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NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK
Every April we celebrate National
Volunteer Week in an effort to help
recognize and show the dedication
UHN volunteers give to our
hospitals. Volunteers across UHN
provide assistance in various clinics
and roles that help UHN live its
main value – the patients come rst.
By offering a kind ear, helping hand,
and the many skills they already
bring with them, volunteers aid in
keeping the patient experience the
best it can be.
To celebrate National Volunteer
Week, a feature seminar by the
Director of Bioethics, Ann Heesters,
partnered with Volunteer Manager,
Debbie Talbot, spoke about
managing boundary dilemmas in the
volunteer sector, titled “Good
Fences make Good Neighbours”.
We also hosted a Resume and
Interview Skills Workshop to help
our many post-secondary
volunteers get a leg up with some
useful and helpful tips from Karen
Moran, former HR Talent
Acquisition team member now
turned volunteer.
HIGH SCHOOL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION AT UHN
15,000+ Cooperative Education (Co-op) optimal placement. The dedicated
hours in 2016/17 provides secondary school hospital staff provides learning
students with the unique opportunities and mentorship to
opportunity to integrate help students develop the skills
classroom learning with practical needed for success in a busy
experience. The students who healthcare environment.
participate in the co-op program About 70 students participated in
at UHN are interested in pursuing the program this school year. Each
a career in healthcare and the co- student is required to attend their
op experience helps them make placement for the equivalent
informed decisions about their number of hours for two
future plans. Students are able to secondary school courses. As a
apply for placements in areas such result, students spend more than
as clinical support, research, 15,000 hours at their UHN co-op
medical imaging and placements from October until
administrative support. An on-site June. They also earn credits
co-op teacher interviews each toward their high school diploma.
student to ascertain there speci c
interests and coordinate an
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