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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT


 Jim Moore, CHP I Smart Training LLC


In the old “horse and buggy” days of training, there were only two ways to train your team: [1] load up the buggy and take  Either way, the horse and buggy days wasted a good deal of 


Thankfully, those days are long gone. And yet, many     take advantage of the many training opportunities    team members. The reasons lie in  


         genuine lack of understanding with respect to required training.


       teams need to be trained in the following key topics: 


 • Hazardous material handling • Bloodborne pathogens • Back safety • Sharps safety • Radiography safety • Nitrous oxide safety


These seven topics cover many workplace accident, injury                     simply sit down in front of the webinar, close their eyes during  expense. The result: No one learns anything, no behavior is  must embody three key principles.


1. SPACED REPETITION  learn anything. Nowhere is that more true than in safety and 


technique, your employees should be able to retake training at least annually. With a free webinar, of course, that sort of     high as 62 to 65 percent.


2. MULTI-SENSORY IMPACT Modern training methodologies         lectures to an end. Compliance and safety lessons are retained, internalized, and acted on because team members engage three senses during the learning process: visual (to assess material presented on a computer screen or monitor), auditory (to hear  (to respond to assessments or learning challenges).


From


the early 1930s to the present, dozens of studies have shown                   


3. CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT  is fast becoming an accepted training standard. As an example, each Smart Training module is divided into a number of                    can the team member advance to the next Segment.


                   inspectors may justly conclude that training never actually took place.


 of computer-based training less than a decade ago. Students            


1 2


 


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