Medical InformaticsRural Alberta North and Rural Alberta South offer a variety of current medical informatics tools to facilitate communication, delivery of academic programming, and evidence-based medical practice skills.
The Network provides Internet access to all residents at each training site at their accommodation. And beginning July 2010, the ARFMN provides an IT Credit towards the purchase of a Smartphone/PDA and/or related clinical software for incoming ARFMN residents to a maximum of $400.00 per resident.
This IT Credit complements the ARFMN laptops provided to residents who do not have their own. Purchases made on or after 1 May 2010 through to 31 August 2010 are eligible
The ARFMN also provides an UpToDate subscription to all ARFMN residents for use during their residency.
Upon admission to the program, every RAN and RAS resident is given an ARFMN e-mail account and access to the ARFMN's Exchange Server. Exchange Server is used as a key portal for residents and staff to stay connected, to access their e-mail, tasks and calendar; and to review and download forms, policies and academic material through Public Folders.
The ARFMN web site is also used as an information portal for residents, preceptors and staff.
Residents also have access to RPAP's Virtual Library, which provides free access to Internet-based medical textbooks, journals and other resources and extensive links to medical resources on the Internet, as well as to RPAP's GEMS program.
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