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Designing Effective Occupational Safety Training Modules Tailored for Healthcare Practitioners

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  • Sharma
  • Bedanta Mishra
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  • Ajay Shedge
  • Mohnish

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Safety on the job is very important in healthcare situations because workers are at a higher risk of getting hurt or sick. Establishing efficient job safety training courses tailored to healthcare professionals helps to provide a safe workplace and safeguards the health of patients as well as healthcare staff. This study investigates how to create and use tailored safety training courses addressing the particular hazards and issues healthcare professionals encounter: infectious illnesses, hazardous chemicals, physical accidents, occupational stress, etc. The paper discusses crucial components that must be present for training instruments to operate well. These contain interactive learning resources, actual case studies, and safety guidelines fit for the often shifting environment of healthcare facilities. The study emphasises the need of using both academic and practical learning approaches to ensure that healthcare professionals not only know how to follow safety standards but also are good in doing so when they are under a lot of stress. Different degrees of knowledge and experience among healthcare workers mean that training courses must be adaptable enough to fit these variations. They may therefore continuously improving and include the most recent safety regulations. The paper also explores how training may become more successful by use of technology. Especially in high-stress environments, virtual exercises, e-learning platforms, and mobile applications can provide healthcare professionals simple access to tools that will enable them to practise safety in real time. Important sources of comments on the effectiveness of these training initiatives and confirmation of the retention and application of the acquired skills are tests and peer reviews.

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Handle: RePEc:dbk:health:v:2:y:2023:i::p:322:id:322
DOI: 10.56294/hl2023322
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