Guide to Effective Staff Development in Health Care Organizations A Systems Approach to Successful Training

by Spath, Patrice L.

• ISBN13: 9780787958749
• ISBN10: 0787958743
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-24
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In" Guide to Effective Staff Development in Health Care Organizations," Patrice L. Spath- a national authority on health care training- and a stellar panel of health care experts offer hospital administrators and managers a variety of techniques that they can implement to provide cost-efficient staff orientation, training, and continuing education. This book acts as a field guide for health care executives who must make informed decisions about which staff trainings and education strategies are best for their organizations. 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 and performance 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

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Tables, Figures, and Exhibits	ix
Foreword	xiii
James B. Conway
Preface	xvii
The Editor	xxi
The Contributors	xxiii
Part One: The Learning Imperative
Building the Context for Learning: An Executive Priority	3	(20)
Anthony J. DiBella
An Organizational Model for Continuous Learning	23	(24)
Kathleen J. Heery
The Learning Transformation Process in a Health Care System	47	(20)
Diane Boynton
Donald C. Sibery
Part Two: Training Issues
Training Challenges in Health Care Organizations	67	(12)
Connie E. Kuykendall
Sally Zuel
Selecting Appropriate Training Methods	79	(20)
Brenda I. Mygrant
Mary Carole McMann
Training the Adult Learner in Health Care Organizations	99	(14)
Donna J. Slovensky
Pamela E. Paustian
Measuring the Organizational Impact of Training Programs	113	(14)
Richard J. Wagner
Robert Weigand
Making the Most of Your Training Dollar	127	(10)
Patrice L. Spath
Part Three: Training Solutions: Case Studies
Nurse Scrub Training Program Decreases Surgery Costs	137	(18)
Christina Dempsey
Web-Based Training Expands Coding Education in a Large Health Care System	155	(26)
Gloryanne Bryant
Claire R. Dixon-Lee
On-Target Education Program Meets Training Needs of Surgical Services	181	(20)
Alice T. Speers
Karen L. Zaglaniczny
Christine S. Zambricki
Education Collaborative Augments Staff Training in Northern California Hospitals	201	(18)
Rebecca Petersen
Glossary: The Language of Learning	219	(4)
Index	223