Curriculum Development In Healthcare Staff Development-Tools For Nurse Educators

Conducting a Learning Needs Assessment.

Curriculum Development In Healthcare Staff Education

Unit 2 - Curriculum Planning

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.

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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.

Unit 1 - Assessing Learning Needs

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