British Columbia Institute Of Technology Research Articles

A 66-year-old Woman With Takotsubo Syndrome

Sheila A. Turris is Faculty Member, School of Health Sciences, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia. For correspondence, write: Sheila A. Turris, British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 3H2; E-mail: Sheila_Turris@bcit.ca. J Emerg Nurs 2006;32:313-6. 0099-1767/$32.00 Copyright n 2006 by the Emergency Nurses Association. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2006.04.009

The Current Certification Model: Does It Reflect Nursing Knowledge?

The Current Certification Model: Does It Reflect Nursing Knowledge?

Report on Key Points Arising from Visioning Process on Prosthetic and Orthotic Education Done at the British Columbia Institute of Technology

The Prosthetics and Orthotics Department at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, Canada, has recently completed a visioning process which was done as part of a curriculum review. This report presents and discusses the key points emerging from the process. It is anticipated that the results of the visioning process will provide a basis for a major curriculum revision to the BCIT’s prosthetics and orthotics program.

Hospitals and the educational institution: an innovative partnership for nursing specialty education.

Rapid technological and economic change require that educational institutions respond efficiently and effectively to the needs of the health care industry. Nurses demand education that is accessible, affordable, and relevant, and demand recognition for educational achievement in terms of credentials and financial rewards. This article describes a partnership between British Columbia Institute of Technology (which is driven by and responds to industry) and The School of Health Science (which prepares nurses for specialty practice). The partnership permits a proactive relationship that utilizes the best qualities of both the health care and educational institutions. Although this alliance has been used extensively to prepare nurses for specialty areas, this partnership model could be implemented by a variety of institutions to meet educational needs in many health care professions.

Satellite Television and Training for On-Line Computer Searching

A PROVINCE the size of British Columbia presents geographic problems for continuing education that are not easily overcome. The population is spread quite unevenly over the 950,000 square kilometers of mountainous country, and there are few population centers capable of supporting continuing educational activities suitable for professionals outside of the Vancouver and Victoria areas, where 75 per cent of the province's population resides. Thus the availability of a Canadian Communications Technology Satellite late in 1977 proved an excellent opportunity to test the training of librarians in on-line computer retrieval techniques without having to transport people over large distances. Use of the Hermes satellite was made possible through the B.C. Ministry of Education's Satellite Tele Education Project (STEP), which allowed use of the satellite and a number of ground facilities by various educational groups during an eightweek experimental period. The online searching training program was a four-week joint effort involving staff from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Simon Fraser