Practice‑Ready by Design: Engage Learners with NHA SkillsBuilder Learning Resources
Come explore how NHA’s next-generation SkillsBuilder resources support more engaged, practice-ready learning for students. In this session, we’ll highlight our resources move learning beyond task completion by helping students apply knowledge, prioritize what matters most, and build confidence in real-world clinical scenarios.
Rather than adding more content, SkillsBuilder resources help instructors focus instruction where it counts — reinforcing essential skills, encouraging patient-centered thinking, and bridging the gap between theory and practice. Through brief demonstrations and classroom-ready examples, you’ll see how these tools naturally support active learning, clinical judgment, and professional readiness without requiring a complete course redesign.
Whether you’re looking to strengthen competency-based training, improve student preparedness, or better align instruction to industry expectations, this session will show how SkillsBuilder resources can be implemented in practical, flexible ways that work within your existing program structure.
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Why Attend this Webinar?
Support Learners:
Describe how SkillsBuilder tools support learners in applying knowledge and building confidence in clinical practice.
Prioritize Essential Skills:
Identify strategies that help prioritize essential skills and move beyond task-based learning.
Close Classroom-to-Practice Gap:
Explore practical ways to use SkillsBuilder resources to reinforce patient-centered thinking and improve classroom-to-practice connections.
Identify transferrable healthcare skills in diverse populations
- Gain insights into recognizing the hidden potential within diverse populations.
- Identify transferable skills that are often overlooked but are essential to healthcare roles.
- Learn to see beyond traditional backgrounds and discover how adaptability, customer service, and problem-solving abilities can be harnessed to address your staffing needs, enriching your team with a wealth of untapped talent.
Develop efficient and cost-effective allied health training programs
- Learn to create efficient, cost-effective training for in-demand allied health fields.
- Get the blueprint for upskilling individuals into roles such as medical assistants, patient care technicians, pharmacy technicians, and other specialties.
- Find out how to craft educational routes that cut costs, improve learning, and quickly connect untapped talent to your staffing needs.
Build partnerships with community organizers and learning resource providers
- Delve into the strategic process of building robust partnerships, which is key to creating a sustainable talent pipeline for your health system.
- Learn how to leverage these partnerships to access a broader candidate pool, enhance your training resources, and foster a community invested in the success of your healthcare services.
- Strengthen your workforce and community ties simultaneously for long-term benefits.
Provide healthcare career pathways and support successful transitions
- Discover how to build clear healthcare career paths, aligning skills with the right allied health roles to attract and keep top talent.
- Uncover methods to ease transitions into healthcare, making newcomers feel valued and prepared.
- Discuss how to foster a growth environment that leads to a dedicated, stable workforce in your health system.
Our Presenters
Kristiana D. Routh
Product Content Strategist, RMA (AMT)
Kristiana Routh is a Product Content Strategist with the National Healthcareer Association. Her primary focus is on the clinical professions including medical assisting, phlebotomy, EKG technicians, and patient care technicians. Nationally known as a subject matter expert in the field of medical assisting, Kristiana brings over 20 years of experience from the field. Prior to working for the NHA she owned her own business as consultant to clients in the allied health education fields and she has authored many publications.
Kristiana’s experience focuses on creative solutions for educating learners in the allied health professions. Working for years as an instructor for medical assisting and other allied health programs, her approach to the current need is seen through the lens of both educator and expert.
Kelly Cobb, BSN, RN
Product Integration Specialist and Educator at National Healthcareer Association
Kelly is a seasoned Product Integration Specialist and Educator at the National Healthcareer Association. With a diverse background in nursing and allied healthcare education across simulation, hospital, academic, and CTE settings, she's dedicated to advancing competency-based learning. Her impactful consulting and advocacy for shared resources have elevated the healthcare education community. In the upcoming webinar, she will draw on her extensive experience to share key strategies for bridging the theory-practice gap in healthcare education.
Tywana “Ty” Lawson, MSN, RN
Integration Specialist Health Sciences Educator at National Healthcareer Association
Tywana “Ty” Lawson, PhD, RN is an Integration Specialist and Health Sciences Educator with the National Healthcareer Association (NHA), where she partners with allied health programs to support curriculum alignment, instructional design, and effective implementation of industry‑recognized standards. Drawing on previous experience in both instructional and administrative roles, Ty brings a practical, program‑level perspective to her work, understanding the realities instructors and institutions navigate every day. She works closely with educators to help ensure programs are aligned not only to certification requirements, but also to current workforce expectations, supporting student readiness for success in today’s practice environments.
Carla Biondiollo, MSN, RN
University of Texas
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