Advanced Training Technologies Research Articles

Enhancing Human Resources Competency in a Defense University: Strategies and Best Practices

This systematic literature review examines strategies and best practices for enhancing human resources (HR) competencies within defense university environments, focusing on studies published between 2010 and 2023. Recognizing the distinct challenges faced by military educational institutions, the review identifies key themes and methodologies that contribute to effective HR development, including competency alignment with military culture, the integration of advanced training technologies, and leadership development frameworks. A total of 43 articles were analyzed from reputable databases, including Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, with a particular emphasis on research addressing competency frameworks, leadership training programs, and performance evaluation in military contexts. The findings underscore the importance of tailored competency models that adhere to military standards, the adoption of cutting-edge training technologies, and the promotion of continuous professional development. Furthermore, the review highlights successful case studies that demonstrate significant improvements in HR competencies within defense universities. These insights provide a valuable guide for institutions seeking to enhance their HR capabilities. The study concludes by offering recommendations for future research, particularly in exploring innovative competency models, the advancement of training technologies, and leadership development strategies that meet the evolving needs of military organizations.

Setting priorities in outpatient cardiovascular care to guarantee equitable access: the case of Tuscany region

Universal healthcare systems orient their actions towards promoting, restoring, and improving public health with a particular focus on the need to guarantee equitable access to care. Unwarranted variation in healthcare delivery poses significant challenges to health systems globally, impacting quality of care, financial sustainability, and equity of access. It is therefore important to assist healthcare management in measuring unwarranted variation in order to prioritise intervention strategies to ensure continuity of care and equity. Through an investigation of geographical variation in visit rates and waiting times, the study identifies vulnerable health districts which need priority interventions for patients with cardiovascular disease in the Tuscany region (Italy). Furthermore, a benchmarking-based method for identifying a quantitative estimate of the supply gap to be reduced is proposed. Results illustrate variation in visit rates and waiting times across local health districts in 2021, with some districts experiencing substantially lower rates and longer waiting times compared to the regional median. To address this gap, two targeted interventions aimed at increasing visit volumes and reduced waiting times through advanced training activities, technology integration, and multidisciplinary collaborations are presented. This study contributes to the topic of unwarranted variation by highlighting the necessity of tailored interventions to address diverse healthcare challenges across heterogeneous geographical areas. As healthcare systems globally navigate evolving complexities, the findings and tools presented here offer valuable guidance for policymakers and managers, aiming towards more equitable, efficient, and responsive healthcare services.

Age dynamics of doctor's professional competencies

The article presents the results of a study with 288 doctors of various age groups and specialties aimed at determining the level of professional competencies and its changes. To conduct this study, sociological,
 analytical, and statistical methods, as well as organizational modeling were used. Based on the results, grounds for the need to find effective solutions in order to support the professional literacy of doctors of
 older age groups were given. Organizational solutions to this problem were given, including unique healthsaving and advanced training (treatment in training) technologies, transformation of the methodological
 support of medical activity based on the implementation of expert systems, as well as reduction of cognitive load on doctors of nearing-retirement and retirement age through professional retraining in one narrow specialty.
 For citation: Yakushin MA, Vorobieva AV, Yarotsky SYu, Vasiliev MD, Arseenkova OYu, Yakushina TI. Age dynamics of doctor's professional competencies. City Healthсare. 2023;4(1): 22-37 doi: 10.47619/2713-2617.zm.2023.v.4i1;22-37

Quality management technologies of railway transport services

The relevance of the research topic is stipulated by the crisis phenomena that are taking place in the development of the transport industry of Ukraine, which are caused both by the aggravation of internal contradictions in the development of subjects of this sphere, and by the influence of external negative factors related to the economic and political crisis in the country. The purpose of the work was to determine the problems of managing the quality of services provided in railway transport sector. The features of modern transport services have been determined, the issue of effective training of personnel in the conditions of using advanced training technologies has been raised, and the characteristics of the provision of services by JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” has been provided. Based on economic-mathematical models, it has been proven that the profit dynamics of railway transport enterprises depends to a large extent not only on their technical and technological capabilities, but also on socio-economic factors regarding the need and possibility of using technologies for managing the quality of services. It has been determined that the above-mentioned discrepancies and problems significantly affect the level of service quality management technology of enterprises in this sector. A conclusion has been made about the need to increase the efficiency of service quality management technology of railway transport enterprises based on the use of modern approaches to the comprehensive study of consumer needs and further improvement of consumer qualities of transport services in order to generate profit, increase the social significance of railway transport and obtain competitive advantages in the future. The results of the study can be used to develop a state strategy for regional development, as well as to devise plans and recommendations for the development of railway transport enterprises at different levels of management

