J Contin Educ Nurs. 2016 Jun 01;47(6):283-8. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20160518-11.

Better Care Teams: A Stepwise Skill Reinforcement Model.

Journal of continuing education in nursing

Beth-Anne Christopher, Mary Grantner, Lola A Coke, Marilyn Wideman, Francis Kwakwa

PMID: 27232228 DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20160518-11

Abstract

The Building Healthy Urban Communities initiative presents a path for organizations partnering to improve patient outcomes with continuing education (CE) as a key component. Components of the CE initiative included traditional CE delivery formats with an essential element of adaptability and new methods, with rigorous evaluation over time that included evaluation prior to the course, immediately following the CE session, 6 to 8 weeks after the CE session, and then subsequent monthly "testlets." Outcome measures were designed to allow for ongoing adaptation of content, reinforcement of key learning objectives, and use of innovative concordant testing and retrieval practice techniques. The results after 1 year of programming suggest the stepwise skill reinforcement model is effective for learning and is an efficient use of financial and human resources. More important, its design is one that could be adopted at low cost by organizations willing to work in close partnership. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2016;47(6):283-288.

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MeSH terms

• Curriculum*
• Delivery of Health Care*
• Education, Medical, Continuing / organization & administration
• Educational Measurement / methods
• Humans
• Quality of Health Care*

Publication Types

• Journal Article