Curriculum Development in Healthcare Staff Education

UNIT 1 - Assessing Learning Needs

This program covers the following topics:

The definition of a needs assessment or performance assessment.

Critical information sources to help staff development educators institute needs/performance assessments.

Strategies for needs/performance assessments in healthcare facilities.

When to do a needs/performance assessment.

When training is not the answer to the problem.

 

LEARNER OBJECTIVES

 

Upon completing this self-study program you should be able to:

Define a learning or performance need.

Identify the sources of learning needs assessment crucial to a staff development curriculum.

Explain the seven possible strategies for assessing learning needs.

Design and learning needs survey.

Determine when a needs assessment should be done.

Recognize situations when a learning needs assessment is not the answer to the problem.

UNIT 2 - Curriculum Planning

This program covers the following topics:

Key curriculum elements

Purposes of the Staff Development Program

Curriculum Levels; orientation, inservice and professional development

Selecting Training Approaches

Organization of the curriculum

 

LEARNER OBJECTIVES

 

Upon completing this self-study program you should be able to:

Distinguish among the different purposes of orientation, on-the-job training, inservice and continuing education.

Organize a staff development curriculum consistent with department goals and organization needs as evidenced by creation of a curriculum calendar.

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