Welcome to our Community of Practice!

The term “Community of Practice” was proposed in 1991 by Jean Lave and Étienne Wenger when they debated the aspect of learning in the context of social relations. In doing so, they showed that – in addition to structures or models – participation in a community is crucial for knowledge acquisition.

Communities of practice offer a variety of benefits: Relationships within teams or between organizations are strengthened, the flow of communication is improved, implicit knowledge is made visible, and learning is faster and more efficient than in conventional training. Via the connections among the group within their community of practice, participants can acquire social capital in the process of sharing expertise that can provide value to the group and the individual.

As another key objective of the project is the creation of an online community of practice. Tailored dissemination activities should establish contacts to the trainer community and present them the benefits of utilising the SecureHospitals.eu tools (Trainer Profiles and engagement in the Community of Practice).

The SecureHospitals.eu community will include all types of stakeholders related to cybersecurity in healthcare settings, including the IT staff, the staff development officials, legal experts, trainers, training providers etc. Bringing all these types of stakeholders to discuss trends and needs will boost the quality of delivered training and in turn reduce vulnerabilities of healthcare centres to fall victims of cyber-attacks.

The SecureHospitals.eu project invite you to be part of our Community of Practice -> just follow the link and register: https://www.securehospitals.eu/community/