CHAPTER 4

EVALUATING LEARNING IMPACT

TIMOTHY R. BROCK

A talent development (TD) team supporting a group of hospitals in a metro area learned the hard way the wisdom of that great philosopher, futurist, and Nobel Laurette, Bob Dylan, when he pronounced, “The Times They Are a-Changin’” (1964).

The TD team had worked hard to develop a learning program for several hospitals focused on reducing excessive vascular catheter central line blood infections in ICUs. They involved the right healthcare professionals as subject matter experts while applying assessment, analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (A2D2IE) process. Based on their needs assessment and analysis (A2), the stakeholders agreed the best performance improvement solution ...

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