The Michener Institute of Education at UHN is creating new programs in digital health and data analytics to meet Canada’s need for digitally-literate professionals in the healthcare system and beyond. The new full-time Digital Health and Data Analytics Program is designed to be pragmatic, practical and job oriented. The program will be offered online, with…
Jaffer Shaikh is no stranger to the field of health care. Prior to studying Chiropody at The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, he was an International Medical Graduate (IMG) specializing in Otorhinolaryngology (diseases of the ear, nose and throat, or ENT), and worked as an ENT surgeon in five different countries over 22 years.…
Welcome back! As Michener officially kicks off 2021, we’re taking a look back at some of our top stories from 2020. From the ways Michener adapted during the Covid-19 pandemic, to how our students have had a profound impact on patient care, and how they’re adapting and transforming their careers with the emergence of disruptive…
Toronto, ON – The Michener Institute of Education at UHN is creating new programs in artificial intelligence to meet the health system’s need for digitally-literate health professionals. The new Digital Health and Data Analytics Program will consist of a new full-time program in the School of Applied Health Sciences, new curriculum in these emerging areas…
After completing his Honours Bachelor of Science degree at McMaster University, Braveenan Nirmalan was in search of an educational program that would set him on a career path and offer him hands-on experience. Through his research, he discovered Chiropody and thought it looked like a challenging career that was in demand and would allow him…
With The Michener Institute of Education at UHN currently conducting its first online Fall semester due to the Covid-19 pandemic, faculty are seeking ways to share best practices and resources to support one another during this new method of teaching. To help address this challenge, a team of faculty and staff have developed new virtual…
Like most milestones in 2020, Michener’s convocation was certainly one to remember. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health guidelines around physical distancing, this year’s convocation was a virtual event that went live on October 17 with over 900 people tuning in. Despite the challenges of putting together a digital event of this…
Dr. Diana Schatz, founder of the Michener Institute, passed away on October 24, 2020 surrounded by her family. The UHN and Michener education community was fortunate to have celebrated Dr. Schatz’s accomplishments with her and her family twice over the past two years: in marking Michener’s 60th anniversary in October 2018, and again when she…
With many concerned that an increase in technology could mean the disintegration of compassionate care, a team from Associated Medical Services (AMS) that includes UHN VP of Education Dr. Brian Hodges has written a book called Without Compassion, There Is No Healthcare that will be published this November. The topic was born out of the…
The importance of universal and additional precautions in regard to infection control has become abundantly clear during the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s why three Ultrasound students at Michener’s School of Applied Health Sciences wrote a literature review exploring this topic that is being published by the Canadian Journal of Medical Sonography (CJMS). Second year students Nicole…
