Healthcare organizations provide continuing educational programs for healthcare providers and other members of the staff that are non-medical personnel. The main purpose for educational programs is used to enhance and develop professional competencies, prepare staff members for future developments within their organization, while assisting personnel to fully meet their performances based on their current position in the unit. While providing education to providers and staff, healthcare facilities play a key role by engaging in patient health education. All staff members are required to have training in order to maintain proficiency. Education and training activities directly impact across functional areas of the healthcare team. The educational
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Continuing education is important for health professionals to be up to date in all different aspect. With accelerating advances in health information and technology, physicians, nurses and other health professionals must maintain and improve their knowledge and skills throughout their careers in order to provide safe, effective and high quality health care for their patients (Josiah Macy Jr Foundation, 2008). In 2006, the total income for accredited continuing educational activities towards medicine equated to $2.4 billion, while commercial support from pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers totaled more than 60 percent, approximately $1.45 billion, of the overall total (Josiah Macy Jr Foundation, …show more content…
Each member of the team will require some type of training if it’s on the job or CPR. All members of the healthcare team require CPR. If someone in the hospital requires CPR, then non-medical personnel should be able to perform if needed. Non-medical personnel could maintain CPR certification at a basic level (HeartLights CPR, 2013). Office personnel, while less likely to perform CPR, may be still be required to maintain a basic CPR certification (HeartLights CPR, 2013). In this case, all members of the hospital, whether it’s medical professionals or office personnel, CPR is required because the unexpected could happen
Continuing education is important for health professionals to be up to date in all different aspect. With accelerating advances in health information and technology, physicians, nurses and other health professionals must maintain and improve their knowledge and skills throughout their careers in order to provide safe, effective and high quality health care for their patients (Josiah Macy Jr Foundation, 2008). In 2006, the total income for accredited continuing educational activities towards medicine equated to $2.4 billion, while commercial support from pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers totaled more than 60 percent, approximately $1.45 billion, of the overall total (Josiah Macy Jr Foundation, …show more content…
Each member of the team will require some type of training if it’s on the job or CPR. All members of the healthcare team require CPR. If someone in the hospital requires CPR, then non-medical personnel should be able to perform if needed. Non-medical personnel could maintain CPR certification at a basic level (HeartLights CPR, 2013). Office personnel, while less likely to perform CPR, may be still be required to maintain a basic CPR certification (HeartLights CPR, 2013). In this case, all members of the hospital, whether it’s medical professionals or office personnel, CPR is required because the unexpected could happen