Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has introduced the Personalized Education Plan (PEP), a competency-based clinical laboratory education model focused exclusively on the individual.
Using PEP, healthcare professionals, guided by their own instructional avatar, are easily able to plan a variety of product-specific, professional development and job-relevant courses.
Because PEP also tracks each individual's training path, it becomes easier for healthcare staff to monitor their progress as they work towards achieving required knowledge proficiency requirements and ensuring they remain current and compliant.
At a time when clinical laboratory managers face staffing shortages, cost constraints and greater workloads - all while helping healthcare providers deliver quality patient care - the value of education becomes increasingly important.
PEP helps address many of these challenges with its approach to professional healthcare education.
This includes a new standard for competency-based education, administrative and tracking support for all participants, along with the ability to mould the curriculum to support various learning needs.
PEP offers customised laboratory education that blends interactive training with hands-on practice and assessment to reinforce and internalise learning.
Online education is available anytime, anywhere, and is accessible and convenient for all shifts and staff levels.
The curricula are standardised and evergreen, ensuring all staff receive consistent education regardless of shift, location or tenure with the company.
Beyond a dynamic menu of online product training, PEP also offers education on general laboratory topics and disease-state management.
PEP consists of three components: My Planner - allows users and supervisors to design a personal education plan by selecting competency courses that support the specific job role; My Curriculum - launches the user's personal virtual workbook, which contains all the educational activities contained in the planner; and My Transcript - the learner can track the progress and completion of all online learning and hands-on activities, as well as continuing education (CE) credits earned.
The Personalized Education Plan is available exclusively to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics customers as part of the company's customer care portfolio, which includes services and support, education and training, and workflow management.
PEP is currently available in English and will soon be available in multiple languages.
