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Dr. Brian Hodges, Executive Dr. David Jaffray, Executive Vice-
Vice-President, Education, is President, Technology and Innovation,
an Executive Lead of Michener is an Executive Lead of IT Transformation,
Integration. (Photo: UHN and Research and Innovation. (Photo:
Visual Services) UHN Visual Services)

The integration of The Michener Institute of research with education, and deploy innovative The IT Transformation Area of Focus is building the will accelerate innovation, patient care, research and
Education at UHN creates a first-of-its-kind Canadian healthcare education solutions in Ontario and beyond. foundation to digitally-enable the great work being education, and enhance UHN’s ability to digitally

health sciences centre which bridges the gap between A successful first full year of the integration in 2016- done at UHN. It is bringing together more than 22 collaborate inside and outside the organization.
the education of many different health professions 17 saw the identification of further education and IT teams across the organization, restructuring the A transformative first year established the Digital
and clinical care. This new entity will allow us to research opportunities. way they function, and aligning their focus to our leadership team, and brought together hundreds of
rapidly adapt professional education to meet pressing purpose and strategy. This new team, UHN Digital, collaborators to design new ways of working.
challenges, better integrate clinical practice and

This new team, UHN Digital, will

The integration of The Michener Institute of accelerate innovation, patient care,

Education at UHN creates a first-of-its-kind research and education, and enhance

Canadian health sciences centre which bridges UHN’s ability to digitally collaborate

the gap between the education of many

different health professions and clinical care. inside and outside the organization.

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