Education & Training

BARRIE, Ont. – Innovative Automation, a Barrie company recognized as a global leader in advanced manufacturing technologies, recently announced a $1 million gift to the RVH Foundation’s Keep Life Wild campaign to support the advancement of immersive medical education at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH). Read More

WATERLOO, Ont. – The healthcare sector is changing quickly, and leaders and professionals need fast and effective ways of staying up-to-date. The National Institutes of Health Informatics enables you to acquire the latest insights through online courses taught by experts. This year, you can sharpen your skills with the following courses: HL7 Fundamentals; ROI Fundamentals in Health Care; Artificial Intelligence in Health Care; ePrivacy Risk Management in Health Care; and Leadership in Health Care: Resilient Leadership. Read More

WATERLOO, Ont. – NIHI – McMaster CE courses are starting this month. Make an impact in your organization with knowledge and ideas gained through participating in courses about: Health Workforce Shortage – Retention Strategies and ROI; Data Analytics – Hands-on Data Analytics Skills; Leadership in Health Care: Resilient Leadership; ePrivacy Risk Management in Health Care; Artificial Intelligence in Health Care; ROI Fundamentals in Health Care; and HL7 Fundamentals. Read More

WATERLOO, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics (NIHI) is offering its new courses on how to manage the HR crisis in healthcare. The key to leading in a time of crisis is resilient leadership, retention strategies and ROI fundamentals. Read More

TORONTO – Mental health training and delivery platform Get A-Head has been acquired for $17 million by Vector Health Labs. Building on successful use cases with a range of professional sports teams and Dr. Peter Cornish of the University of California, Berkeley, this first-of-its-kind platform focuses on both the training of future mental health professionals and the cost-effective delivery of mental health therapy. Read More

WATERLOO, Ont. – NIHI is offering online courses in Data Analytics, ePrivacy, AI and HL7 fundamentals – all starting in January and February. Get your team up to speed in data management for the New Year with training in these important topics, taught by experienced and effective instructors. Read More

SURREY, BC – A new medical school on the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Surrey campus is taking a significant step forward with the hiring of an interim dean and provincial funding to support its development. SFU has retained an interim dean, Dr. Roger Strasser (pictured), who will provide strategic leadership in the planning and implementation of the medical school. Read More

WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is spending $12.5 million to develop a health and community services simulation centre at Red River College Polytechnic, creating more training opportunities for healthcare workers. The new centre will hold equipment and technology that will reflect and simulate actual healthcare scenarios which will better prepare students for clinical work, Premier Heather Stefanson (pictured) said at a news conference. Read More

VANCOUVER – PrecisionOS has announced a collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to augment the Combined Orthopedic Residency Program (CORP) with immersive Virtual Reality (VR) training. Faculty members of MGH/CORP will work with PrecisionOS over the next three years to jointly develop new VR foot/ankle and hand/wrist training, while using current PrecisionOS training modules to help residents further develop their surgical skills in other areas. Read More

WATERLOO, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics (NIHI) is offering two new courses covering Return on Investment (ROI) in healthcare. ROI – Return on Matters in Health Care is a free online session, while ROI Thinking: Learn How to Apply ROI Thinking in Your Organization is a comprehensive, six-session course. Read More