BANGALORE, India — Wadhwani Foundation (WF), in collaboration with Narayana Health (NH), today 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, WF’s courseware is designed for rapid rollout. To date, WF has reached more than 1,000 nurses and nursing assistants across 20 Narayana Health centers in just six 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. WF berusaha untuk memenuhi kebutuhan ini dengan menghasilkan solusi pelatihan sumber terbuka yang berkualitas.
“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 1,000 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.
WF worked closely with practitioners at Narayana Health to identify critical nursing and patient care skills, job needs, required training processes, as well as curriculum and generic content. Wadhwani 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, WF’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.
Kurikulum kompetensi kerja yang dirancang dengan cermat ini mencakup prosedur medis yang umum, serta bahasa Inggris fungsional, keterampilan Hidup & Tempat Kerja, keterampilan TI Dasar, pelatihan Keselamatan, Kesehatan & Lingkungan Kerja, dan Matematika Medis. Lebih dari 160 jam konten telah dikembangkan sejak awal 2013 dan kurikulum ini terus diujicobakan untuk peningkatan keterampilan dengan perawat baru, asisten perawatan pasien, dan staf pendukung perawatan kesehatan yang baru dan yang sudah ada. Umpan balik dari para siswa sangat positif dan setiap siswa lebih memilihnya daripada kelas tradisional.
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.”
Narayana Health mengarusutamakan inisiatif Wadhwani Foundation sebagai bagian dari rencana pengembangan profesional yang komprehensif untuk semua karyawan. Yayasan Wadhwani telah mulai meluncurkan kurikulum perawatan kesehatannya ke penyedia layanan kesehatan lainnya. Peta jalan ini juga mencakup penyebaran pelatihan internal NH di perguruan tinggi pengumpan dan perguruan tinggi komunitas / dan penyedia pelatihan lainnya. WF juga sedang berdiskusi dengan AICTE dan Dewan Keterampilan Sektor Kesehatan untuk menjadikan materi pelatihan sebagai bagian dari kurikulum sekolah dan perguruan tinggi nasional melalui Kerangka Kualifikasi Keterampilan Nasional (National Skills Qualification Framework, NSQF). Panggung telah disiapkan untuk sebuah revolusi dalam pendidikan berbasis pekerjaan.
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