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Apparently, I have a Type: Complicated Systems
What do anthropology, sewing, Healthcare Administration, and Sterile Processing have in common? Apparently, more than they should.
A look at how seemingly unrelated experiences shape the way we understand people, processes, quality, and the complicated systems that make Sterile Processing work - and why the people entering SPD may bring more useful experience with them than we realize.
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What anthropology, sewing, and Sterile Processing taught me about people, processes, invisible craftsmanship - and seeing how all the pieces fit together.
PEOPLE + SYSTEMS
When something goes wrong, education is an intervention - not an automatic response. Start by understanding the problem, then choose the response that actually fits.
QUALITY + IMPROVEMENT
Good preceptors don’t just give technicians answers. They teach them how to find reliable information, reason through uncertainty, and gradually work without someone standing beside them.
EDUCATION + PRECEPTING
Attendance can prove education happened. It can’t prove learning changed performance. Start with what you’re trying to know - and choose evidence that can actually answer the question.
COMPETENCY + PERFORMANCE
What changed when I stopped treating onboarding as one long training period - and designed one phase to build competency and another to demonstrate readiness.
ONBOARDING + READINESS
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