Innovative educational technologies like e-learning, simulation, and smartphones provide unprecedented opportunities for health and social care students, trainees, and staff to acquire and develop the essential knowledge, skills, and behaviors needed for safe and effective patient care. These technologies can deliver training that meets learners' needs when it suits them, meets workforce pressures, and can be accessed just in time at the point of need. However, getting digital learning right requires using familiar formats so trainees learn the content and not the system, ensuring usability, leveraging existing resources, and evaluating both delivery and content to avoid using technology just for its own sake.