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Precision initiatives: Embracing technology, preserving humanness; transforming paradigm of personalized learning by introducing a framework around “What matters to you?” Corresponding author Khurram Jahangir, BSc, MB ChB Health District ceo@health-district.com Learning objectives 1. Introduce the concept and design of an innovational new framework around the notion of “what matters to you?” in continuing professional learning of health care professions. 2. Demonstrate how the framework design emphasizes the ownership of individualized learning to be with the learners themselves, reimagining the true notion of personalized development plans. 3. Explain how a competency and quality-based framework can help learners focus on their needs and bring personal value to their learning. Project objective/background Continuing professional development programs have tended to lack opportunities for learning to be individualized. Traditional methods of learning, that are often didactic, have repeatedly failed to facilitate an individual’s professional growth, foster ownership of their learning or promote well-being. Precision Initiatives have been conceptualized adopting person-centred design. Precision framework design emphasizes the curriculum be based on each individual learner’s needs, hence promotes the ownership of these initiatives to be with the practitioners themselves. Methods Precision Initiatives have fulfilled the need for personalization of learning by providing formalized & standardized opportunities for practicing health care professions to undertake programs based on their own needs, helping them attain and maintain their professional competence. The design of this program involves undertaking system level improvements, changing culture by introducing an innovative new learning contract that emphasizes identification and documentation of individualized learning needs and behavioral objectives as part of competency and quality-based curriculum and assessment. Progress review of each learner is continuous and monitored in real-time, based on field observations documented by both the learner and the preceptor(s) through individualized electronic “precision notes”. Successful completion of the program is based on achieving proficiency in all the behavioral objectives identified as part of the competency-based individualized curriculum. Enabling technology is critical to the success of this program. We have utilized workflow automation to digitize the program entirely, eliminating resource intensiveness traditionally associated with personalized initiatives. Formalized learner, preceptor and program evaluations are mandatory component of the program. As part of commitment-to-change learning contract, the program also introduces the concept of post-program learning reinforcement activities, offering learners opportunities in undertaking impact assessment, reflection and quality improvements activities.
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Conclusion The ethos of the program is to promote a culture of self-assessment of practice, measuring outcomes, undertaking impact assessment, thereby promoting ownership, self-confidence and personal wellbeing, as well as improving patient safety and health outcomes. When designing programs and initiatives of continuous learning, it is vital to engage learners themselves, co-creating initiatives as per their needs identified. This also helps drive implementation and adoption strategies in practice.
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