Your textbook discusses the benefits to collaboration in learning, as long as it is done right. Explain what criteria must be met for collaborative activities to be effective, according to the textbook. Then, examine if and how collaboration can be incorporated into a JIT model for learning/training. Consider both synchronous and asynchronous collaboration in your…
Conduct a WebQuest on simulations and games that promote learning and/or training. Explain the benefits that simulations and games can offer to a learning experience, and the challenges associated with them. Then, examine how simulations and games can motivate learners, how they can promote thinking skills, and how you think they could be used with…
You have completed your education and are now preparing for the CMA national exam. How does good critical thinking apply to your goal of becoming a Certified Medical Assistant? You plan to review your course textbooks and tests as well as purchase a CMA exam review book. You are also thinking about setting up a…
Conducting a cost analysis is a useful way of representing the benefits and risks associated with purchasing a particular product or service. For example, if your organization was considering switching from a Windows platform to a Mac, the IT department would need to conduct a cost analysis prior to implementation. Items to be addressed would…
Julie, a manager at a small publishing company, notices that her employees are taking especially long to format documents in Word. To resolve this, she decides to create a brief JIT tutorial on using the Styles tool in Microsoft Word. View Julie’s tutorial. Using the Multimedia Principle, Contiguity Principle, and Modality Principle as your guide…
Assume you have been hired by SurveyMonkey as the new corporate trainer. Your first task is to create a PowerPoint presentation on the proper way for users or learners to create a survey or test. Based upon your reading, prepare a 10 to 15 slide PowerPoint presentation on survey- or test-design best practices. Include in…
In light of the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and the myriad of citizens using the new health care insurance system, you, as a health care administrator for a hospital, are responsible for reporting to the hospital’s CEO regarding the new plan’s cost to the hospital and the issues with patients who can afford regular…
A “wiki” is a website that allows users to create and freely edit Web-page-based content using any browser. The most famous wiki is Wikipedia. If you are new to the concept of wikis, watch the video “Wikis in Plain English”. You have been tasked to train the staff on your school’s or company’s best practices….
The Joint Commission encourages accredited healthcare organizations to use sampling to measure performance, where appropriate. Because they are statistically significant and simple to apply, what does your text state about the recommended sample sizes (US Department of Veterans Affairs 2012)?
Let’s look at how to use Research & development in predictive analytics: 1) predictive modeling to lower attrition and produce a leaner, faster, more targeted R & D pipeline in drugs and devices; 2) statistical tools and algorithms to improve clinical trial design and patient recruitment to better match treatments to individual patients, thus reducing…
The HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) survey is the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care. HCAHPS (pronounced “H-caps”), also known as the CAHPS Hospital Survey, is a survey instrument and data collection methodology for measuring patients’ perceptions of their hospital experience. How do you measure…
Medicare was designed to provide healthcare to a specific population at a time when many of the elderly seemed unable to afford healthcare. Based on your understanding of the topic, answer the following: · Does the above statement remain true today, especially with many people staying in the workplace long after what was previously considered…