Education & Training

WINNIPEG – RRC Polytech has opened a new Interdisciplinary Health and Community Services Simulation Centre. This facility, the first of its kind in Manitoba, will begin training the province’s future health leaders in January. The Simulation Centre is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary facility that will focus on nursing, allied health professions and community services. Read More

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, beginning this winter, 2025. They are: “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare,” “Leadership in Healthcare: Resilient Leadership,” “Return on Investment Fundamentals in Healthcare,” “Data Strategy for Healthcare Organizations,” and “ePrivacy Fundamentals.” The courses are available online, with early bird registration closing on December 20th, 2024. Read More

OTTAWA – Carleton University has launched a new tech-forward nursing program with the first intake of students starting in the fall of 2025. The university has partnered with Queensway Carleton Hospital to transform nursing education and accelerate the entrance of new nurses into the healthcare system. Read More

HAMILTON, Ont. – Mohawk College has expanded the Mohawk College Centre for Healthcare Simulation and Research (CHSR), located at the college’s Institute for Applied Health Sciences. Equipped with cutting-edge technology that replicates real-world healthcare environments, the expanded CHSR will improve students’ experience in simulation training, allow for new teaching methods, and support research in the use of simulation tools in healthcare education. Read More

TORONTO – Globally, in recent years, healthcare has accounted for more privacy breaches than any other industry. The number of incidents continues to rise as healthcare institutions are frequently in the news for mismanaging personal health information. Read More

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new micro-courses for healthcare professionals, beginning this fall, 2024. They are: “Cybersecurity for Privacy Professionals”, “Leadership in Healthcare: Learning to Lead, ” “Data Governance in Healthcare,” “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare,” and “ROI Thinking in Healthcare.” The courses are available online. Read More

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new microcourses for healthcare professionals, starting in the fall of 2024. They are: Leadership in Health Care, Learning to Lead; and The Nature of Clinical Care in 6 Easy Steps. The courses are available online. Read More

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering microcourses that are of great importance to healthcare professionals, starting in the fall of 2024. They are: Data Governance in Health Care, the Fundamentals; and Cybersecurity for Privacy Professionals. The courses are available online. Read More

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University Continuing Education are offering new microcourses, starting in the fall of 2024. Two new microcourses are: Leadership in Health Care, Learning to Lead; and Return on Investment Thinking in Health Care. The courses are live, interactive and online. Early bird pricing is available until Friday, September 6. Read More

TORONTO – Humber River Health (Humber) has integrated virtual reality into training for its operating room (OR) nurses, enabling the organization to advance orthopedic surgical care and optimize efficiency and patient safety. Orthopedic surgeries require precision, coordination and seamless teamwork among surgeons, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Humber is implementing PrecisionOS – a virtual reality surgery training provider – to strengthen the collaborative and cohesive surgical team relationship in the OR. Read More