Bangalore, Karnataka, India – (Business Wire India)
Wadhwani Foundation, in collaboration with Narayana Health (NH), has announced the success of its skills training pilot program for NH’s healthcare support staff. The program aims to fill the void of critical skills needed in the healthcare industry that are currently missing from formal and informal nursing education programs. Using videos and interactive, technology-based lessons, accessible on an online platform, Wadhwani Foundation’s courseware is designed for rapid rollout. To date, WF has reached more than 1,700 nurses and nursing assistants across 20 Narayana Health centers in just a few months. This program is part of Wadhwani Foundation’s larger vision of skilling India by leveraging technology and transformative learning techniques.
India terus menghadapi kesenjangan yang semakin besar dalam mempertahankan tenaga kerja terampil, atau pekerja berpengetahuan, untuk melakukan beberapa pekerjaan yang paling penting di negara ini - meskipun sering diabaikan. Staf pendukung dan paramedis mewakili segmen ini dalam industri perawatan kesehatan; individu-individu diharuskan untuk melakukan pekerjaan yang terampil tanpa akses ke kurikulum berbasis kompetensi kerja atau telah menjalani pelatihan formal. Menurut para ahli industri, sektor perawatan kesehatan India menghadapi kekurangan 1 juta asisten perawat. Wadhwani Foundation berusaha untuk memenuhi kebutuhan ini dengan menghasilkan solusi pelatihan yang berkualitas dan bersifat terbuka.
“Our strategic collaboration with Wadhwani Foundation is a step in the right direction. India’s healthcare industry is facing an acute shortage of support staff and I am glad that the skill development initiative of Wadhwani Foundation has already skilled over 1,700 competent staff. This happened despite full shift schedules, because these learner-centric e- modules do not drain experienced teaching nurses’ time and allow the trainees flexibility in taking courses inside and outside the classroom. Since we seek to expand from 5,000 beds to 30,000 beds in three years, rather than running disparate and traditional teacher driven training courses, this approach of creating and deploying repeatable, modular self and peer- driven lessons can help us realize this goal without diluting the skills of our people or quality of our care,” said Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health.
Wadhwani Foundation worked closely with practitioners at Narayana Health to identify critical nursing and patient care skills, job needs, required trainingprocesses, as well as curriculum and generic content. The Foundation’s instructional design team restructured course content to leverage experiential, peer-driven, interactive, and learner-centric pedagogies. By using videos, games, simulations, and group activities to deliver content, Wadhwani Foundation’s approach ensures that students receive a 360 degree learning experience. All courses are deployed using an easily accessible online technology platform, reducing the dependence on and workload of teachers, while providing flexibility for students to study at their own pace and location.
Elaborating further on the successful partnership with Narayana Health, Ajay Kela, Wadhwani Foundation’s CEO, said, “Job outcomes should be the main criteria by which we evaluate skill training and the best way to develop such courses is to work hand in glove with the employers. In partnership with Narayana Health, one of India’s largest healthcare service providers, we have successfully created a technology-enabled curriculum for comprehensive training of healthcare workers that will be available to the Industry. This pilot is part of the Foundation’s larger vision to develop a market ready skilled force across industries through our innovative and scalable technology solution. Our partnership with Narayana Health is a positive first step in that direction.”
The carefully designed job competency curriculum includes typical medical procedures, as well as functional English, Life & Workplace skills, Basic IT skills, Occupational Safety, Health & Environment training, and Medical Math. More than 210 hours of content has been developed since early 2013 and the curriculum continues to be piloted for skill upgradation with new nurses, patient care assistants, and other new and existing healthcare support staff. Feedback from students has been uniformly positive with every single student preferring it to traditional classes.
Narayana Health is mainstreaming Wadhwani Foundation’s initiative as part of its comprehensive professional development plan for all employees. Wadhwani Foundation has begun to roll out its healthcare curriculum to other healthcare providers. The roadmap also includes deployment of NH internal training in feeder and community colleges/ and other training providers. WF is also in discussions with AICTE and the Healthcare Sector Skills Council tomake the courseware a part of the national school and college curriculum through the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF). The stage is set for a revolution in job driven education.
Tentang Yayasan Wadhwani
Didirikan pada tahun 2003 oleh Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, misi utama Yayasan ini adalah akselerasi ekonomi di negara-negara berkembang. Yayasan ini memulai misinya di India terlebih dahulu, dan setelah itu, Yayasan ini telah berekspansi ke Amerika Serikat dan negara-negara lain.
Di India, dengan pertumbuhan yang diperkirakan sebesar 250-300 juta orang yang bergabung dengan angkatan kerja pada tahun 2022, penciptaan lapangan kerja berskala besar menjadi keharusan utama bagi negara ini. Selain itu, seiring dengan populasi India yang tumbuh muda, negara-negara paling maju di dunia semakin menua, menawarkan India sebuah kesempatan untuk menjadi pemasok bakat global. Mengkatalisasi penciptaan lapangan kerja dan pengembangan keterampilan menjadi dua area target utama yang menjadi fokus utama dari Yayasan ini. Selama dekade terakhir, Wadhwani Foundation telah meluncurkan lima Inisiatif khusus yang berdampak besar di India. Inisiatif-inisiatif ini termasuk mempromosikan keterampilan kewirausahaan dan ketenagakerjaan, memanfaatkan para penyandang disabilitas yang berpendidikan, mendorong inovasi dan mendorong perubahan kebijakan untuk memulai peluang ekonomi. Untuk mengatasi pengangguran kaum muda dan pekerja yang kehilangan pekerjaan di Amerika Serikat, Wadhwani Foundation meluncurkan inisiatif 'Race to a Job' pada tahun 2012.
Tentang Jaringan Pengembangan Keterampilan
Diluncurkan pada tahun 2011 oleh The Wadhwani Foundation, Skill Development Network (SDN) bertujuan untuk merevolusi pengembangan keterampilan dengan memanfaatkan teknologi untuk menciptakan jutaan tenaga kerja terampil. Selama satu dekade ke depan, SDN bertujuan untuk memberikan keterampilan kepada 5 juta anak muda, menciptakan 50 program berbasis pekerjaan dengan permintaan tinggi, dan bekerja sama dengan lebih dari 50.000 guru. Saat ini, ada jutaan pekerjaan yang tidak terisi dan sumber daya yang sangat besar dihabiskan karena lulusan baru yang belum siap kerja. Untuk menjembatani kesenjangan keterampilan yang sangat besar, SDN telah meluncurkan program 'Race to A Job' yang merangkul teknologi sebagai pendorong untuk pelatihan yang didorong oleh pekerjaan dan berpusat pada siswa, baik di India maupun di Amerika Serikat.
CONTACT:
Rini Joshy, Wadhwani Foundation, +91 (80) 41689194, marketing@wadhwani-foundation.org
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