Teaching potential of integrated learning technologies Smart, Stem and Steam

At the current stage of digitization of the Russian economy, educational institutions urgently need new, more advanced and effective training technologies that help improve the quality of training of highly competent and competitive specialists who comply with the social order of society digital. These technologies should promote the introduction of robotic and cyber-physical systems in the training of future specialists. The article shows that SMART, STEM and STEAM integrated learning technologies that encompass the theoretical and practical components of educational programs with the help of special technological equipment: robotic complexes, virtual learning tools and cyber systems, can be used as technologies in the digital education. It is proven that the practical application of mathematical, physical, engineering and technological knowledge, modeling and design of robotic cybernetic devices and others, allow us to more effectively solve the tasks of the competition-oriented educational paradigm, create additional conditions for the development and realization of the personal potential of the students. The integrative didactic potential of SMART, STEM and STEAM technologies is determined, ensuring the achievement of the synergistic effect in the educational process and increasing the productivity of education subjects through the combination of the individual means of the technologies studied in a single system. The advantages of digital education are analyzed, which are optimized using the integrative teaching potential of SMART, STEM and STEAM technologies. Based on the characteristics of the integrative didactic potential of SMART, STEM and STEAM technologies, it is concluded that they are promising in the era of the digitization of Russian education and viable to use them in order to maintain the effectiveness of the educational process.

QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A USER INTERFACE BASED ON THE MENTAL TIME OF PERFORMING THE USER TASKS OF THE SUBJECT AREA

The overall development of information systems and their increasingly significant impact on all areas of the society expressed in such terms as "information society", etc., determines the increasing importance of user interfaces. Moreover, the quality and adequacy of the interface to the tasks of the subject area becomes the determining parameter when choosing a specific organization software product for computer support of the organization. The study of user interfaces involved with the 70s of the last century. Some methods of interface quality research, in particular, the GOMS method is used to date. However, the use of advanced training technology for mass professional users of information systems for the study of interfaces allows to effectively evaluate the interface in the learning process without using the GOMS method. This article is devoted to this issue. The article deals with the method of quantitative evaluation of the quality of the user interface in the form of such characteristics as errors and mental time of the tasks of the subject area. The structure of time of performing tasks of the subject area is analyzed. Mental time is allocated as the characteristic that chiefly determines the usability of the user interface. Mental time is based on the total time of the step, the calculation time at this step, and the mechanical time required for a person to perform an action that causes the step to be performed. It is shown that the use of anticipated training technology of mass professional user can significantly simplify the allocation of mental time by eliminating the time of the task computer. In the structure of time, the mechanical time required for a person to perform an action that causes the step to be performed is essential. In the GOMS method some standard numerical characteristics are used to estimate mechanical time. However, a hypothesis is put forward, and it is experimentally shown that a statistically significant minimum time for performing actions can be used as mechanical time. This hypothesis was experimentally confirmed. The method and results of this experiment are presented in the article. Developed on this basis, the methodology for assessing the quality of the interface can be used when retraining users in the process of transition of organizations to domestic software in order to evaluate the interfaces.

ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF PHYSICAL TRAINING OF THE RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS’ STUDENTS

The significant change of missions and organization of the Armed Forces of Ukraine requires the deep transformation in the military education system and development military professional training, especially citizens’ training system development, inter alia ROTC students during last decades. The Action Plan on the Implementation of Defense Reform up to 2020 (Road Map of the Defense Reform) reveals the military education system’s effectiveness enhancement due to the improvement of training facilities, training exercises, NATO counties advanced training technologies and methodologies’ implementation in education. Reforms in the sphere of education and defense in Ukraine have revealed significant gaps in the system of physical training of student youth, development of which has not been kept abreast. The students do not form a self-assessment of their physical abilities and the need to master theoretical knowledge of physical fitness, as a result of which physical training, as a pedagogical process, doesn’t unclose the person’s education and socialization. The purpose of our research is to analyze the impact of university ROTC students’ physical fitness results on the state of their academic performance in combined arms training. The methods of analysis, synthesis and summarization of scientific research data of physical training problems and its legal framework were used during research. As a result of the research, the influence of insufficient physical fitness on the level of combined arms training of future reserve officers was revealed due to the negligence of both physical training legal framework of the student youth and ROTC. The research of low ROTC training level highlights that the current healthy recovery system of student youth physical training doesn’t provide for the necessary theoretical knowledge, methodic and practical skills’ development. The lack of hours for special physical training in the combined arms training of ROTC higher education establishments increases the negative effects of traditional physical training system’s absence on the state mobilization resources level.

Challenges in Transforming Military Training: Research and Application of Advanced Simulation and Training Technologies and Methods

Welcome to this special issue! This issue is unique in several ways. First, we have an opening paper discussing some of the operational and integration issues being faced in transforming training—i...

