Learn to facilitate patient/doctor communication and interaction to enable medical services within urban, rural and remote communities.

Telemedicine Facilitation

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Sheridan CertificateIn Class | Online Fall | Winter starts

An innovative and growing field

Advance your career

Telemedicine is an emerging and quickly growing field. Our program will help you build a career in this exciting area, which uses video conferencing and advanced medical technology to eliminate distance barriers between patients and doctors. Patient benefits include: convenience, accessibility, easier specialist referrals, enhanced quality of care and improved care for seniors via remote in-home monitoring.

Sheridan’s Telemedicine Facilitation program will help you gain the knowledge, skills and abilities you need to work as a Telemedicine Facilitator. Whether you’re a health-care professional looking to advance your career or just beginning your career journey, Sheridan’s Telemedicine Facilitation program can help you build a career working in a cutting-edge electronic medical office.

Interactive learningThis program combines theory with hands-on learning. You’ll take three foundational courses (offered in class and online), where you’ll learn medical terminology and human anatomy. You’ll also take three hands-on Telemedicine Facilitation courses, which will give you experience with all stages of the telemedicine facilitation process using the most current industry software and medical devices.

Become a facilitator enabling greater access to medical services.

All information provided is current as of publication and is subject to change; Sheridan Marketing and Brand Strategy, February 2017. ID#6992 Telemedicine Facilitation

Career Opportunities Curriculum

Website: caps.sheridancollege.ca

Phone: 905-845-9430, option 3

Email: capsinfo@sheridancollege.ca

September | January starts

Davis Campus, Brampton | Trafalgar Road Campus, Oakville | Online

Improve your career opportunities by gaining theoretical and practical knowledge about the telemedicine process (set-up, patient intake, presentation and closing) and the electronic medical devices used to become a Telemedicine Facilitator.

Did you know?*• 87% patients felt as comfortable

receiving care through telemedicine as they would have in person.

• There are at least 1,300 health-care organizations and more than 8,000 health-care providers across Ontario using some form of telemedicine technology.

Telemedicine could help avoid*:• 12,118 annual emergency room visits in

Ontario from long-term care patients.

• 160,552 annual specialists visits from patients in remote communities.

* Source: Ontario Telemedicine Network 2017 (https://otn.ca)

Earn your Telemedicine Facilitation Certificate by successfully completing six compulsory courses. Telemedicine Facilitation 1 has no prerequisite and can be taken concurrently with any of the first three foundational courses.

Courses

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ANAT70001 Human Body Systems and Conditions

OADM70006 Medical Terminology 1

OADM70007 Medical Terminology 2

HEAL70027 Telemedicine Facilitation 1 – Set-Up and Intake

HEAL70028 Telemedicine Facilitation 2 – Info Gathering and Remote Case Presentation

HEAL70029 Telemedicine Facilitation 3 – Integration and Application

Note: Please refer to caps.sheridancollege.ca for more detailed information, including course availability and scheduling options.

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