Your Guide for Success in Talent Development and Healthcare.
Within every corner of a healthcare system reside talent development and training initiatives and thus the need for talent development (TD) professionals and expertise. The ATD
Talent Development and Training in Healthcare Handbook addresses the many opportunities and complex TD professionals face in the growing and rapidly changing healthcare space. Effective talent development is the thread that weaves through an entire healthcare organization to ensure it is up to standard with latest practices in treating patients while providing a safe and engaging environment for staff. Whether you are new to the field, a clinician new TD, or a seasoned TD professional in need of solutions and best practices, you can turn to this evergreen resource whenever you need tried-and-true advice.
TD professionals have the unique role of tying together organizational and employee advancement in healthcare systems―and likewise, this handbook dives into areas for both business and professional evolution. It covers six key themes across 26 chapters:
- Learning and Development Basics
- Organizational Development
- Employee Development
- Business Acumen for the Health System
- Digital Transformation and Literacy
- Patient-Centric Care
Written by 25 fellow healthcare practitioners with extensive experience in the field―from nurses, physicians, and administrators to instructional designers, chief learning officers, technology experts, and leaders across the industry―this book will help you maximize the impact of your work and improve your abilities to deliver the best care possible to your patients.
Jacque Burandt, MEd, president of Award-winning Results, is passionate about transforming organizations through people development, creating top performers and leaders at all levels, and enhancing organizational and individual visibility, prestige, and pride through achieving awards and recognition for her clients’ great work.
She authored the TD at Work “Create an Exceptional Learning Culture” in 2019 and has facilitated this topic at many ATD events, including the closing keynote at the ATD Houston Chapter’s 2020 Fall Symposium.
A proven expert in creating an award-winning culture, Jacque led the Center for Learning Excellence at University Health to win eight ATD BEST Awards and ATD’s first Innovation in Talent Development Award. University Health has won more BEST Awards than any other nonprofit organization in the world.
Niranjani Chidamber Papavaritis is the project manager for healthcare training content at ATD. In her role, she creates resources for healthcare trainers and practitioners by bridging areas of learning and development with topics specific to the industry, thereby improving employee and organizational skill sets.
Niranjani has been passionate about healthcare since her youth, having spent summers volunteering at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute for Higher Medical Sciences—a hospital in rural India that offers patients state-of-the-art services at no cost. Before coming to ATD, Niranjani worked under UnitedHealth Group at Optum, specializing in business development. She served as a trusted partner and business advisor to hospital executives, ensuring health systems provided high-quality patient care.
Gregory Rider is director, corporate compliance for EmblemHealth, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plans serving more than 3 million people in the New York City and tristate area. In this role, he directs compliance communication, training, and other compliance governance functions. He is also the founder and leader of Prism, the LGBTQ employee resource group, and sits on the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion council.
Prior to joining EmblemHealth, Greg worked in compliance education for NYU Langone Medical Center, where he designed, developed, and launched online compliance courses for 20,000 users of the medical center’s LMS and facilitated live classroom training in several sites across New York City.
