OnBoard-Med, Harmonization of on Board Medical Treatment, Occupational Safety and Emergency Skills in Baltic Sea Shipping

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

There is a strong cross-border challenge for vocational training of emergency skills in maritime transport in Central Baltic area, due to needs in employment, due to increase of risks and due to new technology, such as IT-based ship emergency advisory systems and intelligent medical equipment. The overall objective is in harmonizing and developing courses of skills in maritime emergency management, medical treatment and occupational safety. The beneficiaries are in the maritime (seaman, deck officer, maritime engineer) and nursing (registered nurse, emergency care nurse and public health nurse) education institutions. The expected improvements in education and safety are significant, and will therefore attract continued use. The participants will get excellent professional skills, and also are able to get international certification from the courses when applicable. Further, the results help the local employees in entering the European and international labor market. The development approach is based on surveys of the state-of-art in the maritime transport chain. Based on the results, the main outputs will be three Work Packages (Emergency Management, Maritime Medical Treatment and Occupational Safety Onboard) with total of 9 courses of different lengths (2-8 ECTS). The courses will be built, pilot tested and improved cyclically during three years with the target groups. Distance learning, especially onboard, will be easier than before. The courses can be updated easily and can be distributed in larger area than before. For radical improvement of education, a cross-border approach is needed as the shipping industry has become highly multinational, and the teething problems in education cannot easily be solved on the national level. The innovative co-operation between medical and maritime institutes in the project has a broad impact on CB Programme Regions, who have at least 68 vocational schools giving education of the project topics. Information added on 2020-05-14, regarding the mitigation of the effects of COVID-19 (the coronavirus pandemic that started in 2019) (English language only): To increase efficiency dealing with emergencies at sea and for a smoother mobility of personnel across-borders, Central Baltic project OnBoard-Med piloted and tested a series of cross-border oriented courses aimed at equipping personnel on-board of ships with knowledge about on-board medical treatments and occupational safety.

Achievements (EN):

Harmonised vocational educational training in nursing and maritime education thanks to OnBoard-Med: By harmonising and developing curricula for both maritime and nursing education institutions, OnBoard-Med filled a gap in multinational shipping industry. The OnBoard-Med project developed nine vocational modules (2-8 ETCS) in maritime emergency management, medical treatment, and occupational safety. During the project it was found that communication and leadership are crucial for successful operation and handling of emergency. The courses are suitable for maritime (seaman, deck officer, maritime engineer) and nursing (registered nurse, emergency care nurse and public health nurse) education institutions. The results can have a broad impact on the education in the Central Baltic regions. There are several dozens of vocational schools giving education of the OnBoard-Med topics, many in nursing. The courses consist of a huge amount of learning materials developed in collaboration with the target groups: emergency crews, ships’ nurses, nautical and engineering professionals. Materials directly reflect the needs of working life and are based on survey and interviews of stakeholders and experiences gained. Real life scenarios, problems, solutions, simulation cases and materials are main achievements that can be used in other courses, too. Students enjoyed the joint pilots. It felt more real to practice communication with students from another country with both communicating in English. The results contribute significantly to the existing national educational practices, and therefore attract continued use and further development e.g. as part of lifelong learning. The content is suitable for both e-learning and contact learning courses. Both youth and adult learners attending the programs can increase their employment possibilities, as they easier will obtain the mandatory certificates needed in their professions and the materials in English improves the students’ mobility as workforce. All institutions will get direct benefits from the project as the aligned course contents, the teachers’ manuals, and harmonised educational materials are free to use. Different institutions can apply for study courses materials if they want to offer their students new study courses in related topics or to develop new ones. Project partners are responsible for sharing the materials.

