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C D Kreiter1, M A Albanese, K C Buckwalter
1University of Iowa, Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education, Iowa City 52242-1008, USA.
Background:
The effects of attrition on a continuing education program for nursing personnel within long-term care facilities are described.
Methods:
Allowing flexible participation can enhance the impact of a continuing education program designed for paraprofessional staff. Increasing the number of nursing staff who experience only a portion of the training has implications for the instructional design and the evaluation. Recommendations to improve accommodation of staff and enhance dissemination of training are offered as well as appropriate evaluation techniques.
Conclusion:
Self-contained short units of instruction allow those with minimal time to benefit from the training. Effective evaluation requires special sampling and measurement strategies. Cross-sectional methods make good use of training resources but usually yield measurable changes only in lower-level program objectives.
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