January 2010 - December 2010
All health care staff are in the education business, utilizing teaching skills on a daily basis to communicate with staff, clients and patients. Managers and practitioners are recognizing that a solid knowledge of the nature of the adult learner and a facility with learning concepts are key factors in their organizational effectiveness.
Participants who complete this program will be professionally enriched through an ability to apply adult learning principles to workplace settings.
This is a critical survival skill for anyone who:
- leads instructional sessions;
- makes presentations;
- provides information or directions to staff, peers, clients or patients;
- is interested in fostering “learning organization” principles in their work group;
- simply wants to learn more about the nature of learning and how it fits in today’s rapidly changing organizations.
Topics covered include:
Understanding the Adult Learner: Why adult learners are unique; what is happening in the field of adult learning and why; the importance of learning styles; the nature of learning organizations.
Key Learning Concepts: Learning as change; how people learn; the notion of unlearning; learning vs. training; learning and the knowledge explosion; setting learning outcomes; diagnosing your own learning.
Facilitating Learning: Choosing and applying the right facilitation techniques; large group strategies; small group strategies; coaching strategies; visual aids and other technical supports.
Designing Learning Activities: Needs assessment; session planning; designing effective and appropriate learning activities.
Managing the Learning Environment: Communication and the learning setting; effective questioning; dealing with challenging participant behaviour.
Evaluation: Why evaluate? A model for evaluating learning; ensuring learning transfer; assessing organizational impact; planning ongoing professional development.
Program Leader: Dr. David Sheridan holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University, a Master of Arts from York University and a Doctor of Education from the University of Toronto. In the past 16 years, David has operated an active consulting practice that has provided on-site training and consultations to public and private sector organizations across Canada, the United States and in Asia. His firm has offered research, planning, facilitation and organizational development services to hospitals, community health agencies, long-term care facilities, health associations and municipal health departments.
Registration information: Payment of the registration fee is required prior to the conference to guarantee a space.
Fee: $674.29 plus GST $33.71 = $708.00
The registration fee includes general program expenses, materials, light refreshments and beverages.
To register, please contact:
Amanda Nilsson
Educational Services, Ontario Hospital Association
200 Front Street West, Suite 2800
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3L1
Phone: (416) 205-1534
Fax: (416) 205-1340
Email: anilsson@oha.com