Healthcare Training Needs (Nurses & Soft Skills)

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STEERus
River Vale, New Jersey, United States
Loralyn Mears, PhD
founder
(12)
4
Preferred learners
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
Categories
Data analysis Training & development Healthcare
Skills
healthcare industry knowledge health information technology research nursing
Project scope
What is the main goal for this project?

Health Information Technology- Identifying and evaluating new software applications and/or technologies to meet needs in the healthcare industry.

Students can look at the emerging vertical for health care.

  • What are the desirable product features for healthcare industry, specifically for nurses (since they offer nursing degrees)
  • Desirable product features?
    • Would you expect that we would offer CEUs?
    • Cover what aspects of content? What would be the 10 most desirable course topics for nurses?
    • Is soft skills certification desirable for nurses?
    • How much time would you anticipate spending getting soft skills certification?
    • What course materials/components do you anticipate receiving? What features would characterize each component, in a perfect world?
      • Video on demand?
      • Live lecture
      • Work book?
      • Tests?
      • Time with a coach?
      • Graded homework assignments?
      • Other?
  • For your ideal product, do you feel that it should be provided to you
    • by your university while you are still in school?
    • by your employer
    • through your alumni association
    • obtained on a subscription basis per student
  • What should the pricing be for certification?
  • What should the pricing be for access to STEERus training?

Research would include gathering and assessing primary data from nursing students and recent nursing graduates. Deliverables to STEERus would include:

  • data gathered and instruments/methodology they used to gather the data
  • their analysis of the data (methodology, results, conclusions and suggestions based on the analysis)
How will you support learners in completing the project?

Our CIO has held exec roles at Google and multiple health insurance global companies.

About the company

STEERus, an EDtech startup focused on developing the next generation of leaders. Our STEERus Academy develops skills in leadership, EQ, communication, adaptability, empathy, financial understanding, career development, health & wellness, and more. With equity as our North Star, and as social entrepreneurs, we're working closely with coaches, teachers, youth counsellors, and corporate donors to make our Academy available at no charge to underserved communities for social justice and impact.