A Pilot revoluciona a preparação para o trabalho em escala por meio de um programa de treinamento de habilidades transformacional, centrado no aluno e dimensionável.
Bangalore, 25 June 2014 – 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.
A Índia continua enfrentando uma lacuna crescente na manutenção de uma força de trabalho qualificada, ou trabalhadores do conhecimento, para realizar alguns dos trabalhos mais críticos do país, embora muitas vezes negligenciados. A equipe de suporte e paramédica representa esse segmento no setor de saúde; os indivíduos são obrigados a realizar um trabalho qualificado sem acesso a um currículo orientado por competências profissionais ou sem terem passado por um treinamento formal. De acordo com especialistas do setor, o setor de saúde da Índia enfrenta uma escassez de 1 milhão de auxiliares de enfermagem. A Wadhwani Foundation se esforça para atender a essa necessidade produzindo soluções de treinamento de qualidade e de código aberto.
“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 training processes, 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 to make 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.
Sobre a Fundação Wadhwani
Fundada em 2003 pelo Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, a missão principal da Fundação é a aceleração econômica das economias emergentes. A Fundação iniciou sua missão primeiramente na Índia e, posteriormente, expandiu-se para os EUA e outros países.
Na Índia, com um crescimento esperado de 250 a 300 milhões de pessoas entrando na força de trabalho até 2022, a criação de empregos em grande escala tornou-se o principal imperativo para o país. Além disso, à medida que a população indiana se torna jovem, a maioria das nações avançadas do mundo está envelhecendo, oferecendo à Índia a oportunidade de se tornar o fornecedor global de talentos. A catalisação da criação de empregos e o desenvolvimento de habilidades tornaram-se as duas principais áreas de foco da Fundação. Durante a última década, a Fundação Wadhwani lançou cinco iniciativas de nicho e de alto impacto na Índia. Essas iniciativas incluem a promoção de habilidades empresariais e de emprego, o aproveitamento dos deficientes instruídos, o incentivo à inovação e a promoção de mudanças nas políticas para impulsionar as oportunidades econômicas. Para lidar com o desemprego persistentemente alto de jovens e trabalhadores deslocados nos EUA, a Wadhwani Foundation lançou a iniciativa "Race to a Job" em 2012.
Sobre a Skill Development Network
Launched in 2011 by The Wadhwani Foundation, Skill Development Network (SDN) aims to revolutionize skill development by leveraging technology to create millions of skilled manpower. Over the next decade, SDN aims to skill 5 million youth, create 50 high demand job based programs and work closely with over 50,000 teachers. Currently, there are millions of jobs that are not filled and huge resources are spent due to fresh graduates not being job ready. To bridge the massive skill gap, SDN has launched ‘Race to A Job’ program which embraces technology as an enabler to jobs-
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