for Placement course includes five modules covering digital professionalism, leadership and advocacy, data and information quality, information-enabled care, and technology in practice.
By embedding digital health into education, the Agency is building a workforce that can focus more on delivering safe, high‑quality care. It strengthens clinical practice, supports better experiences for consumers, and helps drive the broader shift to a connected, digitally enabled health system.
This course marks an important step in supporting Australia’s future nurses and midwives by ensuring they are better prepared to transition into placement and clinical practice in digitally enabled healthcare environments.
Universities and other institutions are encouraged to utilise this free 2-hour resource within nursing and midwifery degrees, with the course being specifically developed for first year prior to students’ initial clinical placement or for pathway entrants commencing in second year. A teaching guide is also available to support educators.