Guide to Effective Staff Development in Health Care Organizations
A Systems Approach to Successful Training
1st Edition
Published on 15. January 2002
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-7879-5874-9 (ISBN)
Description
In Guide to Effective Staff Development in Health CareOrganizations, Patrice L. Spath-- a national authority on healthcare training-- and a stellar panel of health care experts offerhospital administrators and managers a variety of techniques thatthey can implement to provide cost-efficient staff orientation,training, and continuing education. This book acts as a field guidefor health care executives who must make informed decisions aboutwhich staff trainings and education strategies are best for theirorganizations. A comprehensive resource for health care executives,Guide to Effective Staff Development in Health Care Organizations
* Shows how to establish educational and training priorities
* Offers a model for integrating all facets of staff education andperformance evaluation
* Summarizes the most significant health care training issues
* Includes information and tips on selecting training methods
* Presents adult learning strategies
* Offers strategies for measuring the value of training
* Shows how to establish educational and training priorities
* Offers a model for integrating all facets of staff education andperformance evaluation
* Summarizes the most significant health care training issues
* Includes information and tips on selecting training methods
* Presents adult learning strategies
* Offers strategies for measuring the value of training
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Tables: 21 B&W, 0 Color; Exhibits: 22 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-5874-9 (9780787958749)
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Patrice L. Spath is a partner in Brown-Spath & Associates, a health care publishing and training company based in Forest Grove, Oregon. During the past twenty years, she has presented more than 350 educational programs on quality improvement, case management, medical error reduction, and outcomes management topics. A prolific writer, she has authored or edited more than 150 journal articles. Her book, Error Reduction in Health Care: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Safety (Jossey-Bass, 2000) won wide acclaim and was a Doody's 250 Best Books of the Year Selection.
Content
Tables, 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.
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.