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The progressive acquisition, reinforcement, and creative use of language structures will increase the student confidence to self-expression. With a strong focus on using the language to communicate in real-life scenarios, this fully online course enables students to participate in simple conversations, make requests, suggestions or short presentations and express their opinion about present and...

This fully online course will allow students to develop their oral communication comprehension and listening skills in order to understand simple to moderately complex messages during communication activities in their personal and professional lives. They will also develop communication strategies for speaking and interacting with a target audience in professional situations. At the end of the...

Students will develop a broad understanding of world civilizations that have contributed to our sense of world history. Students will explore the development and interactions of various societies over time by examining world historical processes and using a range of disciplinary approaches (i.e. history, philosophy, sociology, art history, etc.). In this course students will discover how this...

Geology is the most exciting and hands-on of the sciences. It is the study of a dynamic Earth that is changing on a daily basis due to tectonic activity, volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, meteorite strikes, tsunami and more. This course is an "Introduction to Geology" and it outlines the formation of the Universe and Solar System. It examines the history of the Earth and of the Moon and its...

This course will provide students with an overview of safety and risk management principles. Topics include responsibilities of firms and employees, economic impact of loss control, ergonomics, workplace hazards assessment, accident prevention, workplace violence and harassment, WHMIS, WSIB Act, and the Occupational Health & Safety Act of Ontario. This course is HRPA approved and is required to...

Students are introduced to the principles of decontamination including instrument/equipment disassembly, various methods of cleaning/disinfection, use of decontamination equipment (automated), proper workflow, standard precautions and the safe handling of sharps and medical bio-hazardous waste material.

This course introduces students to the proper techniques for the assembly, wrapping and/or packaging of surgical instruments, supplies and patient care equipment. Advances in surgical technique have resulted in the regular use of a wide assortment of complex and sophisticated surgical instrumentation. Healthcare professionals need to make sure these delicate and expensive items are protected, and...

The proper sterilization of medical devices, surgical instruments, supplies and equipment utilized in direct patient care and surgery is a critical aspect of the modern health care delivery system and directly impacts patient safety. Sterilization is a complex process, it's imperative technicians involved in the reprocessing and sterilization of medical devices have a thorough knowledge and...

This course introduces students to sterile storage, inventory control, distribution systems including the case care system, portering, and stock rotation.

Students who have completed all of the courses within the Medical Device Reprocessing Certificate, will complete this 150 hour clinical placement course, the schedule for placement is determined by the placement agency, and normally students complete this within a four week period. Clinical placements are designed to help students build bridges between academic knowledge, theoretical discussions...