Strengthening clinical partnerships that expand student opportunities Clinical education is a major component of all Michener programs, making our affiliated sites essential partners in our ability to train the next generation of applied health professionals. We are thankful to each and every one of our 118 clinical partner sites now working with us to support student learning experiences. Clinical site breakdown
30%
35%
Private Clinics / Laboratories
Teaching Hospitals
2012/13 Clinical Stats
1472
Current Number of Status Appointments
24%
Community Hospitals
11%
Community Health Centres
Recognition program for clinical partners Michener offers a number of benefits to our clinical education partners. These include status appointments, annual professional development allotments for Clinical Coordinators, reduced tuition on all Continuing Education offerings, an annual education day as well as formal certificates and recognition awards. This unique clinical recognition program is aimed at all clinical personnel who hold a status appointment with us as our way to not only say thanks, but to support the professional development of practicing healthcare professionals, in both their disciplinespecific and educator roles.
144
Number of Professional Development Fund Recipients
154
Clinical Partners Registered Our Annual Clinical Educators’ Professional Development in Clinical Educators’ Day, for example, is one of the most popular components of Certificate Workshops this program. Each year, we play host to clinical partners for
23
Clinical Partner Recognition Award Recipients
professional development sessions featuring engaging topics and speakers geared towards their roles as educators. This past year, 155 delegates joined us for an exciting day featuring a keynote by Dr. Samir Sinha, the provincial lead for Ontario’s Senior Care Strategy. We also celebrated 23 of our clinical partners who received student-nominated Clinical Partner Recognition Awards.