5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  US physicians spend an estimated four million hours annually on mandatory online training modules, costing approximately $800 million in lost productivity.

• 2

  Current training formats often lack interactivity and do not align with adult learning principles, limiting their effectiveness in changing clinician behavior.

• 3

  A systematic review found little evidence that repetitive annual training improves clinical behavior or outcomes, questioning the value of current methods.

• 4

  Gottlieb emphasizes the need for health systems to audit training requirements and redesign them to enhance engagement and learning effectiveness.

• 5

  Redesigning training to include interactive formats and specialty-tailored content could improve outcomes, but requires prioritization from organizations.