Michener is a leading and unique school that provides a broad range of full-time, part-time and continuing education programs designed to meet the emerging and evolving applied health sciences needs within our healthcare system. Our curriculum is responsive to the workforce and our healthcare partners. Our growing community of clinical and academic partners is a strength that we continue to harness and leverage so that our students get the best possible experiences in preparing them for their careers as healthcare professionals. Discover Michener and what we can offer you as a future healthcare professional.
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technology (University of Toronto joint program)
Radiation Therapy (University of Toronto, and Laurentian University joint programs)
Radiological Technology (University of Toronto joint program)
As a post-secondary, diploma and certificate granting institution, The Michener Institute is one among a few Ontario universities and colleges responding to the education needs in healthcare. Part of the University Health Network, The Michener Institute of Education at UHN embeds a school within a hospital, giving direct access to real-time, front-line insight that informs and shapes its curricula.
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Located in the heart of Toronto’s Discovery District, Michener offers a variety of facilities and services to meet the unique education and simulation needs of healthcare and academic organizations.
Michener continuously adapts and develops full time and continuing education curricula to respond to current and emerging needs of the healthcare system and that reflect the constant evolution of clinical practice.
From full-time to part-time to continuing education programs, Michener leverages technology to deliver courses in flexible and engaging learning formats.
Our faculty are experienced healthcare professionals, allowing them to keep up to date on the latest advances and trends in their respective professions.
Michener’s fully equipped laboratories and simulation suites house advanced applied health sciences technology, including anatomy and physiology laboratories, microscopy labs, imaging and radiation therapy training suites that reflect the technologies found in today’s modern healthcare centres.
Michener’s simulated clinical environments, including advanced technology suites, allow students to gain confidence and prepare for what they may encounter in real-world clinical settings.
Students from different healthcare disciplines engage in team-based learning that builds the attitudes, skills and competencies to work effectively in a team and demonstrate leadership and professionalism in practice.
Michener partners collaboratively with other world-class clinical organizations, from large academic health sciences centres to independent clinics, to enhance the academic experience for students as they prepare to become the next generation of health professionals.
The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, initially known as the Toronto Institute of Medical Technology and later The Michener Institute of Applied Health Sciences, was created in response to the educational requirements of health sciences professionals and to the continuing education needs of health care practitioners.
The Michener Institute’s history of innovation goes back to 1958 with a Medical Laboratory Technology pilot program at Toronto General Hospital and it was Diana Michener Schatz who was instrumental in founding the institution.
Dr. Schatz developed a three-pronged approach to applied education, paying particular attention to the practical and clinical components of education by negotiating clinical arrangements with various sites to provide students with the most effective learning experience. Her vision emerged from her work as a clinical chemist at Toronto General Hospital.
The original program of Medical Laboratory Technology evolved from a multi-discipline approach to an integrated systems format. Since that time, most programs in Canada have emulated the pattern set by The Michener Institute.
Formal classes were started in temporary quarters in 1966 with the financial support of the Ontario Ministry of Health. In 1972, the institution moved to its present location at 222 St. Patrick Street in downtown Toronto, which is close to many major teaching hospitals. In 1990, the name was changed to The Michener Institute to honour the late Governor General, Roland Michener.
In the past 60 years, Michener has grown extensively. In 2006, the curriculum evolved to include simulation and interprofessional education courses, as well as clinical readiness assessments for each student. Current partnerships, including the University of Toronto, Laurentian University, Dalhousie University and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, have allowed Michener to branch out academically in the past two decades.
In 2016, Michener and University Health Network officially signed an agreement to integrate by means of a shared governance agreement. This Canadian-first, “Made in Ontario” Mayo Clinic model brought together a diploma-granting health care education institution with an academic health sciences network within a single organization. By integrating with the country’s largest teaching hospital network, Michener was able to plug a critical health system gap. We now have a confirmed, vital role to play in planning and preparing for the health system needs of the future.