Introducing basic principles of medication safety: Development of a three-day continuing education course for health care professionals

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 716-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Riia Holmström ◽  
Marja Airaksinen ◽  
Raisa Laaksonen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Medication Safety ◽  
Basic Principles

Advancing Public Health Through Continuing Education of Health Care Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. S60-S66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Suchanek Hudmon ◽  
Robert L. Addleton ◽  
Frank M. Vitale ◽  
Bruce A. Christiansen ◽  
George C. Mejicano
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals

scholarly journals Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Knowledge and Practice of Diabetes Care among Health Care Professionals in Yemen

2021 ◽  
pp. 221-230
Author(s):  
Salmeen D. Babelgaith ◽  
Mansour Almetwazi ◽  
Syed Wajid ◽  
Saeed Alfadly ◽  
Ahmed M Shaman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Diabetes Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
The Impact

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the Impact of diabetes continuing education on knowledge and practice of diabetes care among health care professionals in Yemen. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was carried out among health care professionals. The original questionnaire consisted of 22 multiple choice questions. A total of 73 HCPs received continuing education (CE) intervention.  Knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) was assessed using a validated questionnaire.  Results: The result showed that majority of the HCPs has a good general knowledge on diabetes and its managements prior to the CE program. Evaluation of the general knowledge score of the HCPs found some improvement in the knowledge score, however the improvement was not significant (p=0.31). The result of this study found that HCPs has good knowledge on monitoring the sign, symptoms and laboratory parameters. Conclusion: Evaluation of the knowledge score on Goal of Diabetes Management of HCPs found significant (p=0.024) improvement in the knowledge score. The results indicated that the lab values were rated as the most important in the goal for the treatment of diabetes patients.  The study also found no significant difference in practice score after CE program among HCPs.

Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge Regarding Patient Safety

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indre Brasaite ◽  
Marja Kaunonen ◽  
Arvydas Martinkenas ◽  
Vida Mockiene ◽  
Tarja Suominen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Pressure Sore ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Background Factors ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Safety Knowledge

This study looks to describe health care professionals’ knowledge regarding patient safety. A quantitative study using questionnaires was conducted in three multi-disciplinary hospitals in Western Lithuania. Data were collected in 2014 from physicians, nurses, and nurse assistants. The overall results indicated quite a low level of safety knowledge, especially in regard to knowledge concerning general patient safety. The health care professionals’ background factors such as their profession, education, the information about patient safety they were given during their vocational and continuing education, as well as their experience in their primary speciality seemed to be associated with several patient safety knowledge areas. Despite a wide variation in background factors, the knowledge level of respondents was generally found to be low. This requires that further research into health care professionals’ safety knowledge related to specific issues such as medication, infection, falls, and pressure sore prevention should be undertaken in Lithuania.

scholarly journals Education of health care professionals, health associates and expert associates on gender-based violence

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Katarina Boričić
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Health Council ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Gender Based

Objective. The aim of this study is to determine the quality of accredited education on the topic of gender-based violence to health care professionals, health and professional associates in the Republic of Serbia. Methods. A search of a database of accredited continuing education programs published on the website of the Health Council of the Republic of Serbia for the period between January 2010 and July 2019. identified programs using the keywords "violence", "family" "gender-based". The ch2 test was used to examine the differences between the independent variables versus the dependent variable. Results. This study showed that two thirds of the training was intended for health care professionals, only while health care workers, health and professional associates were allocated for every seventh education. If the type of institution is observed, it can be noticed that twice as many programs are accredited by civil society organizations in relation to the number of programs accredited by health institutions. Considering the time period in which the programs are accredited, a trend of increasing number of programs can be observed. Among the accredited programs, national courses accounted for 42.6% of the accredited programs while every other program was free. There is a statistically significant difference between educations organized by different types of institutions in relation to the type and cost of education. Conclusion. Although in the observed period there is an increasing trend in the number of accredited programs dealing with gender-based violence, there is still room to improve the quality of continuing education in terms of increasing the number of trainings with an interactive method of work, trainings aimed at different profiles of health professionals and health and professional associates, as well as free on line trainings.

Health care professionals' knowledge of procedural issues in transplantation: the need for continuing education programs

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
İ Tokalak ◽  
Ö Başaran ◽  
R Emiroğlu ◽  
A Kut ◽  
H Karakayali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Education Programs

Dissemination of a Continuing Education Program in Diabetes to Health Care Professionals

1994 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wyue L. McNabb ◽  
Sandy Cook ◽  
Barbara Fischer ◽  
Michael T. Quinn ◽  
Linda Haas
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Diabetes Research ◽  
Commitment To Change ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Training Project ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
Instructor's Guide

A goal of the Diabetes Research and Training Centers (DRTCs) is to translate advances in diabetes research into irnproved patient care by providing innovative, state-of the-art training for health care professionals. This paper is a report on a collaborative DRTC-AADE training project. A 2-day diabetes program developed by the Chicago DRTC was packaged as a Workshop Instructor's Guide with accompanying slides and materials. AADE faculty observed the workshop presented by DRTC faculty and subsequently presented the workshop themselves. The evaluation design involved coinparitig a workshop presented by the DRTC faculty with a workshop presented by faculty from AADE. Three components were included in the evaluation: the participants' evaluation, a commitment-to-change evaluation, and the faculty observations. When cottiparitig workshops, few differences were observed in participants' or faculty observers' evaluations. Moreover, participants at both workshops were equally successful at meeting goals related to improving their diabetes education practice behaviors. Dissemination of the program has been expanded and the workshop has become part of AADE's national continuing education efforts.

Understanding Your Learner

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Tina M. Souders
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Learner Characteristics ◽  
Health Care Workforce ◽  
Learner Analysis ◽  
Health Care Educators ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
Skilled Health

Now more than ever before, health care educators are being challenged to meet the complex and dynamic needs of an expanding health care workforce. Continuing education requirements as well as graduate and undergraduate programs are striving to keep pace with the demands for more highly skilled health care professionals. Likewise, technology and related instructional media have been evolving at an exponential pace. The confluence of these variables requires health care educators to be knowledgeable about the options and tools available to design and deliver instruction using a variety of platforms in more diverse settings. In order to ensure that instruction achieves its intended goals, it is imperative to fully assess the learner characteristics of the target audience. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the rationale for conducting a learner analysis and utilizing learner characteristics in designing effective instruction.

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