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Rahman, Anna N.; Schnelle, John F.; Yamashita, Takashi; Patry, Gail; Prasauskas, Ruta – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: This article describes a distance learning model designed to help nursing homes implement incontinence management best practices. A basic premise is that translating research into practice requires both a feasible intervention and a dissemination strategy responsive to the target audience's needs. Design and Methods: Over 8 months, nurse…
Descriptors: Intervention, Distance Education, Tests, Nursing Homes
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MacDonald, Colla J.; Archibald, Douglas; Stodel, Emma; Chambers, Larry W.; Hall, Pippa – McGill Journal of Education, 2008
The Working Together (WT) project involved the design and delivery of an online learning resource for healthcare teams in long-term care (LTC) so that knowledge regarding interprofessional collaborative patient-centred practice (ICPCP) could be readily accessed and then transferred to the workplace. The purpose of this paper is to better…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Physicians, Nurses, Online Courses
Johnson, C. Frances; Hales, Loyde W. – 1986
A study examined the effectiveness of the current inservice training process used to teach newly employed nurses at Bess Kaiser Medical Center to transfer nursing process theory to practice. Eighty-two of 102 recently hired registered nurses were included in the audit sample. The newly hired nurses, whose previous experience varied from less than…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Health Facilities, Inservice Education
Buchan, James; Dal Poz, Mario R. – Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002
The reasons a skill mix among health workers is important to health care systems were examined. The analysis was based on a review of studies conducted primarily in the United States. "Skill mix" was defined as the mix of posts, grades, or occupations in an organization and the combinations of activities or skills needed for each job…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Employment Practices, Employment Qualifications, Foreign Countries