Year in Review – Michener’s Top Stories from 2017
Welcome back! As Michener officially kicks off 2018, we’re taking a look back at some of our top stories from 2017. From the ways Michener’s students have had a profound…
Author: Alexandra Gilliss
Radiation Therapy student’s art appears on cover of medical radiation sciences journal
Radiation therapy may not be where many go for artistic inspiration, but when the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists put out the call for cover art for a special…
Big Ideas: Digitally Enabling Education in a Learning System
If you asked a group of monks back in the 13th Century if they thought they would one day be replaced by a machine, I’m sure they would have said,…
Celebrating Michener’s clinical partners
Clinical Recognition Awards thank the clinical coordinators and educators who go the extra mile for Michener’s students For many of the full-time students at The Michener Institute of Education at…
Michener Student Awards: One student’s journey into health care
In his mid-thirties and already in the midst of an established career with the Red Door Family Shelter in Toronto, Sam Gennidakis’ foray into health care was an unanticipated result…
Michener named an accredited provider of Continuing Professional Development
It is perhaps the best evidence to date that integrating Michener within UHN was meant to be: last week, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada granted the…
Michener Blog: #Support4Research – Why Research Matters
At University Health Network (UHN), we’re proudly home to countless innovations and dozens of world-first breakthroughs that have transformed health care. The research behind these advances has gone on to…
Michener Blog: Third-year Chiropody students’ visit to the Rama First Nation annual health fair
Health promotion and prevention is one of the main competencies required in the last year of the Chiropody program at The Michener Institute. Whether it’s an educational seminar or participating…
Michener valedictorian hoping to inspire future engineering and health care professionals
When Judy Tran thinks back to her time in high school, she recalls being a timid student interested in science and engineering, starting to think about what her future might…
Big Ideas: How Blockchain will Revolutionize Health Care
If you’ve been paying attention to trends in technology, by now you’ve probably heard of blockchain technology. Blockchain has been making waves as a great disruptor that “could soon give…