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Virtual Pre-Graduate Student Placement in Long-Term Care (PSWs)

Virtual Pre-Graduate Student Placement in Long-Term Care (PSWs)
The Learning Inter-Professionally Healthcare Accelerator (LIPHA) for Long-Term Care is an immersive, virtual simulation and game-based learning experience that combines simulation-, case-, team- and story-based learning. LIPHA delivers curated, evidence-based education to accelerate learning and augment clinical placements in long-term care. Learners have the opportunity to safely explore, rehearse and receive instant feedback on self-paced, scaffolded learning activities.

Issued on 17 Oct 2025 by

Ontario CLRI at Baycrest

Ontario CLRI at Baycrest

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Ontario CLRI at Baycrest

ontarioCLRI@baycrest.org

The Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care (Ontario CLRI) enhance quality of care and living for residents across the province. Our Learning Division develops, delivers and evaluates educational resources and programs to train the current and future long-term care (LTC) workforce.

Criteria

Upon successful completion of this course, learners earn a completion-based certificate and achieve the following learning outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Identify elder abilities that can be used as a strength in care planning and ADLs.

  2. Learn about and apply foundational knowledge of specific conditions commonly encountered in long-term care settings and identify associated critical signs and symptoms.

  3. Apply compassionate communication strategies that acknowledge, reassure, and clarify needs and concerns.

  4. Integrate knowledge of the elder’s abilities and conditions with knowledge of best practices to optimally assist them in care planning and ADLs.

  5. Observe for potential atypical presentation(s) compared to baseline (based on elder information available).

  6. Identify the level of risk and urgency associated with the atypical presentation(s).

  7. Personalize verbal and non-verbal communication and approach (based on elder information available).

  8. Identify and prioritize the most appropriate clinical intervention/action to carry out, based on best practices within scope of practice.

  9. Communicate with specificity and objectivity with the greater care team as a basis for collaborative care planning.

Course Content:

  • Welcome to LTC

  • Fundamentals of LTC

  • Resident Personhood, Bill of Rights & Safety

  • Resident Abuse & Neglect

  • Age-Related Changes

  • Infection Prevention & Control

  • Teamwork

Common Care Experiences

  • Communication & Engaging Families in Care

  • Dementia

  • Conditions (e.g., Congestive Heart Failure, Osteoarthritis, Parkinson's Disease, Depression)

  • Acute Deterioration

  • Pain

  • End of Life

Activities of Daily Living

  • Mealtime Experience & Eating Assistance

  • Oral Care, Bathing & Dressing

  • Aids & Assistive Devices

  • Skin Care & Continence

  • Mobility & Falls

  • Sleep & Activity

Learning Experience(s) & Activities:

  • Choose your own adventure story (meta-narrative of healer’s journey)

  • 90 Simulacra (Short skill building simulations)

  • 21-24 Simulations (Full cases)

  • 53-56 eLearning Modules (vary: 5-30 minutes per module)

  • 35 Sensory Observation System (SOS) Acute Deterioration Game Sims

  • Plus one- or two-page resources, quizzes, mini-games, and other activities

Assessment: This is a completion-based certificate with summative assessment (pre and post cases). Learners must achieve a passing score of 90%-100% on each learning activity to successfully complete this course.

Estimated Learning Effort: 30 Hours

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