Why Healthcare IDT
Trend?
I chose healthcare because I have several family members
involved in the healthcare industry. I want to be able to understand their
careers more as well as possibly provide any instructional design information
and insight to help them in their jobs.
I am also interested in knowing more about the instructional design
trends in this field because I see several connections with technical
communication. Technical communication skills and knowledge is increasingly
desired in the healthcare industry so I would like to combine the two fields
for maximum effectiveness.
What is the
Healthcare IDT Trend?
Instructional Design and Training and Development are
crucial in the field of healthcare. The
integrity of the programs and designs are literally a matter of “life and
death”. The field of healthcare
instructional design covers many various facets such as academic medical
centers and schools, government agencies, pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies and private foundations, professional societies and healthcare
associations, and hospitals, clinics, and other care-giving institutions. Each
of these divisions of healthcare carries its own unique set of needs and
audiences for instructional designs.
Many of the IDT suggestions come from the doctors themselves
since they are seen as the leaders and trendsetters in the field. There are historically three phases of
educational technology- Pre-scientific relating to daVinci’s human drawings,
the scientific phase of scientific medicine heavily influenced by the Flexner
Report, and the Post-Flexner Phase. The
Post-Flexner Phase tries to connect theory with practice by exposing students
to real simulated patient cases. In 1986, the Association of American Medical
Colleges released a report, Medical
Education in the Information Age, which highlighted the need to include the
exploding filed of informatics in the medical curriculum to teach
problem-solving, keep physicians current, and facilitate lifelong learning.
Case-based problem-solving approaches are important in the
healthcare IDT. Other vital factors play
an important role in the development of effective IDT trends. These factors include risk, altruism and
professionalism, sensory perception, science, and innovation. These factors need to be considered when developing
ID curriculum and designs. As much as
these factors can greatly enhance the IDT, certain limitations need to also be
considered. These constraints include
knowledge and research, costs and managed care, regulations, standards, licensure,
and convergence of technologies and human interaction.
Here are two interviews from a
healthcare professional and a healthcare ID professional. These two interview segments provide insights
into various trends in the healthcare industry.
The following is text
from an interview with Craig Locatis, PhD. from the website Trends and Issues in IDT It provides an interesting inside
perspective on what is important and what is needed for a future in healthcare
IDT and the trends of healthcare and how to prepare for them. http://www.southalabama.edu/coe/bset/dempsey/courses/trends1/he_qa_locatis.html
What courses should
students take and what experiences should students have to prepare for a job in
health care?
The traditional courses in instructional design and development
that have been most useful to me have been those that have sharpened my
analysis skills. Courses involving assessing performance problems, analyzing
intellectual skills and tasks, and evaluation have contributed most. Internship
and other experience involving the application of these skills are just as
important. These skills can be generalized so it is not absolutely essential
that they need to be learned or applied in healthcare contexts. Still, getting
internship or work experience in healthcare helps develop an appreciation and
understanding of the priorities and culture (some of which I tried to highlight
in the chapter).
When I refer to performance analysis, task analysis, and
evaluation, I do not just mean in the formal sense of designing instruction. In
the area of evaluation, for example, criterion referenced measurement and
formal quantitative research methods are indeed important (most clinical trials
involve randomization and control groups as do many of the projects that we
fund at the Library), but qualitative methods are crucial too. Similarly, while
one of the tenets of performance analysis is that not all performance problems
are solved by developing instruction, one needs to look beyond custom
performance support systems that are often touted as alternative solutions by
ID practitioners. In the health sciences, database and information systems,
electronic medical record systems, expert systems and telemedicine applications
need to be added to the mix. The systematic thinking that is required to design
and develop instruction is needed to develop these other alternative
applications as well.
