December 3, 2021
The pandemic has brought various challenges to all of our lives, to say the least, but our healthcare teams continually push beyond obstacles and barriers to continue to teach, learn and grow. One team in particular, broke through the barriers and won the Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) Rhapsody Health-Care Heroes Award for their innovation in implementing virtual health technology to train nurses.
Before the pandemic, AHS would visit rural healthcare centres to train healthcare staff. But restrictions implemented due to the pandemic to ensure patient and staff safety created barriers to this training. Partnering with eSIM™ (Educate, Simulate, Innovate, Motivate), a provincial Quality & Healthcare Improvement Simulation program, the nursing team at Wabasca/Desmarais Healthcare Centre introduced virtual simulation to keep up-to-date on procedures.
Rhapsody Awards recognize rural Alberta health professionals or teams that demonstrate superior commitment to their patients, health-care team, and community.
Congratulations to the Wabasca/Desmarais Healthcare Centre nursing team!
