Medical Outpatient Unit Prescriber
Only use Connect Care to send orders to a Medical Outpatient Unit?
Prescribers who order recurrent, ongoing therapies (IVIG, blood, antimicrobials, iron sucrose) known as Therapy Plans will need Connect Care training and access in order to send orders to an AHS Medical Outpatient Unit. Continue following the steps below to obtain training and access.
Have Connect Care access but looking for additional resources on Therapy Plans?
Scroll down to find resources to assist you. You may join a class (if available) or complete Independent Learning. If you have already completed a Connect Care EUPA, there is no need to complete another one.
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 by:
Registering for and attending an instructor led session(recommended)
or
Completing independent learning online(follow steps below)
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)
Upcoming Classes
15 August 1600 to 1830
5 September 1600 to 1830
10 October 1600 to 1830
21 November 1600 to 1830
12 December 1600 to 1830
To be registered please email help.cmio@ahs.ca. You must specify the name of the class Medical Outpatient Unit Basic Training and the date you would like to be register for.
1. Basic Training Option Two - Independent Learning
If you are unable to attend one of the scheduled sessions, you can complete your basic training independently online.
Connect Care Training Environment
For Medical Outpatient Unit Prescriber Independent Learning you will need to log in to a Connect Care training environment:
Navigate to https://myapps.albertahealthservices.ca,
Login with your AHS username, password, and RSA token(remote access)
Open the Connect Care folder, then the Training folder, launch PLY or PLY2
Login as AMBMD## (where ## is any number from 01 to 19) example: AMBMD05
Password: train
Exercise book
While logged in to the training environment use the exercise book and videos linked below to guide you through example workflows
Medical Outpatient Exercise Booklet
Guided learning
Watch these short optional therapy plan demo videos to reinforce learning.
to watch these, you may be prompted to enter your AHS username/password, RSA token.
Additional Learning Resources
There are therapy plan videos and more that you may find useful within the Ambulatory Independent Learning. To view, go to MyLearningLink and register for Epic - Ambulatory - Independent Learning.
This course should be listed in MyLearningLink under Required Courses, if required you can find and register for the course using these steps:
To register for this course on MyLearningLink:
Navigate to MyLearningLink with your AHS username and password
Use the Courses & Registrations link and search for "independent learning"
Click the course titled Epic - CMIO Ambulatory Independent Learning
Register for the course
Watch the therapy plan videos
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 Medical Outpatient Unit EUPA
Access will be automatically granted (usually overnight) once you have passed the EUPA and completed On Our Best Behaviours privacy training.
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.
What Should I Do After Completing Basic Training?
Check out these additional therapy plan resources:
Connect Care Manual - Therapy Plans (connect-care.ca)
Continue 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 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.
login id: AMBMD##
password: train