Interdisciplinary Hackathons - A Method to Embed Digitization in Healthcare Education.

BACKGROUND: Need for additional methods for interdisciplinary involvement in the development of digital solutions in the health and care education. OBJECTIVES: Development of an interdisciplinary and age-inclusive hackathon approach to support and integrate young care students in the care digitization process. METHODS: Iterative, interdisciplinary planning, expert-based validation, themed, age-inclusive hackathon implementation. RESULTS: Concept for hackathon, concept evaluation. CONCLUSION: The hackathon is seen as a valuable addition in the health and care education and will be held as a proof-of-concept in November 2022.