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This session contains two 40 minute panels.

This panel will explore the digital health skill needs of the aged care workforce. Four thought leaders in the fields aged care and digital health workforce will examine current and future reform impacts on the workforce, and specifically the skill needs to support the safe practicing workforce. Participants will gain an understanding of current reforms, policies, strategies, and activities to address these skill needs and they can ways to contribute to a future that makes optimal use of a digitally skilled aged care workforce.

As the prominence of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) education continues to grow, women, people with disabilities, and people from marginalized communities are significantly underrepresented in academic studies and careers in STEMM areas. The Latina presenters of this panel analyse the existing challenges and the common issues faced concerning women in these traditionally underserved groups in the Americas pursuing degrees in computing fields by sharing valuable strategies to attract and retain groups in technical health fields such as health informatics, biomedical data science, computational biology, and bioinformatics. They will share their experiences to motivate and encourage women to pursue technical fields in health and biomedicine by understanding and appreciating the unique cultural aspects inclusive to the group and the communities they serve.

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