Learning for Health Improvement

• Learning as acquisition. Learning as participation. Managing workplace learning. Dilemmas. The significance of the workplace. Factors affecting workplace learning. The factors explained. Putting the factors to work. Planning for change.

"'Supporting workplace learning is never easy because it cannot be done in isolation of all other workplace activities - whether that is producing widgets or providing a service. If the entire context of the workplace is under constant change then this can either enhance learning or condemn it to the sidelines. Which is it to be? I believe that change is exciting and provides fertile ground for creativity and innovation. I hope that this book will demonstrate to you that workplace learning will enable our shared ambition for a first-class health service to become a reality.' Lynne Caley, in the Preface"