Your Clinical Placement
What to expect on your first day
The adventure begins! When you arrive at the Iqaluit airport, a physician service staff will meet you (look for the person holding the Qikiqtani sign) and drive you to your accommodations. After having a chance to drop off your luggage, the staff will bring you to the hospital where you will have a hospital orientation and complete your iEHR training (Integrated Electronic Health Record).
Your iEHR training and hospital orientation will take most of the afternoon. You will not be scheduled for clinical work on your first day/night in town, so you will have a chance to settle in, visit the grocery store and explore.
Hospital orientation
One of our physicians who will give you a tour of the hospital and help you become acquainted with our facilities and services.
You can expect to visit the following areas of the hospital and pick up everything you need to start your locum (ID badge, pager, keys, etc.).
Emergency Department
Diagnostic Imaging
Lab
Inpatient Ward
Labor and Delivery
On-Call Rooms
Inpatient Conference Room
Cafeteria
Library Outpatient Clinic
Bio Engineering Room: ID Photo & Badge
Medical Affairs: Updated Schedule; Phone/Pager List; Signed Contract; Invoices for Professional Fees; Taxi Vouchers, Keys, Pager, Meal Vouchers
Meal vouchers may be used at the hospital cafeteria and have a value of 22$. The hospital also serves free coffee throughout the day!
iEHR Training
You will have a chance to become comfortable using the system and will meet our in-house tech support team. If you encounter problems or have questions about the system during your locum, the iEHR support team will be there to help.
You will receive a Government of Nunavut email account which will be an indispensable method of communication between physicians and other health care professionals. Please ensure that you know your email address and are able to access this account from within the hospital as you will be expected to be using it.
How to add a printer!
You unfortunately will have to add a printer to each new computer that you use. Here is process and the how to add the most common printers for ER, clinics and hospitalist:
1) Click on the Windows icon at the bottom left corner of the screen 2) Select the search icon on the top right corner of the screen
3) Type “Printer”
4) Select “Devices and Printers” from the results
5) Select “Add a printer”
6) Select “The printer that I want isn’t listed”
7) Type in the line of text: \\iqaluitprintsrv\HSS_Hospital_ 8) Add the printer you want:
Clinics: \\iqaluitprintsrv\HSS_Hospital_ReceptionEast_Xerox_5955
ER \\iqaluitprintsrv\HSS_Hospital_Emergency_Laserjetm603xh
Inpatient Ward: \\iqaluitprintsrv\HSS_Hospital_Adultward_M603
Other printers in the hospital: Enter \\iqaluitprintsrv\HSS_Hospital_ and choose from the
drop down list.
Weekly Schedule
Weekly Roundup
NunaMed Rounds: The goal of these rounds is to discuss medical topics that are relevant for our interprofessional healthcare provider group. Attendance for physicians is mandatory unless they are occupied with patient care, pre- or post-call. Clinic and RAC start times are delayed until 10:00 am on Wednesdays to facilitate attendance.
Emergency medicine rounds: review of topics related to emergency medicine
Obstetrical Rounds: Our obstetrics team meets to review all pregnant patients >36 weeks who will deliver in Iqaluit. We also discuss any high-risk obstetrical patients in the region and provide advice to nurses at the Health Centres who access the OBS rounds remotely through the telehealth system.
Educational Rounds: We frequently host visiting specialists and local experts who present on a wide range of topics relevant to family practice. Notification about these sessions is sent via email. Visiting specialists typically give teachings on Wednesdays during lunchtime, but this can change week to week.
