Description: Orientating employees and teaching students are big tasks for both workplaces and new employees and students. Orientation should be as efficient as possible especially when staffing levels are critically low. This webinar will show how orientation packages can be organized to help new employees join the workflow effectively during their orientation. We will also review why student teaching should be limited to what is required to meet only their learning institutions’ competencies. Lastly, when a staff member needs extra training, we will describe how designing an effective learning session can help give that person more confidence.

Start date: Upon registration

Completion: Up to 52 weeks

At the end of this webinar you will be able to:

• Organize orientations based on departmental tasks.
• Create a student-learning plan based on competencies.
• Describe what an orientation looks like for new and returning employees.
• Create a Learning Action Plan for specialized review.

Speaker: Diana Kobes, MLT BA

Diana Kobes has been a laboratory technologist for more than 30 years. She lives with her husband in Abbotsford, BC and has 4 grown children. Teaching is Diana’s passion, and her degree is in Adult Education. She works as a Technical Coordinator on a team that supports 13 hospitals. Diana writes procedures, provides education, and oversees the quality in the Blood Bank. She uses her teaching skills to develop learning activities and competencies. Diana teaches health-related topics at the University of Fraser Valley in Continuing Education and is also a peer-assessor for the Diagnostic Accreditation Program of BC for Blood Banks.

Recorded: July 15, 2023

PEP hours: 1.0

CPS credits: 0

*Note: PEP hours and/or CPS credits will only be awarded upon successful completion of the quiz.