e-Learning for Healthcare professionals plays a pivotal part when it comes to training and upskilling your existing workforce.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the format of delivering training has been transformed with the adoption of learning technologies, such as Learning Management Systems and with healthcare organisations taking on a more digital approach to their Learning and Development (L&D).
Healthcare workers can now access their learning online and on any device, allowing them to complete any mandatory or Continued Personal Development (CPD) optional learning at their own pace and in their own time.
Providing e-Learning for Healthcare
With some organisations still opting for a hybrid approach or more conventional methods such as classroom style training, many organisations are now outsourcing their Learning and Development to third party training providers.
Third party e-learning or training providers should act as an extension of your existing Learning and Development department and compliment your overall L&D strategy. The right provider of e-learning for Healthcare will encompass all your organisations Learning and Development needs in an all in one solution such as an LMS, which will allow your staff to progress within their learning where and when they please.
What are the benefits of e-Learning for the Healthcare Profession?
Within the sector, many organisations are already benefiting from the use of Learning Management Systems and e-learning, we list some of the key benefits you can expect, below:
- Upskilled and fully trained workforce
- Consistency on all employee skillsets, regardless of their role within your organisation
- An increase and streamlined process when it comes to ensuring mandatory and regulatory compliance
- Quality, immersive and interactive course content
- Continued Professional Development (CPD) leading to higher staff retention and workforce engagement
- Flexibility
- Time and cost saving
- Transparency on organisation and individual learner compliance
Within Healthcare, whether you are just starting your career or worked within the sector for years, you’ll be required to undertake induction training as well as annual refresher training to ensure you remain up-to-date with regulatory requirements. Typically, some of these training courses include titles, such as:
- Health and Safety
- Fire Safety
- Equality and Diversity
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Manual Handling
- Food Hygiene/ Food Safety Awareness
These e-Learning courses are designed to stay aligned with basic regulatory requirements in the Health and Social Care sector. To get real value out of your e-Learning courses for your organisation, it would be wise to make a checklist of what CPD courses suits and supports your Learning and Development strategy.
