Education & Training

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

WATERLOO and HAMILTON, Ont. – Increase your knowledge with microcredential courses from the National Institutes of Health Informatics and McMaster University. Online courses are available in the areas of ROI Thinking in Health Care; Artificial Intelligence in Health Care; Data Governance; Cybersecurity for Privacy Professionals; and the Nature of Clinical Care. Registration and more details are available at www.nihi.ca Read More

OSHAWA, Ont. – Recognizing the gap in skill development opportunities for healthcare professionals, a community-based partnership between Ontario Tech University’s Faculty of Health Sciences (FHSc) and Lakeridge Health’s Critical Care Program is making significant progress to improve access to high-quality simulation resources for medical training, both locally and globally. Read More

WATERLOO, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics, in partnership with McMaster University, have announced several new microcredential courses for the Fall of 2024. They include topics related to ROI in healthcare projects, AI, data governance, leadership and cybersecurity. There is also a course on the nature of clinical care and diagnosis. Read More

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI – Simulation rooms will be an important part of the University of Prince Edward Island’s new medical school when it opens. Currently under construction, the school provided local journalists with a look at the plans earlier this month, and outlined the importance of technology in educating a new cadre of physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Read More

HAMILTON, Ont. – As a surgical team at Hamilton Health Science’s Hamilton General Hospital (HGH) performed life-altering reconstructive surgery on a gunshot patient, doctors nearly 8,000 km away in war-torn Ukraine observed and learned from the team’s advanced surgical techniques in real-time. Read More

TORONTO – In time for Pride Month, the Sexual and Gender Diversity in Cancer Care (SGDc) Program at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre has launched an eLearning course to help healthcare providers gain experience in four key topics of inclusion: pronouns, sexual orientation, gender identity and relationship diversity. Read More

TORONTO – The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) has released a new best practice guideline (BPG) to support nurses and interprofessional health teams. Titled Clinical Practice in a Digital Health Environment, this BPG features evidence-based recommendations to support care across settings and sectors to improve people’s health outcomes and equity. Read More

CALGARY – LGI Healthcare Solutions, a Canadian leader in healthcare IT, proudly announces the selection of its LGI Education (MedSIS 3C) solution to transform medical learner assessment processes and streamline administrative operations at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine. Read More