TIGER (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform) Demonstration of the Virtual Learning Environment

In 2004, TIGER brought together stakeholders to develop a shared vision, strategies and specific actions for improving nursing practice, education, and the delivery of patient care through the use of Health Information Technology (HIT). TIGER utilized a collaborative workgroup approach to advance education on HIT topics. The TIGER Virtual Demonstration Collaborative workgroup studied the benefits and challenges of a virtual learning environment (VLE) to expedite innovation and adoption of HIT. This collaborative identified that a dynamic and sustainable platform was needed to continuously showcase the most effective and efficient current technology-enabled and near future-enabling technologies to advance nursing practice, education and research. Building on this grass roots approach and identified need, TIGER has brought to fruition its virtual learning environment. In this webinar you will see a demonstration of this exciting new interactive educational resource.

This multi-faceted, learning environment is an essential resource for faculty, students, and health care professionals to assist in the development of knowledge and skills of informatics and HIT tools.

Learning Objectives

• Review (briefly) the TIGER Initiative Foundation framework and current activities.
• Explore the features, content and flexibility of the TIGER VLE Platform that enhances learning for different professional inter-professional communities.
• Review metrics from the TIGER VLE to highlight demographics of participants and history of content targeted for learning.

Speakers Information

Sally Schlak, RN, MBA has over 30 years of leadership experience in acute and rural primary care settings in nursing leadership and in informatics. Sally has successfully leveraged her experience in health care administration, leadership in nursing and informatics to a national level in her current role as Senior Director of the TIGER Initiative Foundation. Sally’s previous roles include her work as Director of Nursing, and Clinical IT Liaison Nurse at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida, and her work as Clinical Analyst/Team Leader in rural south Georgia.
She has been published in Nursing Management as well as in Computers, Informatics and Nursing.