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HealthStream: What obstacles might healthcare organizations encounter as they
try to implement an interactive learning approach?
Hanson: As with any new concept or approach, deploying an effective change management process and plan will
support healthcare organizations in their efforts to implement and fully adopt an interactive learning approach.
Performing a SWOT assessment to evaluate possible threats to success could assist organizations in pre-planning
approaches to leverage strengths and address obstacles. Possible obstacles could include deeply imbedded historic
patterns of teaching-learning, technology infrastructure support, budget constraints, competing priorities, and
leadership misalignment. Opportunities for change could include the restructuring of roles in the organization to
support interactive learning, redesign of education programs, investment in information technology platforms, and the
creation of leadership alignment and incentives to support an interactive learning approach.
HealthStream: How do you think interactive learning will evolve in the
healthcare industry over the next 2-3 years?
Hanson: The application and integration of interactive learning will continue to evolve in healthcare as outcomes are
demonstrated using this approach. Healthcare is shifting its focus to deliver value amid cost challenges. This requires
new approaches to care delivery, patient engagement, and use of healthcare resources. Providers are now taught to
practice in multidisciplinary, high-performance teams, using simulation to perfect their skills and outcomes to guide
course corrections. Supporting inter-professional learning and team-based care requires a multi-modality approach to
teaching-learning. Evidence-based content delivered within the clinician workflow will further support ongoing
education and application within the care process and within context of a real situation. Healthcare systems will
evolve their infrastructures to incorporate the use of interactive learning closest to where the care is delivered to
support both clinician and patient education and learning engagement.
Evolution of the health professions academic classroom will continue to improve the use of interactive learning
approaches. Keeping the next generation of learners engaged, improving graduation rates, and supporting successful
transition from school to practice will continue to be a strong focus. Interactive learning will evolve to include more
virtual classroom experiences, simulation using real person and mannequin scenarios, interactive e-learning, and virtual
reality gaming technologies. The professor/instructor role will continue to evolve combining the best of the “sage
wisdom” with the interactive collaborative coaching approach, personalizing education based on learner-focused
needs. Technology platforms will evolve to support multi-modality curriculum delivery mechanisms personalized for
each learner, as well as concurrent use of high quality content to support interactive classroom engagement.
Diane Hanson RN, BSN, MM
Chief Nursing Officer,
EBSCO Health and Editor
in Chief, Dynamic Health
Diane Hanson is the Editor in Chief of Dynamic Health at EBSCO Health. In this role she provides
leadership direction for nursing and allied health reference and clinical decision support strategies
for the organization. After spending several years working in a hospital organization in various
clinical and leadership positions, Diane has been focused on improving quality and evidence-based
practice at the point of care through clinical decision support, health informatics, and analytics.
Diane brings over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, most recently as Vice President
of Product Strategy & Management at Vizient Inc. Previously she served at Elsevier as General
Manager within their CDS division and with Eclipsys (Allscripts) in an EVP leadership role. Diane is
a published author and speaker on evidence-based practice and clinical decision support. She holds
a degree in nursing from Grand Valley State University and a Masters in Management degree
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