Presentation of the Project

The story of the DOMINOS project started in 2021 when the world began to become aware of the post-pandemic challenges of Covid-19. The observation was that the world became digitalised within a few months and that the academic community faced these new practices for which it was poorly prepared. French health educators then thought it would be worthwhile to go beyond the implementation of online teaching by digitising in-person activities that would allow students to prepare for and become familiar with the exams they would face. It was in this context that Université Paris Cité partnered, from 2022 to 2024, with five European universities to work on these innovative teaching methods.

The first part of the DOMINOS project was a success, with no fewer than 500 students from around the world participating in these digital activities. The second part of DOMINOS aims to build upon what DOMINOS 1 achieved by adding 200 additional eOSCE stations in various fields (medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, midwifery, nursing sciences, etc.) and 40 serious game scenarios. This part of the project also aspires to introduce global health through a MOOC aimed at students, healthcare professionals, and a wider audience.

DOMINOS 2 will take place starting on 1 January 2025 and will end on 30 December 2027. The partners are the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Medical University of Warsaw (Poland), University of Aarhus (Denmark) and Université Paris Cité (France) as coordinator. The DOMINOS 2 Consortium still constitutes the External Committee.

OBJECTIVES

 DOMINOS 2 is an innovative and didactic project. We aim to propose new content for health studies through participation in the digitalisation of higher education and society issues. We consider that digital tools are an excellent vector for the standardisation of health studies in Europe and around the world. It allows for the inclusion and ease of access to knowledge, improving worldwide students’ comprehension of their studies and, therefore, the quality of tomorrow's globalised health.

ACTIVITIES

 Thanks to DOMINOS 2, we have the opportunity to use digital tools in health studies. By offering a wide range of online OSCEs and serious games, we aim to boost students' confidence in their academic careers thanks to training that is freely accessible. We also want to participate in the development of the concept of Global Health, a crucial issue for Europe in the coming decades, by providing information to a broad public to contribute to the practical world changes that await people.

EXPECTED RESULTS

DOMINOS 2 will be composed of several exciting results. Digital OSCEs and serious games libraries will be freely accessible through a dedicated platform. The Global Health MOOC will give extensive access to in-depth knowledge about the recent notion of Global Health. A blueprint on how to write serious game scenarios will be edited and made available to other organisations so that they implement these innovative tools as an extracurricular activity in health studies.

The administrative organisation of the DOMINOS 2 Project

The project is divided in “work-packages”:

Two or three leaders manage each work-package. All together, they constitute the DOMINOS 2 Steering Committee that will meet each month in order to guarantee a smooth follow-up of the activities achievement. The External Committee whose operating procedures are described in the dedicated section in "About us".