Education & Training

HALIFAX – The medical school at Dalhousie University is now screening prospective students for character traits such as empathy and integrity, and has reviewed its admissions process for the first time in 10 years, following high-profile cases at the Halifax university of would-be doctors in trouble with the law. Read More

TORONTO – Organizations face numerous risks when outsourcing IT, including costly business interruptions, security breaches and data loss. Can you confidently manage and mitigate Cloud and SaaS risks? Read More

EDMONTON and MONTREAL – CAE Healthcare and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) announced today that they have entered a simulation research partnership to improve healthcare education and patient safety, including support for NAIT’s simulation research initiatives. Read More

QUEBEC CITY – Telus Health and Université Laval are joining forces to provide state-of-the-art, comprehensive simulation teaching facilities to the university’s pharmacy faculty. Through an investment of more than $300,000 from Telus Health, Laval pharmacy students will gain hands-on experience throughout their academic program, as well as an opportunity to operate a leading-edge technology – Ubik, Telus Health’s next-generation pharmacy management platform. Read More

VICTORIA – A new graduate certificate program in Health Terminology Standards is now being offered at the University of Victoria’s School of Health Information Science. The course is intended to help meet national and international needs for best practices in controlled terminology used across the health sciences. Read More

OTTAWA – Montfort, Ontario’s Francophone academic hospital, has officially launched its knowledge institute, the Institut du savoir Montfort (ISM). The ISM is the second hospital-associated institute dedicated to research and education in Ontario. Read More

QUEBEC CITY – Telus Health and Université Laval are joining forces to provide state-of-the-art, comprehensive simulation teaching facilities to the university’s pharmacy faculty. Through an investment of more than $300,000 from Telus Health, Laval pharmacy students will gain hands-on experience throughout their academic program, as well as an opportunity to operate a leading edge technology – Ubik, Telus Health’s next-generation pharmacy management platform. Read More

MONTREAL – CAE Healthcare has announced the release of CAE VimedixAR, an ultrasound training simulator integrated with the Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s first self-contained holographic computer. CAE Healthcare will be the first company to bring a commercial Microsoft HoloLens application to the medical simulation market. Read More

TORONTO – Having a clear understanding of current privacy laws in healthcare, your risks and how to manage them is critical. Get up to date with the rules and regulations by attending the 2017 Legal Guide to Privacy & Information Management in Healthcare seminar, either in person or via webcast. The session is being held on April 10th. Read More

TORONTO – Do you have the skills and confidence to negotiate and draft an effective IT agreement? The Osgoode Certificate in Negotiating and Drafting IT Agreements will be held January 31 – March 9, 2017, in Downtown Toronto. There will be four, one-day modules. Read More