Navigating MN

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Navigating MN

• University of Toronto
• Lawrence S. Bloomberg
• Faculty of Nursing
• July 2009

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Agenda

• Program description/requirement
• Financing your degree
• Resources and tools
• Registration/enrolment

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People

• Dean Sioban Nelson
• Graduate Coordinator Francine Wynn
• Lead faculty, Administration Lynn Nagle
• Lead faculty, Clinical Jody Macdonald
• Lead faculty, NP Monica Parry

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More People

• Kate Young, Admissions Officer
• Tammy Chan, Supervisor Admissions and Program
• Rima Abu-Shakra, Program Assistant
• Terry Yuen, NP Program Assistant
• Kong Ng, Clinical Placement Assistant
• Deirdre Chalmers, Assistant Registrar
• Soobong Song, Registrar
• http//bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/staff/Faculty
  _of_Nursing_Directory.htm

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Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

• http//bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca
• History of the faculty
• http//bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/about/history
  offaculty.htm
• Vision
• To be the place of academic excellence for
  scholarship, innovation and diversity in serving
  humanity".
• Mission
• To prepare nurse leaders to excel
  internationally in research, teaching and
  practice, and nurture scholarship to promote
  health, patient safety and health policy.

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Numbers

• Total Number of Admissions (09-10)
• NP 50
• Clinical 52
• Administration 14
• Total 116

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Master of Nursing

• Program Length 2 years
• Has implication for fees (i.e., one has to pay a
  minimum of two full time years of fee regardless
  of how soon the program is completed)
• Degree time limit 6 years
• Little or no implications
• Request for an extension, if required

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Program structure

• Tri semester
• September to December
• January to April
• May to August
• Classes are held during Tuesdays and Thursdays
• No evening/weekend classes

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Program Requirement (Clinical and Administration)

• http//bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/students/grad
  uate/mnstudents/mn2006.htm
• Nine courses
• 5 Foundation courses
• 3 Core field courses
• 1 Consolidation course (NUR1072)

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Foundation Courses (Clinical and Administration)

• NUR1017 HISTORY OF IDEAS IN NURSING PRACTICE
• NUR1022 RESEARCH DESIGN, APPRAISAL AND
  UTILIZATION
• NUR1028 INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
  METHODOLOGIES,
• APPRAISAL AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION
• NUR1034 PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION IN
  NURSING
• NUR1012/NUR1016/NUR1021/NUR1032/NUR1043

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Core Field Courses (Clinical and Administration)

• 3 courses from Nursing
• 1 can be from outside of Nursing
• 4 sub fields in Clinical Stream
• Health in Community
• Mental Health
• Womens Health
• Critical or persistent illness

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NUR 1072 (Clinical and Administration)

• PRACTICE SCHOLARSHIP
• Normally the final course
• Has 200 hours of practicum at hospital/clinic/agen
  cy
• Requires immunization record
• Offered each term (for now)
• Must attend an orientation session
• Post presentation at the end

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Program Requirement (NP)

• http//www.nursing.utoronto.ca/students/Graduate_S
  tudents/mnstudents/mn2006.htm
• Nine courses
• 4 Foundation courses
• 3 Core field courses
• 1 Consolidation course (NUR1110)

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Foundation Courses (NP)

• NUR1017 HISTORY OF IDEAS IN NURSING PRACTICE
• NUR1022 RESEARCH DESIGN, APPRAISAL AND
  UTILIZATION
• NUR1028 INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
  METHODOLOGIES,
• APPRAISAL AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION
• NUR1034 PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION IN
  NURSING

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Core Field Courses (NP)

• 3 courses from Nursing
• NUR1100Y
• NUR1101H or 1102H (100 hours of clinical)
• NUR1109Y (300 hours of clinical)

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Selecting courses

• Interest
• Availability
• Do not take all the foundation courses first
• Core field courses are not offered each term
• Seek advice from Graduate Coordinator and lead
  faculty

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Selecting courses (contd)

• Plan ahead
• Do not take all foundation courses first! You
  may not find suitable core courses later
• Only limited number of core courses are offered
  each term

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Courses

• Passing grade is B- or 70
• Many instructors use Turnitin
• Class size approx. 20 to up to 50
• Many classes use Black Board
• Hint
• Get to know your instructors
• Ask for help early

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Collaborative Programs

• http//bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/prospectives/
  mn/collaborative.htm
• 11 collaborative programs available to Nursing
  graduate students
• Requirement varies from program to program
• Contact individual program office
• Faculty has liaison person for each program

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Transfer to Part time study

• No transfer until summer
• Only under very extenuating circumstances
• Two deadlines April 1 and August 1

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Questions

• Do I have to take a course in every term?
• Can I request a leave of absence?
• What happens if I am having a baby?

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Financing MN

• Awards/Bursaries
• Loans
• Saving
• Employment (TA/RA/Clinical instructors)
• Others

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Awards

• Government awards Ontario Graduate
  Scholarships, Canada Graduate Scholarships
• Normally done in early fall
• Internal Awards
• http//bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/students/fell
  owshipsandawards.htm
• Awards provided by associations and foundations
• Important in building resume, if interested in
  academic career

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SGS Bursaries

• SGS Emergency Bursary
• Master tuition fee bursary
• Not eligible until year 3
• http//www.sgs.utoronto.ca/informationfor/students
  /awards.htm

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Employment

• Teaching assistantships - announcement in late
  July
• Research assistantships announcements
  throughout the year
• Clinical instructors

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Faculty tuition reimbursement

• Tuition reimbursed for those teaching (part-time
  teaching is eligible)
• Contact Deirdre Chalmers, Assistant Registrar

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Government Loan (e.g., OSAP)

• It is not too late to apply
• http//www.adm.utoronto.ca/fa/government/OSAP.htm

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Questions

• Is there a bursary at the Faculty?
• Is there someone I can talk to regarding my
  financial situation?

