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)

1. Basic Training Option One - Instructor Led Training (ILT)

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 the ‘Role: Physician CMIO Physician Medical Outpatient Unit Prescriber’

• Click on Basic Training, Medical Outpatient Unit Prescriber 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 medical', click on the blue bar towards the bottom of the page that is titled Epic - CMIO Medical Outpatient Unit Prescriber 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.

1. Basic Training Option Two - Independent Learning (IL)

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: 

1. • Navigate to https://myapps.albertahealthservices.ca, 

     1. • 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.

• Therapy Plan Videos  

• 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:

  • • 1. • Epic - CMIO Medical Outpatient Unit Prescriber 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