New procedures are rolling out in your healthcare facility. How will you train your staff effectively?
Rolling out new procedures in a healthcare facility requires thorough and effective staff training to ensure patient safety and operational efficiency. Here's how to make it happen:
- Conduct hands-on training sessions: Use simulations and role-playing to help staff understand and apply new procedures.
- Provide clear, concise documentation: Make sure staff have access to easy-to-understand guides and checklists.
- Offer continuous support: Establish a system for ongoing assistance and feedback to address any issues promptly.
What strategies have worked for you when training staff on new procedures?
New procedures are rolling out in your healthcare facility. How will you train your staff effectively?
Rolling out new procedures in a healthcare facility requires thorough and effective staff training to ensure patient safety and operational efficiency. Here's how to make it happen:
- Conduct hands-on training sessions: Use simulations and role-playing to help staff understand and apply new procedures.
- Provide clear, concise documentation: Make sure staff have access to easy-to-understand guides and checklists.
- Offer continuous support: Establish a system for ongoing assistance and feedback to address any issues promptly.
What strategies have worked for you when training staff on new procedures?
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People will support what they help to create. Whenever possible, involve staff in the development of the procedure. Their input will be invaluable.
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Why? - Before starting training the staff on the new procedures, it’s better to explain why the new procedures have been introduced and help them understand what gaps they are intended to bridge. How? - After educating them on the reasons for the change, begin training them on how to use the new set of procedures by providing live demo sessions, detailed documentation, and hands-on practice. Do! - Once the knowledge transfer is complete, present them with real-life scenarios and assess how they interpret and apply the new procedures. Finally, ask for their feedback on how the new features can be improved for greater robustness.
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Before you start to train your workforce, ensure you as a leader have a good understanding of the new techniques and processes. We learn best when we learn from each other, why peer learning will allow for sharing of tips and insights. Whenever suitable, use technology and mobile-friendly content to make training accessible anytime and anywhere. In our organisation, we always prepare for a long-term process of the implementation of new procedures, and consequently we provide continuous support to encourage a psychologically safe learning environment. Learning from your staff what did and did not work, by collecting feedback, will ensure training remains effective to ultimately make your staff well-prepared to adopt the new procedures.
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Anson O.(edited)
Implementing new procedures in a healthcare facility can indeed be challenging, and training plays a pivotal role in ensuring success. Some strategies that have worked: 1. Incorporate Multimodal Learning Approaches 2. Engage Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) 3. Phased Implementation Roll out the new procedures in stages, starting with pilot departments to identify potential challenges before full-scale adoption. 4. Onsite Coaching and Mentorship Pair less experienced staff with mentors who can provide hands-on guidance. 5. Test staff knowledge and skills before and after training sessions to ensure the objectives are met and identify gaps.
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I use a blended learning approach. Combining online lectures and hands on training ist most powerful. It is more time efficient and it provides better outcomes. However it is importantly to use online training sessions before you implement the hands on training and that you makes sure that the online training is mandatory and reinforced with an exam at the end. This way it is guaranteed that the students come prepared to the Handson sessions. Important is also the quality of the online part. Makes sure to include interactivity, and elements such as video, images and high story telling.