The Fatal Five Fundamentals E-Learning Experience

Migrating the Fatal Five Fundamentals course series… online

Studies show eLearning increases retention rates 25% – 60%. Intellectability has created a series of E-Learn courses around the Fatal Five Fundamentals and Person-Centered Thinking Practices to help healthcare professionals retain and apply fully the knowledge they need when serving persons with IDD.

With the paradigm shift of Covid-19, it had become clear for the executives of Intellectability that delivering courses such as The Fatal Five Fundamentals in a classrom was not an option anymore for the foreseeable future. As online classroom tools and LMS gained traction, it was obvious that the classroom materials had to be reformated and rethought to match the eLearning format. This takes place in a transformative process for the organization and its stakeholders in the healthcare industry.

Online education has gained wide acceptance in both the Academia and the business community in recent years. Convenience is a factor, but for businesses, the effectiveness of eLearning has a direct impact on the bottom line, the ultimate measure of success. By way of example, IBM found that employees participating in an eLearning program acquired almost 5x more knowledge than non-participants at equal training time.

According to an Executive Report published by Ambient Insight under the title “2012-2017 Worldwide Mobile Learning Market” some 42% of companies observed that eLearning had generated top line growth.  

Let’s examine how eLearning the Fatal Five Fundamentals would benefit your own organization.

eLearning matches the needs of both sponsors and participants

In collaboration with the University of Georgia and Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Intellectability has created a series of eLearn courses discussing the Fatal Five conditions considered preventable causes of death in people with IDD.

These eLearning courses, also delivered in the context of a classroom under the direction of an instructor, are self-paced, filled with videos, interactive exercises and visual aids, and they engage the student all along to improve data retention. 

Participants in the courses have demonstrated that they can apply its materials: surveys show they feel empowered to make informed decisions and take effective actions in the situations they observe in the light of their newly acquired knowledge. This matches perfectly the goals they set for themselves at the onset of the training.

For their employer (when their tuition is sponsored by an employer), this is the assurance that they have gained additional insight in the context of this broader corpus of data called Person Centered Thinking.

The Fatal Five Fundamentals E-Learn: improved retention rates

eLearning gives the session participant the possibiity to go back over the content of the course any number of times.

It is a well-known fact that retention rate is a function of engagement and reviewing. Members of the healthcare professions are routinely overloaded with complex information, some of which is essential. What options do they have, then, to review what they learned in a classroom many months before?

Because of the course materials are readily available when they want to review any data regarding the Fatal Five Fundamentals (and other such courses), participants in the eLearning experience can consolidate their knowledge and become even better in their operational circumstances.

Considering the stakes for the final beneficiaries of their knowledge, this is not a minor benefit of eLearning.

Convenience: a major factor in the healthcare industry

The healthcare industry is characterized by hectic schedules, emergencies, and relatively unpredictable personnel shifts. It is difficult for employers and training participants to schedule time off for continuous education.

eLearning or online training completely resolves this issue by enabling healthcare professionals to use their downtime to continue their education, rather than organizing their schedule around it.

For their employer, this flexibility can be measured in terms of reduced overtime pay, as their human resources can study during periods where their presence on the job is not critically needed.

When healthcare professionals decide on their own to take one of Intellectability’s eLearning courses, this does not create an unnecessary burden on their personal life as the learning experience is fully self-paced.

A better quality of life for persons with IDD

The end-goal of the Fatal Five Fundamentals, Fatal Five Advanced, Fatal Five Case Managers, and the Person Centered Thinking E-Learn courses is to help professionals serve their protégés better, and help the latter live more fulfilling lives.

Focused on best Person-Centered Practices (PCP), these eLearning courses empower participants to establish correct priorities between the needs and the wants expressed by persons with IDD. Intellectability’s courses remove false notions and preconceptions to help make a reality of what is best for the lives of those cared for.

Helping a person with IDD to retain their autonomy while receiving the supports they need is a purpose which those healthcare pros who have been taught the principles of PCP say they can achieve. This fosters a gratifying feeling of accomplishment. Translating this purpose into reality by making it easier for healthcare professionals to acquire the knowledge necessary is the reason why Intellectability has created these courses.

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