In my medical-legal psychiatric practice, I am developing
a medical services organization (MSO) to assist doctors with their
administrative tasks involved in conducting their own medical-legal
evaluations. I am implementing the
latest technologies, as much as I am able.
Implementation of those technologies has been sluggish. However, I have simply redoubled my efforts,
allowed for a longer time-line, and have developed additional strategies in
order to implement the technologies successfully.
I have found people to be impatient, including
myself. They have not believed that I
would be able to apply and utilize the technology in the manner that I have
expressed.
Others have resisted moving forward as evidenced by
sighing, asking questions without trying, delaying. I have found people
misunderstood what I am intending to do with the technologies.
Keller
(1984) as described by Driscoll (2005) listed four circumstances that need to
be present in order for a person to learn with motivation; namely, attention,
relevance, confidence and satisfaction.
To improve
others’ motivation to learn about and implement my proposed technologies, I can
implement Keller’s philosophies.
First,
I will grab their attention, perhaps by showing them how the technology is
going to be fun and interesting.
Then,
I can demonstrate how the technology is relevant to their job, and how it will
make their job easier. I can share about
the vision of how everyone and everything are going to coordinate more
effectively with the proposed technology.
Third,
I can give them guidance so that they experience success using the technology,
which will build their confidence.
Finally,
I will encourage their satisfaction through rapid feedback with their
accomplishments!
References:
Driscoll, M. P.
(2005). Psychology of learning for instruction (3rd ed.).Boston: Pearson
Education, Inc.