Wannipa Klawikkit. The development of a training curriculum on efficient utilization of electric energy for personnel in private hospitals : a case study of Thonburi Hospital 1 . Master's Degree(Environmental Education). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
The development of a training curriculum on efficient utilization of electric energy for personnel in private hospitals : a case study of Thonburi Hospital 1
Abstract:
The main objective of this research was to develop a training curriculum on the topic of “The Efficient Utilization of Electric Energy for Personnel in a Private Hospital. The sample group consisted of section heads working in Thonburi Hospital.
The first step was “Analyzing problems and surveying the needs of training”. It was done through in-depth interviews with the members of the “Energy Saving Campaign Committee” within the hospital.
The second step was “Curriculum formulation for the training program.” This consisted of creating the general objective and contents of the curriculum along with its operational method and plan as well as training measurement and evaluation methods where the related forms had been examined and corrected by academics and professional from the fields of environmental education and electricity.
The third step was “Implementation of the Training curriculum”. This was the testing of the curriculum and outcome on the 36 section heads of the sample group by using a process of brainstorming and practical operation among the participants based on an adapted technique of AIC (Appreciation Influence Control)
The final step was “Following-up and Evaluation of the Training curriculum”. This was to compare the knowledge and awareness achievement in pre and post training by using the statistical value of t-test. Various evaluations were performed such as (a) an opinion evaluation toward the curriculum factors through the questionnaire form (b) an outcome evaluation on electric utilization (c) behavior evaluation on the utilization of electric energy through the interrogation and observation at 6 weeks after the training completion.
The research revealed that the training participants gained sufficient knowledge and awareness on the efficient utilization of electric energy at the statistically significant level of 0.05. The majority of the participants further expressed that the created curriculum is very suitable although the final evaluation, at
6 weeks after the training completion, did not show any decrease of electric utilization in the hospital when compared with the same month of 2002. Nevertheless, based upon and observation as well as an interview with the members of the Energy Saving Campaign Committee, it was found that the utilization of electric energy was much more efficient. It was ultimately agreed that there should be other training activities, using the same curriculum, for personnel of every level within Thonburi Hospital and its network nationwide. Also, it was found that the operational plan adapted from the AIC process can be performed practically.