Welcome to the Critical Care Nursing E-Learning graduate certificate program
This learning environment is accessible to all nurses across the province. Our first cohort was successfully launched on September 4, 2007!
Please note these important dates:
Fall Intake 2010
Start date: September 8, 2010
End date: April 21, 2011
Ontariocolleges.ca application deadline: September 1, 2010
Tuition deadline: September 10, 2010
Winter Intake 2011
Start date: January 5, 2011
End date: August 18, 2011
Ontariocolleges.ca application deadline: December 17, 2010
Tuition deadline: January 7, 2011
Summer Intake 2011
Start date: May 9, 2011
End date: December 21, 2011
Ontariocolleges.ca application deadline: April 29, 2011
Tuition deadline: May 12, 2011
Program access is available once registration is complete.
Tuition: $1,120
Books: $400 (approximate)
PDA: $200-400 (approximate) optional but highly recommended
How does the program work?
The Critical Care Nursing E-Learning Graduate Certificate program is an innovative training model that is delivered through three main components:
- Six theoretical courses offered via the Internet.
- Practical experience in the Critical Care simulation lab.
- Hands-on preceptored experience in an intensive care unit (ICU).
You should take this program if you are:
- A new critical care nurse;
- An experienced critical care nurse; or
- A nurse interested in working in the ICU.
The top 10 reasons you should enrol in the Critical Care Nursing E-Learning graduate certificate program at Durham College are:
- Taught by internationally recognized experts;
- Affordable state-of-the-art critical care and simulation education;
- Curriculum that meets or exceeds newly established provincial critical care standards;
- Opportunity to learn at your own pace through an e-learning training model;
- Lifelong learning that supports reflective practice learning plans;
- Critical care certificate and advanced standing for entry into a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program;
- Formal recognition of the knowledge and expertise of current ICU nurses, including prior learning assessments;
- Solid foundation for new critical care nurses;
- Provincially recognized and funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care with additional student funding available; and
- Accessible by all nurses in Ontario.
Online preceptor workshop - coming soon. Watch this site for important details.
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