It must be August. There’s a ton of back-to-school ads on TV and my mailbox is stuffed with fliers for new backpacks. And while most of your employees are too big to sit behind those tiny student desks anymore, it might not be a bad idea this fall to send them “back to school” too.

Like the OIG says in their latest guidelines, “Education should not be limited to annual formal training requirements. The compliance officer should seek and develop opportunities to provide education on compliance topics and risks throughout the year.”

This doesn’t mean you need to weigh your employees down with a heavy fall course load, especially since the workplace tends to speed up once everyone is back from vacation. Instead, you could deploy short eLearning modules that just focus on one or two particular risks.

You could also use brief videos, that take a lighter, but still serious approach to reinforcing important compliance principles. Even simple email communications can be designed to grab your employees’ attention and remind them about key points.

We all know the adult attention span  isn’t what it used to be, and your training objectives are busy competing with the demands of an ever-evolving workplace. Sometimes shorter is better.

Studies have shown that shorter learning events spaced over time can be more effective than a single large learning event. There is also less strain on your resources to produce shorter training deliverables – less content to write, review, and develop into its final form.

And with that in mind, we’ll keep this post short too, and just remind you that NXLevel Compliance is here to help. Not only do we develop short custom modules and videos from scratch, we also have a suite of Compliance QuickTakes, microlearning eModules that reinforce compliant behavior and guidance for high-risk activities. To learn more, contact us at compliance@nxlevelsolutions.com.

Enjoy the rest of your summer!