AVÐÇÇò

Having informed and well-trained staff is vital to the success of your interRAI implementation strategy. Developing a training plan with timelines will help keep your organization on track.

AVÐÇÇò’s role in training

If your organization or jurisdiction wants to adopt and implement the interRAI assessment system, AVÐÇÇò can provide resources and deliver training programs based on your assessed needs. We offer

• On-site, web-based and/or self-study education and training
• Experienced facilitators with extensive clinical backgrounds
• User manuals, forms and education course catalogues to help guide your decisions and get you started
  • Continuing care
  • Home care
  • Mental health and substance use
• Home care and long-term care job aids, including aids to support completion of the assessment (via eQuery, login required)
• Collaboration and expertise on building a train-the-trainer model that can be customized to your organization
• Ongoing support, including
  • Additional complementary training (e.g., in data use, care planning and data submission)
  • Access to AVÐÇÇò expertise

Things to consider when designing your education and training plan

• What is our budget for training?
  
  AVÐÇÇò, as part of its partnership agreement with interRAI, provides training free of charge to organizations that implement the following interRAI assessments:

  • interRAI Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF)
  • interRAI Home Care (HC)
  • interRAI Contact Assessment (CA)
  • RAI–Minimum Data Set (MDS 2.0)
  • RAI–Home Care (HC)

  The cost of training to use the software is generally part of the organization’s agreement with the software vendor.
   

• How much time can we realistically devote to training?
   
• What will our timelines be for training, both from AVÐÇÇò and from our vendor?
   
• Which staff members should participate in the initial interRAI assessment training?
  • Should this include our staff who will be backfilling?
  • Should this include management and/or support staff?
     
• What about follow-up courses â€” on care planning, decision support and other topics?
   
• If AVÐÇÇò does the first round of training, can we develop and use our own train-the-trainer program to keep our staff knowledgeable?