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Black Board

• Many courses use Black Board
• Log on through https//weblogin.utoronto.ca/
• Require UTORid

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T-Card/UTORid

• How to get T-Card?
• http//www.utoronto.ca/tcard/
• Take the letter of offer of admission plus a
  photo ID to Robarts Library (130 St. George St)
  starting June
• UTORid appears on T-Card

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Email Address

• Can obtain email account when UTORid is assigned
  http//www.utoronto.ca/ic/
• Domain name _at_utoronto.ca
• All students must use university assigned email
  address
• All important communications will take place
  through emails
• Forwarding feature is strongly discouraged

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Libraries

• http//www.library.utoronto.ca/
• One of the best in the world!
• Electronic journal collection impressive!

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Computer Labs

• On site second floor
• Wireless connection in the building
• Access controlled through fob (building key
  which will be available during the orientation)

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Writing Centres

• Two centres available to MN students
• Health Sciences Writing Centre
• http//www.hswriting.ca/
• Room 151 at Health Sciences Building
• Individual counselling session available

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Writing Centres

• English Language and Writing Support
• http//www.sgs.utoronto.ca/informationfor/students
  /english.htm
• Individual session not available to nursing
  students however, offer numerous writing
  workshops throughout the year

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School of Graduate Studies

• www.sgs.utoronto.ca
• Policies, rules and regulations, forms, etc.
• Consult SGS calendar
• http//www.sgs.utoronto.ca/informationfor/cal2008-
  09.htm
• Within SGS, we are know as the Graduate
  Department of Nursing Science

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Student Services (U of T)

• http//www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/
• Myriad of programs and services
• Dont forget about the athletic centres. You
  have already paid for the services through your
  incidental fees!
• http//www.athletics.utoronto.ca

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GNSS

• Graduate Nurses Student Society
• gnss.nursing_at_utoronto.ca
• gnss.nursing.utoronto.ca
• www.portal.utoronto.ca (select Groups-GNSS)

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GSU

• Graduate Student Union
• http//www.gsu.utoronto.ca/
• Health Insurance opt out
• A significant portion of incidental fees is due
  to medical and dental plans
• If you have equivalent coverage, you may be
  eligible for refund
• Check with GSU

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Textbooks

• U of T Book Store
• http//www.uoftbookstore.com

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Registration

• Payment of minimum payment (or deferral of
  tuition payment) equals registration
• A student is considered to be registered as soon
  as he or she has paid tuition and incidental
  fees, or has made appropriate arrangements for
  deferral of payment. By virtue of being
  registered, a student thereby agrees to abide by
  all of the academic and non-academic policies,
  rules and regulations of the University and his
  or her academic division as set out in the
  divisional calendar

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Registration

• Can start paying fees once they are assessed (to
  be done on Monday July 20)
• Payment is due August 28, 2009
• Late registration fee applies after September 11
  (44 plus 5 per day to a maximum of 94)

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Course Enrolment

• Done using Rosi
• Fall and winter courses selected in July
• Summer courses selected in March
• All courses have limited enrolment
• Can enrol without being registered (pay fees), as
  long as eligible to enrol
• Small opportunity for on-line courses
• Wait lists available for core courses on Rosi

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Fees

• http//www.fees.utoronto.ca
• Fees will be assessed on July 20 (i.e., will be
  able to see fees charged for the program on the
  web (Rosi)
• Fees made up of academic, incidental and
  ancillary fees, all of which are mandatory
• Fees assessed by session and F/P time status, not
  number of courses

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Payment of Tuition Fee

• No invoice from the university
• Check Rosi to determine the amount
• Pay at the bank
• Minimum payment (normally 60 of the full fee)
  required for registration
• Monthly service charge of 1.5 on all outstanding
  fees starting on November 15.

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Balance of Degree Fees

• The length of the program, as defined by the
  graduate unit into which a student is admitted,
  predetermines the minimum total academic fee that
  a student must pay prior to graduation.  Many
  part-time Masters students must pay a balance of
  degree fee prior to graduation. Full-time
  students who accelerate their programs and finish
  the degree requirements in less time than the
  normal program length must pay a balance of
  degree fee.  If a student has paid more than the
  full-time fee due to the time taken to complete
  the degree requirements, there will be no refund
  of fees.

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Balance of Degree Fees (contd)

• Determined at the end of the program by SGS
• Please consult with your employer, if they are
  paying for the tuition fee

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ROSI

• http//www.rosi.utoronto.ca/
• Signing in
• Student number plus personal identification
  number (PIN), which set as the date of birth in
  YYMMDD format
• Change your initial PIN right away

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Course Enrolment on Rosi

• Activity code
• Course code, e.g., NUR1017H
• Section code
• F for Fall courses
• S for Winter courses

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Other uses of Rosi

• Student Account (fees)
• Update personal information
• Education tax credit receipts
• Elections
• Order transcripts

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Rules and Regulations

• Faculty Calendar
• http//bloomberg.nursing.utoronto.ca/academic/cale
  ndar.htm
• SGS Calendar
• http//www.sgs.utoronto.ca/informationfor/cal2008-
  09.htm
• University Policies
• http//www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/policies.h
  tm

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Orientations

• SGS Orientation (September 8, 10-12)
• Department of Nursing Science Orientation
  (September 8, Afternoon)