2008 Spring Catalog of Courses

Keeping employees appropriately trained and their skills up-to-date is a constant challenge for most hospitals and health care providers.  The cost of developing appropriate curriculum and teaching staff, in addition to the difficulty of scheduling staff for classes has many hospitals looking for alternate solutions to traditional hospital-based education.

Computer technology has paved the way for the development of careLearning.com, an Internet-based education and learning administration system developed by more than 40 state hospital associations and the American Hospital Association.  The purpose of careLearning is to develop and deliver a range of Web-based interactive educational programming for health care providers and their employees.

careLearning not only provides advantages for health care providers, it provides advantages for their employees as well.

For Hospitals and Health Systems

• Cost effective method of managing training for large numbers of staff
• Comprehensive, easy to use learner tracking and management system
• Quality programming on a wide array of topics developed by trusted sources (state hospital associations)
• Reduced hospital costs for developing and presenting programs
• Virtually eliminates scheduling conflicts associated with conducting organization-wide training activities
• Convenient method of providing mandatory training with a wide variety of course options
• Leverages the educational and training resources of hospitals and associations through the country
• Reduces the burden of live, real time instruction to reach all employees

• Access to programs on demand anytime
• Access to programs from any personal computer that has Internet capability
• Self-paced learning
• Immediate return to place-marked point in courses if progress is interrupted
• Cost effective access to continuing education units
• Ability to meet or improve competencies conveniently
• Opportunity to participate in professional development activities conveniently and cost-effectively

Advantages of careLearning

• Exclusivity - Learning activities developed exclusively for health care practitioners or hospitals by organizations that understand their needs with a long history of service to hospitals and health care practitioners
• Stability - Because hospital associations have a long tenure serving hospitals, careLearning.com will be a stable education provider 
• Flexibility - System allows any organization or trainer opportunities to develop and present activities on careLearning.com
• Customizable - Capabilities allow for specific tailoring of curriculum and course content

2008 Spring Catalog of Courses

Information Sheets: (PDF)

For more information, please contact Toni Pugmire at 208/338-5100 ext. 201 or tpugmire@teamiha.org or visit www.carelearning.com.