UGM, UNS, and UMY Strengthen Local Teams for Digital Scenario-Based Learning Implementation

Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), together with Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) and Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), continued the DISCERN-DSS capacity-building agenda through local training activities conducted between October 2025 and January 2026. These activities were designed to strengthen local institutional teams in preparing for the implementation of Digital Scenario-Based Learning (D-SBL) in Indonesian health higher education.

DISCERN-DSS, or Digitally enhanced Scenario-Based Learning for Digital Soft Skills, is an Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education project that supports the transformation of health professions education through digital soft skills development. The project promotes co-creative learning approaches and scenario-based digital resources that respond to the changing needs of healthcare in the digital era.

For UGM, the strengthening of local teams is a crucial step in ensuring that D-SBL can be implemented meaningfully and sustainably. After participating in international training activities, UGM and other partner universities expanded the knowledge and skills gained from the project to broader academic teams within their respective institutions.

The local training involved educators, technologists, content experts, and academic staff who will contribute to the design, development, facilitation, and future use of D-SBL resources. Through the training, participants explored key aspects of D-SBL implementation, including learning outcome alignment, scenario design, integration of digital soft skills, facilitation strategies, and digital learning resource development.

The activities also encouraged each institution to connect D-SBL with its own curriculum context. This process is important because digital soft skills need to be embedded not as separate topics, but as part of authentic learning experiences that reflect the realities of health services and digital transformation.

UGM views the collaboration among UGM, UNS, and UMY as an important foundation for developing relevant learning resources for Indonesian students. Each university brought different institutional experiences, academic strengths, and implementation priorities, while working toward the same goal of improving digital health education.

The local teams also discussed the competencies expected from future health professionals in digital healthcare settings. These include communication, collaboration, ethical reasoning, adaptability, professionalism, evidence-informed decision-making, and responsible engagement with digital technologies.

By strengthening local teams, the DISCERN-DSS project helps ensure that the development of D-SBL resources is supported by institutional readiness. The project does not only focus on producing digital learning materials, but also on preparing the people who will design, facilitate, evaluate, and sustain their use in health professions education.

Following the local training phase, UGM will continue to contribute to scenario co-creation, review, technical development, and future piloting activities with partner institutions. These stages will support the development of digital learning resources that are pedagogically sound, contextually relevant, and aligned with the needs of Indonesian health education.

Through its involvement in this process, UGM reaffirms its commitment to advancing digital health education and international collaboration. The strengthening of local teams across UGM, UNS, and UMY represents an important step toward preparing health graduates who are digitally competent, ethical, adaptive, collaborative, and ready to work in modern healthcare environments.