Europe Supports Ukraine’s Medical Education Reform through D-CREDO Digital Initiative
As Ukraine continues to modernize its healthcare system, the country is also transforming how it educates future medical professionals. A newly launched European project, D-CREDO (Digital Health Technologies-augmented Clinical Reasoning Education), aims to embed digital innovation at the core of medical training in Ukrainian universities.
The Gaze reports on this with reference to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
Funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ programme, D-CREDO is part of a broader EU strategy to promote digital transformation in partner states. The project seeks to redefine how medical students are taught clinical reasoning, integrating digital technologies not as separate disciplines, but as essential components of diagnosis, decision-making, and patient care.
The initiative is coordinated by Jagiellonian University in Poland and brings together a multinational consortium that includes Bukovinian State Medical University (Ukraine), Erasmus Medical Center (Netherlands), Private University for Health Sciences and Technology (Austria), and Instruct gGmbH (Germany), the developer of the CASUS virtual patient learning platform.
At the heart of D-CREDO is the development of interactive learning modules using virtual patients, supported by evidence-based recommendations for applying digital tools in medical education. These tools are designed to reflect technologies already reshaping healthcare practice across Europe, including:
– Artificial Intelligence (AI) for interpreting medical imaging;
– Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI for data synthesis and diagnostics;
– Mobile health (mHealth) apps and wearable devices;
– Electronic Health Records (EHRs);
– Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS);
– Telemedicine platforms enabling remote consultation and care.
By equipping students with the ability to responsibly use these technologies, the project prepares them for real-world clinical environments where digital fluency is no longer optional.
The project’s first phase involved extensive consultations, surveys, and interviews with students, faculty, and administrators across Ukraine’s medical education sector. Based on the insights gathered, D-CREDO has now entered the course development stage, with pilot modules set to roll out across partner universities in the coming academic year.
As The Gaze reported earlier, Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Liashko and French Presidential Envoy for Ukraine's Relief and Reconstruction Pierre Elbron signed seven healthcare agreements totalling more than €51 million.