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Expected Results (EN): R4.2. Increased share of aligned vocational education and training (VET) programmes in the Central Baltic region

Expected Outputs (EN):

The project encompasses a sizable part of emergency training in professional level degrees of maritime (seamen, deck officer, maritime engineer) and nursing (registered nurse, emergency care nurse and public health nurse) education, i.e. six VET curricula. The main results are as follows: 1) 9 vocational courses of various sizes in emergency skills in medical treatment, occupational safety and maritime safety for emergency crews, ships’ nurses, nautical and engineering professionals 2) Improved mobility of the workforce who with their harmonized training can easily adapt to new situations in Central Baltic enterprises but also internationally. 3) Improved employment possibilities for youth and adult learners attending the programs, as they will easier obtain the mandatory certificates needed in their professions. 4) Distribution of the harmonized educational materials for use in medical and maritime institutes in all Central Baltic countries. 5) All results contribute significantly to the existing national educational practices, and therefore attract continued use and further development. In addition, the results help the local employees to enter the European and international labor market. 6) Outstanding result and output: The project has a broad impact on the education in CB Programme Regions (also to CB countries as a whole), who have at least 68 vocational schools giving education of the OnBoard-Med topics, many in nursing. All of these will get direct benefits from the project, as they will receive the aligned results: the course contents and the harmonized educational materials that the project will create.

Thematic information

Health and social services Transport and mobility Education and training

Specific Objective: More aligned vocational education and training (VET) programmes in the Central Baltic region

Thematic Objective: (10) investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning by developing education and training infrastructure

Investment Priority: (10 ETC) ETC specific, for cross-border cooperation: investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning by developing and implementing joint education, vocational training and training schemes

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Turun ammattikorkeakoulu Oy

Department: Faculty of Health and Well-being and Faculty of Technology, Environment and Business

Address: Joukahaisenkatu 3A, 20520 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tuas.fi/en

Total budget: EUR 416 830.54

ERDF budget: EUR 312 622.90

Eesti Merekool

Name: Eesti Merekool

Address: Kopli 101, 11712 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.merekool.ee

Total budget: EUR 113 984.68

ERDF budget: EUR 96 886.98

Högskolan på Åland

Name: Högskolan på Åland

Address: Navigationsskolegränd 2, 22111 Mariehamn, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ha.ax

Total budget: EUR 255 840.02

ERDF budget: EUR 191 880.02

Latvijas jūras akadēmija

Name: Latvijas jūras akadēmija

Department: Maritime Transport Department

Address: Flotes 12/K-1, LV1016 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.latja.lv

Total budget: EUR 119 312.49

ERDF budget: EUR 101 415.62

Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte

Name: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte

Department: Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare

Address: Dzirciema Street 16, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rsu.lv

Total budget: EUR 92 632.24

ERDF budget: EUR 78 737.40

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Estonian Nautical School

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Åland University of Applied Sciences

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Latvijas Juras akademija

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Rīga Stradiņš University

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Turku University of Applied Sciences Ltd.

OnBoard-Med, Harmonization of on Board Medical Treatment, Occupational Safety and Emergency Skills in Baltic Sea Shipping

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Summary

Project name (EN): OnBoard-Med, Harmonization of on Board Medical Treatment, Occupational Safety and Emergency Skills in Baltic Sea Shipping

Project acronym: OnBoard-Med

Project start date: 2016-09-01

Project end date: 2019-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 998 599.97

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 781 542.92

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 781 542.92.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

TEACHER’S MANUAL: Crowd and Crisis Management

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://onboardmed.turkuamk.fi/en/materials/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

TEACHER’S MANUAL: Patient Transfer and Evacuation

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://onboardmed.turkuamk.fi/en/materials/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

TEACHER’S MANUAL: Medicial Training for Mariners

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://onboardmed.turkuamk.fi/en/materials/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

TEACHER’S MANUAL: Medical Communication Onboard and Ship to Shore

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://onboardmed.turkuamk.fi/en/materials/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

TEACHER’S MANUAL: Ship Stability in Emergencies and Evacuations

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://onboardmed.turkuamk.fi/en/materials/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

TEACHER’S MANUAL: Patient Examination and Medical Equipment Onboard

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://onboardmed.turkuamk.fi/en/materials/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

TEACHER’S MANUAL: Advanced Emergency Care

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://onboardmed.turkuamk.fi/en/materials/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

TEACHER’S MANUAL: Fast Rescue Boat Operations

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://onboardmed.turkuamk.fi/en/materials/

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://centralbaltic.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-08, 2023-01-12 and 2024-03-08.

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