Just in time training (JITT)

Just in time training (JITT) is “a training scheme in which the required knowledge and skills are imparted for immediate application, to avoid loss of retention due a time gap (businessdictionary.com).”

A personal JITT success story occurred in August, 2010. My one-year old daughter had her first grand mal seizure, went unconscious and turned blue in my arms. Even though I had taken CPR several years before, I was unable to recall the skills to effectively perform infant CPR. After a long night in the emergency room, at 11:00 am the next morning a nurse informed me that they were bringing a babysitter to my child’s room so my husband and I could attend a CPR training course. The Dallas Children’s hospital builds into their program the ability to teach and certify parents in CPR while they wait with their child to recover from an emergency. That is JITT at its finest. My husband and I were extremely attentive, asked tons of questions and left the hospital class armed with knowledge that we will not forget. We would never had thought to ask about such a course since we were emotionally spent, but they gave us life saving tools JIT.

Training can be required for gaining job skills, teaching new information, or satisfying a compliance or legal requirement. Based on the learning needs and timing of the training can determine if JITT is the correct approach. JITT, if designed correctly, can reduce training costs, reach the learner at the correct time, and be effective for retention. If JITT training is offered at the wrong time it can be a huge waste of time, resources, and lose effectiveness.

“While “just-in-time training” meets immediate productivity needs, employees also need more than job skills to serve in a rapidly changing and competitive environment. Ensuring that workers have the knowledge, skills, and intellectual flexibility to join the challenge; training dollars need to move workforce development beyond training (Excelsior College, 2010).“

The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice created a virtual classroom presentation to describe their orientation to the model of Inclusive Just-in-Time Training (I-JITT). They describe learning dimensions, learning styles, and cultural context and how local health departments can adopt the framework and philosophy into current public health preparedness training programs. This program was aired live, but is now saved as an archive and can be viewed again, which is a huge advantage for offering training in this method.

When have you used Just in time Training, and how effective was JITT?


References:
Businessdictionary.com. (2010). Businessdictionary. Retrieved from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/just-in-time-instruction.html#ixzz15U2a2TTZ

Colvin Clark, R, & Kwinn, A. (2007). The new virtual classroom. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.


Leader, Phd, C. (2010). Corporate training benefits white paper bottom line: college credit for corporate training makes economic sense. Excelsior College, Retrieved from https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_College/Partnerships/Corporate_Training_Benefits_White_Paper

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice. (Producer). (September 21, 2010). An inclusive approach to just-in-time training. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.nwcphp.org/training/hot-topics/2010-hot-topics/i-jitt