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This partnership will also better serve Bringing together a school of
current UHN staff, as Michener has a applied health science and a
strong continuing education program. hospital network will allow
Michener has been very successful us to design programs that
leveraging technologies, such as don’t exist today, while closing
e-learning and simulation that will the gap between classroom
enable our staff to continue to learn education and clinical practice.
and grow. At a time when UHN is
undergoing important initiatives such as
our Caring Safely transformation, having
a partner that can help us invest in
furthering our clinical staff ’s education
is critical.

We are just beginning to scratch the a way that has not previously been possible. What
surface of what our new joint impact has allowed this to be one of the most successful
will be as one organization. One area integration’s in UHN history is the enthusiasm about
where we are beginning to see this is this partnership by both Michener and UHN’s four
with UHN’s Joint Department of Medical Imaging hospitals. Developing state-of-the-art programs
(JDMI), which has implemented a peer review process that bridge the gap between theoretical and clinical
to monitor image quality. We know that the need to education will help us train health care workers that
repeat scans is inconvenient to patients who may be are knowledgeable, engaged and able to continuously
exposed to additional radiation, and expensive for upgrade their skills to keep up with demand. This is a
our system. Working with Michener, this program is win for our students, our staff and, most importantly,
now linking to the system of pre-certification training our patients and their caregivers.
for radiology technologists as well as continuing
education for all radiology professionals in practice in UHN and Michener are both great institutions with a
a way that we believe will improve image quality and reputation for quality. Coming together makes us both
reduce the need for repeat scans. stronger.

This integration is the first of its kind in Canada and
we believe it will advance health care education in

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