How Post-Secondary Health Education Courses Can Be Used to Enhance Job Readiness Skills

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As the focus on wellness and preventative care becomes the norm in order to reduce healthcare costs, colleges and universities can also get involved by promoting health education courses that are already available on campus. Post-secondary institutions whose primary mission is to graduate students, who are workforce ready, should include a wellness component within the course of study. Many of the people investing in wellness education programs are employers seeking to reduce their own healthcare expenses for employees. Employers invest in wellness programs for their employees to boost morale and increase productivity. Workplace wellness programs not only help to increase productivity and ultimately affect a company's revenue, but the programs also help to cut long-term healthcare costs for employers that provide healthcare benefits. One study indicated that for every $1.00 spent on wellness programs, healthcare costs are reduced by $3.37. In addition the cost of absenteeism is reduced by $2.73 for every $1.00 spent; with over 130 million individuals in the workforce, wellness programs can save employers a significant amount of money each year (Baicker et. al, 2010).  CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING THIS ON EZINEARTICLES.COM

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Critical Thinking in Post-Secondary Education: It's About More Than Job Readiness Skills

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The goal of post-secondary education at the community college level has primarily been to equip students with the skills that they need for the workforce. Offering courses of study that allow students to be workforce ready, not only helps to increase completion rates but it also helps to boost economic development in the communities in which the graduates are hired. For this process to work effectively, college administrators, educators, and business leaders must share similar goals. While workforce readiness is important, students should also be able to think critically and problem solve as an everyday life skill.

Critical thinking is the process of evaluating information and making decisions based on effective observation, reasoning, and analysis. A key feature of thinking critically is the communication process, which can provide the necessary clarity for individuals to ask in-depth questions that lead to sound conclusions. Critical thinking promotes rationality because thinkers are able to raise important questions, identify problems, evaluate information, think open-mindedly, and communicate with others in order solve problems effectively. In addition, critical thinking promotes accountability, responsibility, and organization for making decisions since students must be actively engaged in the process.  CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING THIS ON EZINEARTICLES.COM

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