TRU mobile healthcare training unit heading to rural communities – Coast Mountain News
Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) mobile healthcare training unit will soon be visiting B.C.’s rural areas for in-person clinical training thanks to a generous donation from TD Bank Group.
Thanks to a $200,000 donation from TD Bank Group, Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) mobile health care training unit will soon be visiting B.C.’s rural areas for in-person clinical training. The mobile unit will provide TRU students specialized medical training without having to leave their own communities, which had been sited as the cause for drop-outs in some programs in the past with students not wanting to travel away from their home base.
The TRU School of Nursing’s Mobile Simulation Lab is a retrofitted recreational vehicle, complete with state-of-the-art training equipment enabling students to learn remotely from their hometowns. TRU Open Learning healthcare students in locations from as far away as Bella Coola to Barriere will have the opportunity to learn hands on in the mobile unit which will be a training asset for years to come.
