Reducing diabetes management errors in Australia: A healthcare workforce educational platform

Opportunity 

Diabetes management is a complex field, requiring evolving knowledge and practices to reduce the risk of costly and irreversible complications. Despite the education required, diabetes continuing professional development (CPD) among Australia’s 1 million health workers is limited. 

There is a clear clinical need and market opportunity for a digital solution that provides a diabetes education program. The Western Diabetes Education Program (WDEP) is an existing online platform tailored for health workers to self-assess and attain competence in diabetes knowledge and practice. This project aimed to modernise and further develop WDEP as a fit-for-purpose solution for workforce eLearning in clinical environments. 

Project Objectives 

The project aimed to enhance the WDEP, addressing critical technical gaps in providing personalised content based on individual competencies and exploring if AI and machine learning could further improve learning outcomes, as well as seeking to validate such methodologies in clinical settings. 

It also sought to assess the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of the WDEP.AI approach and create a reusable pathway for expansion into other healthcare continuing professional development settings.