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MakinRgESEhARiCsHtAoNDrINyNOwVATiItOhN landmark integration

The Michener Institute and University clinical practice and research at the country’s biggest
teaching hospital and health research facility.
HCMaenIaClatdHhiaNEnNethwEeRaolrtkIhNcaarTereEm.GaRkiAnTg IhOisNtory in “Paradigms in education are changing rapidly, no
moreso than in health professions education,” Dr. Brian
Michener officially integrated with Hodges, UHN’s Executive Vice-President Education,
UHN in January 2016 to become The told an event marking the integration.
Michener Institute of Education at UHN. The first- Highlighting emerging changes to technologies and
of-its-kind in Canada partnership is set to transform practices in health care, Dr. Hodges, who now oversees
health professional education by embedding a school Michener education programs, says that integration is
within a hospital network. about empowering patients and students as partners.
The move will more deeply integrate teaching into daily

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Respiratory therapist Felita Kwan, a member of the faculty at The Michener Institute of Education at UHN,
explains to her audience, including Dr. Peter Pisters, UHN President and CEO, the use of the “SimBaby”
in the Institute’s Centre for the Advancement of Simulation Education, or CASE. (Photo: UHN)

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