A Practical Guide to Staff Development: Evidence-Based Tools and Techniques for Effective Education
Language: English
Published by Hcpro Inc., 2008
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- Title
- A Practical Guide to Staff Development: Evidence-Based Tools and Techniques for Effective Education
- Author
- Adtianne E Avillion
- Publisher
- Hcpro Inc.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1601461860
- ISBN 13
- 9781601461865
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Adrianne E. Avillion, D.Ed, RN
Become an effective educator using evidence-based tools & techniques.
Inexperienced educators are often thrust into the role of staff development specialist. Dont let the nursing shortage cause you or your staff members to be unprepared or your patients to be harmed due to ineffective staff education. Now, staff development specialists can turn to one resource to become competent and compelling educators while implementing evidence-based practice.
This book teaches staff educators to:- Base practices on best evidence
- Measure the effectiveness of their training sessions
- Understand adult learning principles to appeal to all age groups
- Implement strategies to motivate learners
- Teach to multicultural and intergenerational audiences
- Incorporate new technologies associated with distance learning
This resource will help prepare the novice staff educators in your facility, as well as revitalize current educators with strategies for adopting new technology and teaching techniques. The innovative ideas inA Practical Guide to Staff Development, Second Edition will improve your entire facilitys ability to deliver all types of critical education, enhancing your staffs ability to provide exceptional care.
Every discipline in your facility can benefit from this book. Along with over 150 pages of invaluable information, it includes samples of missions, goals, and visions that can be modified to suit different educational needs. In addition, the companion CD-ROM includes tools that staff educators can use to document and assess their training methods, as well as plan activities based on the different learning styles of their audiences.
New information in the second edition:- Evidence-based practice
- Distance learning
- ROI
- Motivating multigenerational and multicultural learners
- Chapter 1: Evolution of staff development
- Chapter 2: Mission, vision, and values: Relying on EBP
- Chapter 3: Healthcare trends and their impact on staff development
- Chapter 4: Qualifications for the staff development specialist
- Chapter 5: Evolving roles of the staff development specialist
- Chapter 6: Principles of adult learning
- Chapter 7: Identifying learning styles
- Chapter 8: Teaching multigenerational audiences
- Chapter 9: Designing cultural diversity education for a multicultural audience
- Chapter 10: Motivation challenges: Managing resistant learners
- Chapter 11: Resourceful teaching strategies
- Chapter 12: Distance learning
- Chapter 13: From novice to expert: A framework for meeting learner needs
- Chapter 14: Compiling needs-assessment data
- Chapter 15: Orientation
- Chapter 16: Mandatory education
- Chapter 17: Inservice education
- Chapter 18: Continuing education
- Chapter 19: An overview of the evaluation process
- Chapter 20: Level one: Reaction/learner satisfaction
- Chapter 21: Level two: Learning/knowledge acquisition
- Chapter 22: Level three: Behavior
- Chapter 23: Level four: Results/impact
- Chapter 24: Level five: Return on investment
- Describe the historical evolution of staff development
- Differentiate between traditional and contemporary staff development practice
- Implement strategic planning using mission, vision, and values statements
- Determine realistic departmental goals
- Determine realistic objectives that correlate with departmental goals
- Discuss the impact of current healthcare trends on staff development
- Describe the facets of an organizational culture of learning
- Determine the appropriate qualifications for staff
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