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Education

Health Disciplines

At St. Michael's Hospital, we offer our students a wide range of educational experiences with different specialty areas and interdisciplinary teams. We are fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and have affiliation agreements with many other academic facilities.

St. Michael's Hospital is the host to the ACPAC (Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care) program, a leading clinical and academic training program for advanced practice practitioners in arthritis/musculoskeletal care.

We offer clinical placements in the following areas:
Audiology, Chiropody, Clinical Dietetics, Echo, ECG, Ethics, Medical Laboratories, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Perfusion, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Radiological Technology, Recreation Therapy, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology, Spiritual Care, Ultrasound, Vascular Ultrasound.

If you're a student inquiring about a placement

  1. Make sure you meet our pre-placement requirements:
    • Current affiliation agreement between St. Michael's Hospital and your academic site.
    • Immunizations: TB 2 step, MMR, status of Varicella.
    • Fit testing (can be provided on site for a small fee).
    • Insurance for out of province placements.
  2. Placements are negotiated between the clinical educator at St. Michael's Hospital and the program coordinator at your academic site. If you have any questions about a placement, call us at 416-864-6060 Ext. 3818.
  3. When you come for a placement, you will go through the following typical entry and exit process:
    • student registration
    • receive an identification badge
    • orientation to the hospital and unit
    • infection control training
    • privacy and confidentiality information
    • WSIB
    • computer training
    • goal and objective setting
    • evaluation timelines
    • clinical placement evaluation

To arrange a placement

  1. Contact us at 416-864-6060 Ext. 3818 to discuss the possibility of arranging an affiliation agreement. It is St. Michael's Hospital's usual practice to invite academic sites to sign our affiliation agreement.
  2. The typical affiliation agreement negotiation process is as follows:
    • academic program review
    • internal stakeholder consultation
    • document preparation
    • contract submission to academic affiliate
    • final review/approval
    • internal stakeholder communication
  3. At a minimum for all agreements we require:
    • Completion of #2 above
    • Evidence that the program's objectives fit with the Hospital's mission and vision
    • Evidence of appropriate insurance coverage
    • The program to be accredited by a recognized accreditor of the discipline

To arrange an Interprofessional Education Experience (IPE)

  1. Our interprofessional teams have spoken about their experiences to students and can do this for you as well.
  2. We are working with some of our academic partners so that in 2007 we will hold our first IPE structured clinical placements.