FITech addresses the learning needs in health technology including innovation, commercialisation, worklife skills, and mathematical skills
FITech Health Technology brings together offerings from fields such as medical engineering, health technology, nursing science, information technology, industrial engineering and management, electrical engineering and automation, and mathematics. The courses offered during the project are organised by Finnish universities of technology and they prepare learners to meet the future challenges and opportunities of the health sector.
The target group for the courses includes higher education graduates from the field of technology who are interested in deepening their expertise, as well as other professionals working at the intersection of technologies who wish to broaden their knowledge and improve their opportunities to work in health technology.
Career guidance will be provided as part of the project to help adult learners utilise their accumulated skills more effectively in the working life and identify career paths in the field of health technology. Career guidance will be organised during 2026, and further information about its implementation and schedule will be provided later on FITech’s channels.
The courses included in the FITech Health Technology project will be organised by Aalto University, Tampere University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Oulu, and University or Turku. The project starts in autumn 2025 and ends on December 31, 2026. The project is funded by the Service Centre for Continuous Learning and Employment (SECLE).
The three study themes of the project are
- Principles of health technology assessment and regulatory affairs, Aalto University
- Smart wearables, Aalto University
- Revision of high school mathematics, University of Eastern Finland
- Acquisition and analysis of biosignals, University of Turku
- Johdatus bioinformatiikkaan, University of Turku
- Johdatus lääketieteelliseen tekniikkaan ja terveysteknologiaan, University of Turku
- Digitalisaation mahdollistamat työkentän ja toimintatapojen muutokset, University of Turku
- Fine-tuning large language models (with optional capstone project), Tampere University
- Introduction to European health data space, University of Oulu
- Tekoälyn perusteet, Tampere University
- Deep learning, Tampere University
- Tieto ja teknologia monialaisen johtamisen tukena sote-palvelujärjestelmässä, University of Turku
- Työhyvinvoinnin ja työturvallisuuden perusteet, University of Oulu
- Health innovations – from ideas to impact in device development, University of Turku
- Tuotantotalouden peruskurssi, University of Oulu
The training has been funded by the Service Centre for Continuous Learning and Employment (SECLE). The Service Centre promotes the competence development of working-age people and the availability of skilled labour. The operations of the Service Centre are overseen by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.