NICU Basic Training

Outlined below are steps you will complete to get access to Connect Care

Scroll down this page for information that you will use to complete the following actions:

1. Complete Basic Training using independent online learning

2. Pass the appropriate Assessment to get Access to Connect Care:

• Access is granted overnight after you pass the appropriate End User Proficiency Assessment (EUPA)

3. Attend a Personalization session:

• Register for a personalization session to make the system reflects your favourites, preferences, and shortcuts.  

1. Basic Training - Independent Learning (IL) 

The course you need to complete is titled  Epic - Critical Care NICU Independent Learning.  

To access this course

• • Navigate to MyLearningLink and login with your AHS username and password

  • Find the Required Courses tab

  • Within this tab the Addiction and Mental Health role will be listed, click on that role

  • Find and click on the Basic Training header

  • Find the Independent Learning course and click the Register button on the right side. 

Accessing the training version of Connect Care

While completing this course you will need to login to the training version of Connect Care

• Navigate to https://myapps.albertahealthservices.ca, login with your AHS username, password, and RSA token

• Open the Connect Care folder, then the Training  folder, launch ACE5 or PLY

• Login as NICU## (where ## is any number from 01 to 19)

• Password: train

2. End User Proficiency Assessment (EUPA)

Before gaining access to Connect Care, all trainees must complete a short competency assessment, the End User Proficiency Assessment (EUPA). This is done after basic (in-person) training or Independent Learning.

• The EUPA can be found in MyLearningLink, listed with Required Courses

• Complete the EUPA titled: Epic - CMIO Critical Care NICU EUPA

• When completing your EUPA it is recommended that you login to the Connect Care training environment.

Access

Access to the live patient care version of Connect Care is enabled overnight by automated systems after passing the EUPA and completing the mandatory AHS privacy training. Please allow time between completing your training and your first shift to ensure your access is in place. 

AHS Privacy - On Our Best Behaviors

Everyone at AHS has to complete the mandatory Annual Continuing Education (ACE) Privacy and Information Security training module on MyLearningLink: InfoCare – On Our Best Behaviors. Your access to Connect Care will not be enabled without completing this course.

• • Complete the course by navigating to https://mylearninglink.albertahealthservices.ca

  • Look in “My Courses” or search by title and register to complete it.

3. Personalization 

Instructor Led Training (ILT) Personalization

While not mandatory, it is strongly recommended that you complete an instructor led personalization session. 

After you have access to Connect Care please register for and attend a personalization session. Personalizing features in Connect Care empowers users to make the system their own, so that it reflects their favourites, preferences, and shortcuts. 

Use the information below to self-register via MyLearningLink for an instructor led basic training. Training session is delivered virtually via Zoom.

• Navigate to MyLearningLink and login with your AHS username and password

• Click on Required Courses, click on your assigned role, ex. ‘Role: Physician CMIO Physician Critical Care NICU’

• Click on Personalization Training, General Personalization ILT (instructor led training), find a day and time that suits your schedule. Click on the Register button. 

• Verify the course you selected is displayed on the My Courses tab

• If you are not able to see the course under required courses, please click on Courses and Registrations menu found on the left side of the screen, search using the term 'cmio general', click on the blue bar towards the bottom of the page that is titled Epic - CMIO General Personalization ILT, scroll down, select the date and time and click the green button to register for the course

Once registered, you will receive an important email with the Zoom link and instructions on how to prepare for your virtual training session.

Self-Guided - Independent Learning (IL) Personalization 

To complete Personalization independently you can:

• Login to https://mylearninglink.albertahealthservices.ca with your AHS username and password

• Go to the Course & Registration menu, found on the left side of the screen

• Search using the term "CMIO Personalization"

• Click on the blue bar towards the bottom of the page that is titled Epic - CMIO Personalization - Independent Learning

• Scoll down and click the green button to register the course

• You can now start the course from the My Courses page.

While completing the Personalization course, please login to the practice version of Connect Care

Accessing the training version of Connect Care

While completing this course you will need to login to the training version of Connect Care

• Navigate to https://myapps.albertahealthservices.ca, login with your AHS username, password, and RSA token

• Open the Connect Care folder, then the Training  folder, launch ACE5 or PLY

• Login as NICU## (where ## is any number from 01 to 19)

• Password: train

What Should I Do After Completing Basic Training? 

Exercise Booklets

To assist with your practice, you can access the exercise booklet linked below. 

• NICU after class exercise book

Practicing in the System: Play (PLY) Training Environment Access

For further exploration and practice, you can access the PLY environment for post-training practice. You will find PLY in your Connect Care training folder.

• Use the login credentials outlined below. Your username will be letters specific to your track, followed by a two-digit number (e.g., IP15), you can choose any number from 01 to 19 (note: ## indicates where the two-digit number between 01 and 19 goes, your username will not have a pound sign).

  • The PLY environment refreshes every 24 hours at 12 a.m. If it looks like someone has already interacted with a patient, feel free to use any other user login ID number from 01 to 19.

• Critical Care NICU: NICU##

• password: train