Learning Factory as Integration Form of Education in Sustainably Developing Healthcare Organisations

Abstract

Introduction. The task set by the public authorities in the sphere of health care to train personnel of a new quality, capable of working successfully in the conditions of intensive reform of the industry requires not only a closer integration of universities and medical organizations, but also new educational technologies. The process factory is a new model of education for training of medical personnel, so the purpose of the article is to study the experience of training factories in international practice and to substantiate the effectiveness of the implementation of this educational form in a steadily de veloping medical organization. Materials and Мethods. The research draws on general scientific methods of empirical and theoretical knowledge, general methodological methods and techniques, as well as methods of system analysis, comparisons and analogues, generalisations, materials of our own sociological research of personnel policy affecting the sustainable development of healthcare organisation, conducted between 2013-2016. A key aspect of the review of scientific works was the study of problems of training in academic factories of different profiles and fields of knowledge. Results. The authors revealed that the Factory of processes as integration form of education allows modeling the conditions necessary for the head, recreating not only the real processes occurring in the healthcare organisation, but also the desired processes in the implementation of organisational changes, which allows you to demonstrate complex business processes without compromising the healthcare organisation itself. It is highlighted that the introduction of lean medicine and other management models is advisable to trial in academic factory first, and then apply the most successful options to the main activities of the healthcare organisation. In addition, Factory of processes makes it possible to make more effective adaptation of new employees to the workplace, be it young professionals or professionals with experience in h ealthcare organisation. Discussion and Conclusions. The practical significance of the article is that the introduction of such a model as a training factory in the educational process of medical universities will not only improve the efficiency of the integration of the University and the medical organization, but also will allow to prepare specialists capable of implementing organizational changes in the work of health care institutions.

Keywords

• education form
• integration of education
• personnel training
• learning factory
• Factory processes
• personnel policy
• knowledge management
• Lean Six Sigma