Rural Medicine

The Rural Medicine Instructor Led Training offered below includes Inpatient and Emergency training only. 

If needed, Obstetrical, Surgical, and Ambulatory training are completed as self-study addendum workbooks after completing basic training.  

For Rural Providers who perform C-sections, both the Obstetrics and Surgery addendums must be completed.

Scroll down to access the Obstetrical, Surgical and Ambulatory addendum workbooks. 

For Rural providers working in roles outside of the above mentioned, please proceed to the home page 'Training by Role' for further training information. 

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

1. Complete Basic Training by:

• Registering for and attending an instructor led session

or 

• Completing independent learning online

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 Option One - Instructor Led Training 

Use the information below to find a date that you can attend, via Zoom, in an instructor led basic training session.

• Click on the hyperlink next to the date to generate an email requesting that date

• Please add to the email your full name 

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.

The basic training course is delivered as a series of video modules that cover the same topics as the instructor led training. You can complete this training at your convenience. 

The course you need to complete is titled Epic - CMIO Rural - 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 Rural Medicine 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 RUR## (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:

  • • 1. • Epic - CMIO Rural Medicine EUPA

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

Rural Medicine template includes Emergency, Inpatient, Ambulatory, Obstetrical, and Surgical functionality- only the CMIO Rural Medicine EUPA is needed to access this functionality. 

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

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 send an email to schedule your personalization session

What Should I Do After Completing Basic Training? 

Rural Training Addendums

If you do Obstetrics, Surgery, Ambulatory clinics, in additions to Inpatient and Emergency in your Rural Practice, please complete these addendums specific to Rural providers: 

• Rural: Ambulatory Addendum 

• Rural: Obstetrics Addendum 

• Rural: Surgery Addendum

General Exercise Booklets

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

• Rural: Ambulatory

• Rural: Emergency

• Rural: Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Rural: Inpatient

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.

• Rural Medicine: RUR##

• Password: train