TY - JOUR
T1 - Better care teams
T2 - A stepwise skill reinforcement model
AU - Christopher, Beth Anne
AU - Grantner, Mary
AU - Coke, Lola A.
AU - Wideman, Marilyn
AU - Kwakwa, Francis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.3928/00220124-20160518-11
DO - 10.3928/00220124-20160518-11
M3 - Article
C2 - 27232228
AN - SCOPUS:84971592067
VL - 47
SP - 283
EP - 288
JO - Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
JF - Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
SN - 0022-0124
IS - 6
ER -