St. David's Institute for Learning

Welcome to the St David's Institute for Learning, St David's HealthCare's comprehensive education resource. Here you'll find educational resources, classroom and online continuing education courses, information about nurse fellowships and internships and other educational opportunities for all St. David's HealthCare locations. Whether it's a wide range of classroom courses, online courses available through our Healthstream Next Gen HLC, access to our state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Lab or easy online registration for all available courses, St David's Institute for Learning is your one-stop educational resource, no matter what your job is in the St David's Healthcare system.
To register for courses click and choose a category or view by month.

Click HERE for a MONTHLY CALENDAR of classes

All Institute for Learning classes are posted on the above course registration site. Other courses are posted on request and facilities are encouraged to use this easily-accessible and interactive site to advertise classes and make registration easier. If you would like to post an educational event on the course registration site, click HERE.

SDH Offers CE Direct and Pearls Review to All Facilities

St Davids HealthCare and the Academy for Clinical Excellence is pleased to announce that we have invested in a two year CE Direct  membership providing unlimited access to 1,000+ hours of continuing education for nurses and allied health professionals, as well as 900+ hours of nursing certification test prep content from Pearls Review, including reviews for ACLS and PALS. The CE Direct membership benefits include:

• 1,000+ hours of CE and 900+ hours of certification test prep content online at nurse.com/cedirect
• Current, leading-edge CE courses delivered to your home through Nursing Spectrum, NurseWeek, Today in OT, and Today in PT Magazines
• Podcast audio courses available via iTunes and the CE Direct®learning system

Logging in is easy and can be done from any computer with internet access. To log onto CE Direct:

• Go to www.nurse.com/cedirect
• Your log in ID is your 3-4 ID
• Your initial password is EDUCATION
• Follow the prompts to change your password to your 3-4 ID—it’s simpler and easier to remember.
• Start earning CEs!

For more information about CE Direct and Pearls Review, please contact Robert Williams, Clinical Educator at the Academy for Clinical Excellence at 544-0103 or robert.williams@stdavids.com

Nursing Reference Center: Your Resource for Latest Medical Info

The Nursing Reference Center, from EBSCO, is the SDH site for the latest medical research literature, disease and drug information, and patient-family education printouts. This valuable resource, located on each hospital's intranet page, is ideal for health-care providers looking for up-to-date articles on virtually any topic. Patient Education sheets can be customized and printed for patients during their stay or at discharge and contain readable information, complete with pictures and other graphics to help explain topics relevant to their care. 

For access to the Nursing Reference Center go to your facility intranet site and locate EBSCO under the a Quick Links pulldown menu on your intranet page. This page is only accessible through the SDH network and your facility's intranet site.

  
Located under one of your intranet site's EXPLORE: Menu

The SNAP Fellowship: Deeper Knowledge, Faster Track

The St. David’s HealthCare Specialty Nurse Accelerated Program (SNAP) Fellowship is a unique program that will speed your transition from novice toward expert in Med/Surg, Neuro-Med/Surg, Critical Care, Emergency, Women's Services or Rehabilitation Nursing.

Since early 2004, SNAP has differentiated clinical practice at St. David’s HealthCare, confirming our system’s reputation as a forward-thinking provider. As a result, SNAP is now recognized as one of the nation’s top training programs.

Supported by evidence-based best practices, SNAP offers skill growth through:

• Hands-on clinical rotations in a variety of departments
• Clinical experts providing hands-on classroom training in real-life applications
• Individual preceptors and clinical coaches
• Use of SimMan™  and PDA technologies
• Travel to centers of excellence to share best practices
• Assistance in preparing for specialty certifications
• Collaborative relationships with specialty physicians
• …and much more.

For details, visit SNAP: Specialty Nurse Accelerated Program.