May 3, 2012 3:20 - 5:00pm
Leah Stepanie Yoder MSN, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Raymond George Terhorst II, MA, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Marc Prensky, author of Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning, states “Today’s students will not live a world where things change relatively slowly...but rather one in which things change extremely rapidly--daily and exponentially.” Experts in healthcare education such as Benner, Sutphen, Leonard, and Day (2010), The Institute of Medicine report on the Future of Nursing (2011), the Carnegie Foundation, and others agree with Mr. Prensky--21st Century education must change. However, the focus is often on academic education rather than professional development. Once healthcare professionals begin their careers, they are expected to participate in life-long, behavior-forming learning of which professional development comprises a large segment. Today’s healthcare practitioners deserve a professional development system that is built on 21st Century learning principles, technologies, and methods. Through the examination of the 21st Century learner and the exploration of four categories of technology that are transforming healthcare, this presentation will highlight the necessity for change and the technology shift required in professional development to empower healthcare educators to grow the art and science of patient care.
