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June 19, 2024
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.
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May 8, 2024
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.
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May 1, 2024
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.
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April 3, 2024
TORONTO – The Ontario government is providing an initial investment of $9 million through the 2024 budget, Building a Better Ontario, to begin the design and planning for York University’s new medical school. The new medical school will be the first in Canada that is focused on training primary care doctors and is helping fulfill Ontario’s commitment to ensure that everyone who wants to have a primary care provider can access one.
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March 28, 2024
The Masters of Health Informatics (MHI) program at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto develops students into health informaticians who bridge the gap between technology and the health information needs of clinicians, patients, administrations, and policy-makers. One of the foundational courses is the Complexity of Clinical Care for Non-Clinicians course. Read More
March 27, 2024
TORONTO – OntarioMD and the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) have entered into a memorandum of understanding to enhance collaboration, building on existing relationships and working towards common goals that will mutually benefit the mandates of both organizations and the Ontario healthcare system.
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March 27, 2024
WATERLOO, Ont. – Courses from NIHI expand across a variety of important topics such as leadership, artificial intelligence, data analytics, privacy and security, return on investment, medical device quality, connected health applications and the healthcare system. See the following upcoming spring courses to help advance your career:
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March 20, 2024
WATERLOO, Ont. – The National Institutes of Health Informatics (NIHI) announces the start in April of courses on developing effective dashboards and understanding the healthcare systems of the United States and Canada.
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January 31, 2024
MONTREAL – A new Virtual Reality (VR) system has been created by a team at McGill University that enables doctors, residents, nurses and other clinicians to master the challenges of pediatric trauma. By using VR headsets and the new software, learners can participate in educational sessions “anytime, anywhere”, instead of travelling to workshops that are only conducted in a few teaching hospitals in Canada. Read More
January 24, 2024
VANCOUVER – Anderson College is proud to announce the launch of its Medical Radiography Technology (MRT) program aimed at addressing critical industry shortages, providing relief to the current workforce and extraordinary career opportunities for graduates. This innovative and immersive program, where students engage in clinical training throughout their studies, is made possible by partnering with the dedicated teams at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Fraser Health (FH), Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and Providence Health Care (PHC).
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