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🔺 I-CARE Mission and the Knowledge Triangle Approach
The I-CARE project was founded on the mission to strengthen primary health care (PHC) systems through interprofessional education, digital transformation, and collaborative service innovation. At its core, the project promotes a "Knowledge Triangle" approach — connecting:
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Education (Universities and medical schools)
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Research (Applied clinical research and academic collaboration)
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Enterprise (Healthcare consultancy firms, clinics, and service providers)
This dynamic model fosters mutual exchange and synergy between academic knowledge, evidence-based practice, and real-world healthcare delivery. It ensures that students, educators, professionals, and enterprise actors co-develop solutions that are practical, innovative, and community-responsive.
Through this cooperation, I-CARE builds:
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High-quality interprofessional education programs
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Student-run PHC clinics delivering hands-on services
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Digital e-learning and training platforms
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Research-informed tools for health system strengthening
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Enterprise-linked consultancy and coaching activities
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The I-CARE Collaboration & Knowledge Hub is a digital and institutional platform created through the EU-funded I-CARE Erasmus+ CBHE Project. It serves as a space for collaboration, education, innovation, and service delivery in Primary Health Care (PHC).
We are a network of universities, healthcare enterprises, research institutions, and clinical professionals from Egypt, Lebanon, Sweden, Italy, Austria, and Estonia, working together to transform the delivery of healthcare through interprofessional education, student-led services, and digitally supported training models.
The hub promotes university-enterprise collaboration, rooted in the Knowledge Triangle approach:
▶ Education (academic training and teaching)
▶ Research (practice-based and translational research)
▶ Enterprise (healthcare services, innovation, and workforce development)
Our mission is to build capacity for modern, community-based, people-centered PHC, by connecting students, professionals, researchers, and institutions across borders and disciplines.
The mission of I-CARE is not only to train future health professionals, but to cultivate an ecosystem where continuous learning, innovation, and social responsibility transform healthcare at its roots — from the classroom to the clinic, from research to real-life impact.
