Description
Book SynopsisActing as a guide for health care executives, this book shows how to establish educational and training priorities. It offers a model for integrating the facets of staff education and performance evaluation. It also presents adult learning strategies and provides strategies for measuring the value of training.
Table of ContentsTables, Figures, and Exhibits.
Foreword: James B. Conway.
Preface.
The Editor.
The Contributors.
Part One: The Learning Imperative.
1. Building the Context for Learning: An Executive Priority (Anthony J. DiBella).
2. An Organizational Model for Continuous Learning (Kathleen J. Heery).
3. The Learning Transformation Process ina Health Care System (Diane Boynton, Donald C. Sibery).
Part Two: Training Issues.
4. Training Challenges in Health Care Organizations(Connie E. Kuykendall, Sally Zuel).
5. Selecting Appropriate Training Methods (Brenda I. Mygrant, Mary Carole McMann).
6. Training the Adult Learner in Health CareOrganizations (Donna J. Slovensky, Pamela E. Paustian).
7. Measuring the Organizational Impact ofTraining Programs (Richard J. Wagner, Robert Weigand).
8. Making the Most of Your Training Dollar (Patrice L. Spath).
Part Three: Training Solutions: Case Studies.
9. Nurse Scrub Training Program DecreasesSurgery Costs (Christina Dempsey).
10. Web-Based Training Expands Coding Educationin a Large Health Care System (Gloryanne Bryant, Claire R. Dixon-Lee).
11. On-Target Education Program Meets TrainingNeeds of Surgical Services (Alice T. Speers, Karen L. Zaglaniczny, Christine S. Zambricki).
12. Education Collaborative Augments Staff Trainingin Northern California Hospitals (Rebecca Petersen).
Glossary: The Language of Learning.
Index.
