The Spanish newspaper El Diario has just profiled SUSA in its 25 April 2025 feature “Datos para curar: Sevilla lidera la formación de sanitarios europeos en atención médica digital.” The article, by journalist Sara Rojas, focuses on how the University of Seville (US) is spearheading the design of teaching materials that will help future health-care professionals work ethically with data from the new European Health Data Space.
Key take-aways from the piece
- Seville at the curriculum helm – Professor Juan Ramón Lacalle (Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, US) coordinates Spain’s contribution, leading the creation of course content for Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Optics and Dentistry programmes.
- Ethics and data fluency – The modules will train students to “understand the responsibility that comes with handling such sensitive information,” ensuring that ethical data management underpins every clinical decision.
- Alignment with EU priorities – Materials will give learners hands-on familiarity with datasets from the European Health Data Space, recently approved by the Council of the EU, so they can navigate cross-border records confidently from day one.
- Three-year roadmap, €12 million budget – With half the funding provided by the European Commission, teams in nine countries will co-create and pilot resources over the next 36 months before rolling them out across 46 degree pathways and 16 life-long-learning modules.
Professor Lacalle sums up the spirit of the collaboration:
“We’re building relationships, sharing knowledge and helping shape the medicine of tomorrow together.”
Read the full story
Spanish readers can find the complete article on El Diario (published 25 April 2025).