Evaluation and consultation on the healthcare assistant (FaGe à la carte) and general education for adults (ABUi) courses at the commercial and industrial training centre (GIBZ) in Zug

The individualised general education for adults (ABUi) course was introduced at the end of 2020 and is now running for the third year. Basic general training skills are applied on this course which lasts a semester. It is suitable for adults generally able to organise their training individually and independently. The individualised learning can be carried out at any time and from anywhere via a digital learning platform and is supplemented by classroom-based teaching and appraisals.

‘FaGe à la carte’ was introduced in summer 2022. ‘FaGe à la carte’ is an individualised training format – available at any time and anywhere – for adults with professional experience in the care sector and is aimed at students undertaking shortened healthcare assistant training (article 32) or those doing supplementary training (article 31).

SFUVET is supporting GIBZ with the evaluation of the two courses, focussing on areas of improvement. The key evaluation questions are set out below:

• How do the students rate the courses?
• How do students rate the self-organised and digital learning on the courses?
• What were the positive and negative aspects in the view of the students?
• To what extent did students need more or different forms of support?
• How do teaching staff perceive their own role on individualised, digital courses?
• How high is the workload for teaching staff compared with regular courses?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses compared to regular courses in the view of teaching staff?
• What is general adult education (ABUi) graduates’ view of the course in retrospect?

In addition to evaluation activities, an assessment of the current learning platform and the tools used is also being carried out by a media didactics expert as part of a consultation mandate.