An educational fair and poster approach to organization-wide mandatory education.
BACKGROUND
An educational fair and poster approach was developed to meet organization-wide mandatory education requirements.


METHODS
A multidisciplinary task force identified 25 mandatory topics. Task force members utilized posters to indicate key points (principles) and questions for each topic. Two interactive stations, body mechanics and fire safety, were developed to allow staff to actively participate and obtain immediate feedback on competency. This educational activity was presented in a fair-like atmosphere continuously over 3 days to reach a majority of staff.


RESULTS
Ninety-three percent of the staff attended the educational activity. Department directors received immediate feedback on attendance, test scores, evaluation summaries and problem areas. Post-fair evaluation comments from department directors and staff were very positive. There was a major savings in both staff and staff development work hours.


CONCLUSIONS
An educational fair and poster approach is an efficient method of providing organization-wide mandatory education. This approach can be adapted easily to any organization.
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Kent Hospital, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA.
Asselin
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D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006277:Health Fairs / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D016272:Occupational Health; D015397:Program Evaluation