title: Training--have your cake and eat it.
abstract: Training programmes which take staff away from the workplace for long periods are unpopular with managers. In this special report we look at developments in on-the-job training: how open learning has become the main growth area in staff development; why national vocational qualifications aren't yet living up to the ideal; how Cornwall providers have replaced 'sitting beside Nellie' with more effective IT training.
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authors: Mason
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authors: P
authors: Chapman
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authors: James
mesh_terms: D007318:Inservice Training / Q000639:trends*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000639:trends*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom