Psychological principles applied to antenatal training

Principles of Skill Acquisition Applied to Voice Training

As a young vocalist and voice trainer, I kept thinking that if I could only identify the "right technique," if I could only figure out with certainty which body part should go where during voice production, then I could sing well and I could also be a good voice trainer. Even beyond the rather frightful omission of emotions and art in this thinking, there was a serious fallacy: knowing that you...

Training principles to advance expertise

INTRODUCTION There are three forms of task engagement that are the basis of successful training for expertise—acquisition, retention, and transfer—and three corresponding goals of training—efficiency, durability, and generalizability. This paper reviews training conditions that facilitate acquisition, enhance retention, and promote transfer to contexts not encountered during training. Diligent ...

Applying Psychological Principles to Improve Hand Hygiene

Hand hygiene occurs at the intersection of habit and culture. Psychological and social principles, including operant conditioning and peer pressure of conforming social norms, facilitate behavior change. Participatory leadership and level hierarchies are needed for sustainable patient safety culture. Application of these principles progressively and significantly improved hand hygiene compared ...

A Psychological Fidelity Approach to Simulation-Based Training: Theory, Research, and Principles

Transfer in terms of skill maintenance and generalization is one of the key challenges in effective training design. Training design for critical military tasks often entails the use of simulations that are high on physical fidelity to minimize skill decrements that impede training transfer. Although this is an effective approach to resolving the transfer problem, it can be costly and inefficie...

Training Guidelines Applied to Selected Ojt Tasks