Leveraging Serious Games and Advanced Training Technologies for Enhanced Cognitive Skill Development

Games must present instructional elements needed for skill development and be effectively designed to capitalize on their potential. Questions arise regarding how to integrate instruction into game play that maps directly to core domain competencies. We have conducted ongoing research on the utility of “training through feedback” on human performance, particularly situation awareness (SA). Past studies have demonstrated the capability for real-time, in-game assessment of SA. Here, we present data from a demonstration exercise aimed at further validating real-time, SA measures for development of cognitive skills in games and extending the research to include assessments of task performance. West Point cadets performed squad-level patrol tasks in a computer-based military game. Data on their SA and performance was captured in each scenario segment and then provided as feedback in an after-action review. We present results from the exercise with discussion of how SA results relate to team performance.

Field Evaluation of Advanced Training Technologies in Terminal Air Traffic Control

Currently, the FAA performs site-specific training for Terminal Air Traffic Control students at facilities using mainly non-automated methods of training. While higher fidelity simulation is used, much of the training occurs in classrooms and with instructors during on-the-job training, making it resource intensive and non-standardized. Innovative approaches to controller training need to be developed to improve efficiency, quality, and standardization across facilities, particularly as the air traffic system evolves towards the next generation (NextGen) of automation (FAA, 2009a). The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) is developing the Terminal Trainer Prototype, a web-based airspace training system that incorporates state-of-the art training and data-driven technology using templates for multimedia tutorials, serious games, simulations, and interactive discovery learning tools. This prototype has been undergoing field evaluation since September 2008, first at the Miami TRACON facility site, and now continuing at Potomac Consolidated TRACON. This paper describes the prototype and discusses the results of field evaluations performed to date.

CAX, Joint Training and Transformation Objectives

This article elaborates on the issues related to improving joint training. Special emphasis is given to transformation of training and especially to the establishment of the Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) as the cornerstone of training transformation. The author presents the six functional areas of JNTC implementation: Joint Management Office, Joint Training System Application, Joint Command and Control, Opposing Forces, Joint Training Infrastructure, and Advanced Training Technologies. The role of modeling and simulation and CAX in particular is also discussed. The various challenges and approaches are presented in a global distributed training environment.

SPECIAL ISSUE: Challenges in Transforming Military Training: Research and Application of Advanced Simulation and Training Technologies and Methods

SPECIAL ISSUE: Challenges in Transforming Military Training: Research and Application of Advanced Simulation and Training Technologies and Methods

Development and evaluation of an advanced training technology course within a union-based industrial emergency response training program.

The Health and Safety Department of the United Automobile Workers recently introduced the use of Advanced Training Technologies (ATTs) into a previously successful Industrial Emergency Response (IER) program. The new curriculum attempted to incorporate web-based technology, while preserving the historical emphasis on the use of peer trainers and the Small Group Activity Method (SGAM) to promote team problem solving and worker empowerment. The University of Michigan evaluated the program by administering a survey combining open- and closed-ended questions to trainees. Of the 46 respondents, most rated the program very highly, found that the use of internet technology allowed faster access to current information, reported peer trainers as one of program aspects they liked best, and did not find working in groups of three per computer difficult. It is possible to enhance a workplace health and safety training program through the introduction of ATT without compromising participant-centered, group learning program philosophies.

Use of advanced training technologies by industrial hygienists: what can the ACGIH Computer Committee contribute?

Use of advanced training technologies by industrial hygienists: what can the ACGIH Computer Committee contribute?

Technology—it's all in the sales pitch!

Performance + InstructionVolume 34, Issue 4 p. 35-36 Article Technology—it's all in the sales pitch! Bonnie Sue Spencer, Bonnie Sue Spencer Bonnie Sue Spencer is a veteran of public education and corporate training environments. She has a Master of Science in Computer Education and is pursuing a similar degree in Instructional and Performance Technology. She currently manages an advanced training technologies work group for EG&G Energy Measurements and provides training program development in both traditional and computer-based environments. She can be reached at: EG&G Energy Measurements, #C1-205, P.O. Box 1912, Las Vegas, NV 89125, Phone: (702) 295-1912, Fax: (702) 295-1895.Search for more papers by this author Bonnie Sue Spencer, Bonnie Sue Spencer Bonnie Sue Spencer is a veteran of public education and corporate training environments. She has a Master of Science in Computer Education and is pursuing a similar degree in Instructional and Performance Technology. She currently manages an advanced training technologies work group for EG&G Energy Measurements and provides training program development in both traditional and computer-based environments. She can be reached at: EG&G Energy Measurements, #C1-205, P.O. Box 1912, Las Vegas, NV 89125, Phone: (702) 295-1912, Fax: (702) 295-1895.Search for more papers by this author First published: April 1995 https://doi.org/10.1002/pfi.4170340409 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume34, Issue4April 1995Pages 35-36 RelatedInformation

A Demonstration of Surface Warfare Advanced Training Technology

This interactive presentation consists of (1) a video tape demonstration of the Surface Warfare Advanced Training Technology (SWATT) research and demonstration training system and (2) this paper describing the system, its purpose, its human factors research areas, and information on the utility of the various training features incorporated in the system.