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Health Care Education and Training

Education and training can play a significant role in determining health care professionals' proficiency with the most recent interventions and technologies. Training programs and policies also have important implications for labor market issues in the health care sector. RAND examines how education and training relate to care delivery and quality of care throughout the health care industry.

Report
The Benefits of Mental Health First Aid Training
More than 155,000 New Yorkers were trained in Mental Health First Aid between 2016 and 2020. They learned how to be active listeners, to provide reassurance and information, and to encourage professional care when appropriate. Most of the trainees ended up using their MHFA skills to support others and their own well-being.
Feb 7, 2023
Research Brief
Large-Scale Training in Mental Health First Aid: An Evaluation of New York City's 2016–2020 Efforts
In an evaluation of a city-wide effort to train New Yorkers in Mental Health First Aid, RAND researchers found that the majority of participants had used their skills to help friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers in the past six months.
Feb 7, 2023
Research Brief
Helping Caregivers Thrive? An Evaluation of a Direct Care Worker Retention Program
The 12-month program, Transformational Healthcare Readiness through Innovative Vocational Education, took a multipronged approach to addressing employment barriers for entry-level health care workers across three health systems from 2019 to 2021.
Sep 6, 2022
Report
An Evaluation of a Multisite, Health Systems–Based Direct Care Worker Retention Program: Key Findings and Recommendations
A mixed-methods evaluation of a program to help stem the loss of newly hired entry-level caregivers found no positive effect on retention or financial sustainability.
Sep 6, 2022
Journal Article
Serious Illness Communication Skills Training During a Global Pandemic
Description of adaptation of communication skills training to tele-training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jun 1, 2022
Report
Key Factors in Designing the Health System–Community Pathways Program for African American/Black Children and Young Adults
This report describes the development of key factors in framework design for the Health System-Community Pathways Program, which aims to increase representation of African American/Black communities in the U.S. health care system workforce.
Apr 14, 2022
Journal Article
Enhancing Early Engagement (E3) in Mental Health Services Training for Children's Advocacy Center's Victim Advocates: Feasibility Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
This feasibility study protocol describes our plans to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based and consultative training for Children's Advocacy Center Victim Advocates to enhance early engagement in evidence-based youth mental health services.
Jan 7, 2022
Journal Article
Working Hard or Hardly Working: Health Worker Effort and Health Outcomes
Effort by health workers in developing countries has been the subject of recent attention, but the implications for health outcomes have remained a matter of conjecture. This paper provides new evidence about the returns to health worker effort.
Nov 10, 2021
Report
Lessons Learned for Provisioning and Delivering U.S. Military Behavioral Health Care, 2003–2013
This report highlights selected events and the insights of 17 experts interviewed about the significant changes in the provision and delivery of behavioral health care in the U.S. military that took place from 2003–2013.
Mar 15, 2021
Report
Paediatric Early Warning Systems: a scoping study: Lessons from a rapid review
This report shares findings from a rapid review of the evidence on the use of Paediatric Early Warning (PEW) scores and systems in UK healthcare settings, to help staff to identify clinical deterioration and facilitate early intervention.
Jan 22, 2021
Journal Article
Impact of Project ECHO Models of Medical Tele-Education: A Systematic Review
This systematic review examines the effectiveness of ECHO and ECHO-like medical tele-education models of healthcare delivery in terms of improved provider- and patient-related outcomes.
Dec 18, 2020
Tool
Entry-Level Health Care Workforce: Information and Programs Visualization Tool
This tool provides a visualization of the concepts in "Strengthening the Entry-Level Health Care Workforce: Finding a Path" which reviews strategies, strengthens and expands the entry-level health care workforce, and identifies opportunities for stakeholders.
Dec 17, 2020
Journal Article
Association Between Surgical Resident Involvement and Blood Use in Noncardiac Surgery
Senior surgery resident participation in noncardiac surgery is associated with a 56% to 78% higher risk of receiving a blood transfusion intraoperatively.
Dec 16, 2020
Journal Article
Strengthening the Entry-Level Health Care Workforce: Finding a Path
The goal of this research was to review evidence on promising strategies, strengthen and expand the entry-level health care workforce, and identify potential opportunities for stakeholders to consider.
Dec 15, 2020
Commentary
More Could Be Spent on Recruiting and Training Cancer Staff if the NHS Is to Provide a World-Class Cancer Service
Cancer is a leading cause of death in the UK. Action is needed now to recruit and train more NHS staff in certain key cancer-related roles if NHS is to meet its ambitions for improving cancer services over the next 10 years.
Dec 10, 2020
Journal Article
Estimating the Cost of Growing the NHS Cancer Workforce in England by 2029
This research aims to understand the requirements for the NHS, and particularly for HEE, of increasing the seven priority cancer workforces by 45 per cent by 2029.
Oct 14, 2020
Tool
User Guide for the Training in Psychotherapy (TIP) Tool 2.0
The Training in Psychotherapy (TIP) Tool assesses how well psychotherapy trainings for community-based providers include elements of trainings identified as potentially effective. This guide provides an update of the TIP Tool based on pilot testing.
Dec 11, 2019
Report
Reviewing the Evidence Base for De-escalation Training: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
RAND Europe conducted an evidence assessment of the de-escalation training literature and found that training may help staff manage patient violence and aggression but de-escalation training may not reduce the number of violent/aggressive incidents.
Aug 6, 2019
Report
Core Competencies for Amputation Rehabilitation
The authors identify core competencies and behaviors in nine provider disciplines that participate in amputation rehabilitation and offer recommendations on how to implement them in the military health setting.
Jun 3, 2019
Journal Article
Comparing the Effectiveness of a Hybrid Simulation/Lecture Session Versus Simulation Alone in Teaching Crew Resource Management (CRM) Skills: A Randomised Controlled Trial
In this RCT, adding a didactic lecture to a simulation curriculum did not lead to improvement in CRM skills, and there was actually a non-significant trend towards improved CRM skills in the control arm compared with the intervention arm.
Mar 6, 2019

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RAND Topic:
Health Care Education and Training

Topic Synonyms:
Medical Education and Training

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