The Michener Institute

The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, or simply Michener, is a specialist post-secondary institution in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Based in Downtown Toronto and governed by the University Health Network (UHN), Canada's largest funded health care organization, Michener was founded by Dr. Diana Michener Schatz as the Toronto Institute of Medical Technology in 1958 with a pilot program in Medical Laboratory Technology at the Toronto General Hospital. After years of expansion through more programs offered, the institute was relocated to its present campus in 1972 at 222 St. Patrick Street and was renamed "The Michener Institute" after Dr. Schatz's father, Roland Michener (former Governor General of Canada) in 1990. The institute is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health.

The Michener Institute of Education at UHN
MottoBest Experience, Best Education
TypePublicly funded Institute for Applied Health Sciences
Established1958
Location
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
Canada
CampusUrban
Coloursblue   & gold  ;
AffiliationsCBIE, CCAA, ACCC, AUCC,
Websitewww.michener.ca

The Michener Institute consists of a School of Applied Health Sciences and a School of Continuing Education. Within its School of Applied Health Sciences, it offers certification in various medical technologies, including Chiropody, Respiratory Therapy, Ultrasound, Radiation Therapy, and Genetics Technology. Michener Institute also offers a number of joint programs with the University of Toronto and Laurentian University.

History
The Michener Institute from St. Patrick Street.

The Michener Institute was founded by Dr. Diana Michener Schatz under the name the Toronto Institute of Medical Technology. In 1958 the value of combining learning in an educational environment with clinical education in a teaching hospital was demonstrated by pilot program developed by hospital-based physicians and medical technologists. In 1990 the name was changed to the Michener Institute in honour of Dr. Schatz's father, Roland Michener, the 20th Canadian Governor General.[1] In 2008, the Michener Institute celebrated 50 years in applied health science education. In 2016 Michener officially integrated with the University Health Network (UHN) to become the Michener Institute of Education at UHN, a partnership that embeds the school within the hospital network. The aim of the integration is to embed teaching in clinical practice and research, and to deliver more up-to-date and comprehensive education for students. It also aims to create better learning opportunities for working health care professionals and accelerate the transfer of academic research from the school labs into clinical practice.[2]

The integration was inspired by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and is the first time such a partnership between a school and a hospital has existed in Canada.[3]

Programs

The Michener Institute has 12 full-time programs, two part-time programs and many more continuing education programs. Some of Michener's full-time programs include: Chiropody, Genetics Technology, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nuclear Medicine and Respiratory Therapy. The part-time programs are Anesthesia Assistant and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The Michener Institute offers Bachelor's Degrees available through joint programs with the University of Toronto (Medical Radiation Sciences) and Laurentian University (Radiation Therapy). Each program consists of a combination of didactic and clinical semesters.

Additionally, the Institute offers a vast number of workshops, courses, and certificate programs within its School of Continuing Education.[4]

On December 2 2020, Michener Institute announced that two new programs in artificial intelligence were being developed "to meet the health system's need for digitally-literate health professionals." [5]

References
  1. "Michener Institute founder Diana Schatz revolutionized healthcare education". Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  2. "Health care education for the future". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  3. "The Michener Institute Integrates with University Health Network - The Michener Institute". 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  4. "Continuing Education - The Michener Institute of Education at UHN". The Michener Institute. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  5. "Michener to create new programs in Digital Health and Data Analytics". The Michener Institute. 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
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