DEERFIELD, Ill., Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Siemens
Healthcare Diagnostics introduces Personalized Education Plan
(PEP): the industry’s first competency-based clinical laboratory
education model focused exclusively on the individual. Healthcare
professionals, guided by their own instructional Avatar, are easily
able to plan a wide variety of product-specific, professional
development and job-relevant courses. And because PEP also tracks
each individual’s training path, it becomes easier for healthcare
staff to monitor their progress as they work towards achieving
required knowledge proficiency requirements and ensuring they
remain current and compliant.
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At a time when clinical laboratory managers face staffing
shortages, cost constraints, and greater workloads — all
while helping healthcare providers deliver quality patient care
— the value of education becomes increasingly important. PEP
helps address many of these challenges with an innovative approach
to professional healthcare education. This includes a new standard
for competency-based education, administrative and tracking support
for all participants, along with the ability to mold the curriculum
to support various learning needs.
“Over the past four decades, the clinical laboratory diagnostics
market has relied heavily upon a ‘train-the-trainer’ approach for
laboratorians to achieve mastery of sophisticated instrumentation,
which can be inefficient and expensive,” said Chris Christopher,
Vice President, Global Customer Solutions, Siemens Healthcare
Diagnostics. “By leveraging today’s IT and advanced learning
management systems, we developed Personalized Education
Plan—a highly innovative, competency-based learning approach
that will dramatically change the way our industry conducts
training.”
PEP offers customized laboratory education that blends
interactive training with hands-on practi
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