1. DEVELOPMENT GOALS as-of June 2014 Note: (The Development Goal process and entry did not change with the June 2014 system upgrade.)

2. Your Development Goal A development goal is a course of action designed to help you create or improve a skillset, increase your job knowledge or advance your education level. All development goals should relate directly to your current position with the hospital or a desired future position within the hospital. 3. Click on ‘Create a New Development Goal’. 1. Using the Drop-Down arrow on your Home Page select Development access your Development Goals. 2. The page will open up to the plan you were working with the last time you visited the section. The fist step is always to check the open plan and change it if needed. To change the plan use the Drop-Down arrow in the ‘Switch Plan’ box. Development Goals can be created in two ways; 1) in the Development tab or 2) in your PMF form at the end of a cycle for the next review cycle. Goals created in the form do not automatically upload to the Development Goals Tab. However, goals created in the tab do automatically upload to the form. 4. Type a description of your goal. 5. Enter the ‘Start Date’ and ‘Due Date’ for your goal. The due date is the date you should complete this goal. 6. Skip the ‘Status’ box if this is a goal you have not worked on yet, update the status if it is. 7. Select the purpose of the goal related to your employment with the hospital: Current Role, Future Role or General Skillset. 8. Click on the ‘Add Learning Activity’ button to enter learning activities related to the goal.

3. 9. Enter the ‘Due Date’ for the Learning Activity. This is the date you expect this activity completed and not the due date for the goal. 10. Type your activities description. 11. In the ‘Action’ area click on the ‘Green’ circle with the ‘White’ plus sign to add another activity, the white arrows to change the hierarchy or the ‘Red’ X to delete the task. 12. Click on the ‘Save Changes’ to create the goal. 13a. Once a development goal has been created you can delete it if you need to by clicking on the box next to the goal you want to delete…… 13 b......then clicking on the ‘Delete Selected’ box. 14. You can edit or move a goal up and down in hierarchy in the ‘Action’ area by using the ‘Blue’ arrows and the ‘Notepad’ tool. The notepad tool opens up the goal entry screen for editing. Tip: Only one Development Goal is required each year but you can have as many as you want.