I think ID students can benefit greatly by taking courses in
computer science, especially those dealing with human-computer interaction
(HCI). I am not just talking about courses where students learn about web site
design and administration or some graphic or programming tools. The field of
human-computer interaction has a solid ergonomic and psychological research
base that has much in common with ID, but much that is unique as well. It
offers a different perspective for looking at performance problems, especially
when technology is involved. For example, transparency is one powerful guiding
concept in the design of computer systems; the idea that the user should be
largely incognizant of the interface. The hammer is often presented as the gold
standard designers should strive for because, when the tool is employed, the
user’s mind is totally focused on the task to be accomplished and the nail that
is to be hit, rather than the handle (interface) being used to accomplish the
task. There is a rich body of HCI research on methods for reducing cognitive overhead
in varied computer interfaces designed to accomplish different tasks that
instructional designers can use in solving performance problems or incorporate
into the interfaces of educational programs. HCI research on sense of presence
in interactive telecommunication has implications for telemedicine,
collaborative work, and distance learning. Rapid prototyping, a common
technique in HCI often can be used as an alternative to more formal
instructional development models.
This is a link to website links for hundreds of
examples of trends in healthcare to keep up with current education and computer
simulation and multimedia
This
is another section of an interview with an ID professional Stephen Brewer is the Manager of Learning
Technologies for Texas Health Resource.
https://elearninglounge.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/instructional-design-in-healthcare/
Can you share your insights regarding any dominate trends you
see for training and development in the healthcare arena? Are you using or do
you foresee the use of social learning tools such as wikis or blogs?
Sure. Here are three:
– Online Delivery. Online delivery
hits two requirements for training in health care: Information can be
standardized and can be accessed 24×7.
– Just in Time/Modular Training. In an era of tighter margins driven by reduced reimbursements, carving out time for training can be an issue. Short, 10-12 minute modules on targeted topics are highly valued.
– Information Sharing. Every health care organization has expertise that is going underutilized. Successful organizations will set up natural, organic systems that leverage existing talent by promoting sharing best practices. Reinventing the wheel can be costly.
-Podcasts. We are currently working on funding an initiative to implement podcasts for some of our training programs. One of our hospitals has very few new hires in a year but even with those small numbers, all new hires need benefits training. This is a perfect target audience for our podcasts whether via computer or an actual ipod.
– Just in Time/Modular Training. In an era of tighter margins driven by reduced reimbursements, carving out time for training can be an issue. Short, 10-12 minute modules on targeted topics are highly valued.
– Information Sharing. Every health care organization has expertise that is going underutilized. Successful organizations will set up natural, organic systems that leverage existing talent by promoting sharing best practices. Reinventing the wheel can be costly.
-Podcasts. We are currently working on funding an initiative to implement podcasts for some of our training programs. One of our hospitals has very few new hires in a year but even with those small numbers, all new hires need benefits training. This is a perfect target audience for our podcasts whether via computer or an actual ipod.
Regarding wikis and blogs: Both are
problematic in health care unless highly moderated. Issues surrounding the
privacy of patient information and data accuracy could put the institution at risk.
Another Trend Example-
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2464865/ improving patient safety by
instructional systems design
Another Trend Example
Hospital Simulation and Design
Creating a Culture of Simulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjhnM48Pbx4
Using Simulation Improve Healthcare Design
Two Resources for Additional
Information and Why They Are Significant
2015 Instructional Design Trends Compass: Calling IDs
to Action
I chose this resource because it provides
excellent background theory and practical examples on how and why to implement instructional
design in various fields. Many of the examples
are being used in the healthcare field with great success. For example, simulations, virtual reality,
gaming, and 3D printing are just some of the trends in healthcare. This source
again gives good references to further study the trends as well as useful examples.
Evidence-Based Nursing Education: Effective Use of
Instructional Design and Simulated Learning Environments to Enhance Knowledge
Transfer in Undergraduate Nursing Students http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755722312000786
Bridget K
Robinson, PhD, MSN, RN, RRT Valorie Dearmon, DNP, MSN, RN
This article details the application of
the ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation) model of
instructional design to the use of simulation in nursing education in an effort
to facilitate improved clinical performance in new graduate nurses. This topic
of providing simulated learning for healthcare professionals is important because
it benefits all of us through their increased proficiency. As they learn and
grow in the area of simulation, they can then pass that on to their patients.
The greater also their understanding and application the ADDIE method, they can
transfer that knowledge and practice to again their patients and in their
practice.
