We look forward to you completing your placement with us. This orientation will introduce you to a lot of valuable information about AHS that you’ll want to know!
Please contact student.strategies@ahs.ca if you have any further questions.
AHS Policies, Directives and Bylaws guide us in our work each day. They apply to all students and instructors. Take a moment to review the below policies before commencing your placement at AHS.
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
The use of good IPC practices helps prevent infections from occurring while patients are in health-care facilities. Please visit the IPC pages for information related to personal protective equipment, hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene and much more.
Visit Bylaws and Corporate Policies and Clinical Policies and Guidelines for more information on these and other AHS Corporate and Clinical policies.
This list does not include local AHS site, program or unit-specific polices, and standards; those will be provided to you be the site hosting your practicum.
The following courses have been designed to provide further information for associated standard, policy, or guideline and are available to students.
Each course takes 20-30 minutes to complete.
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Please note: Once you finish a course, take a screenshot of the 'Congratulations' page, this can be used as a certificate of completion.
Ergonomics is the science of designing the work environment, equipment, tasks and job to the worker. Good ergonomics is proven to lessen muscle fatigue, increase productivity and reduce the number and severity of musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs). Learn more here.
To help make the experience enjoyable and successful, AHS provides students and employees with a variety of resources to support them before and during the placement. Learn more here.
