{"id":158,"date":"2024-03-06T01:14:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T06:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=158"},"modified":"2024-04-04T07:53:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:53:20","slug":"3-4","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/3-4\/","title":{"raw":"3.4 Professional Development","rendered":"3.4 Professional Development"},"content":{"raw":"Training in LTC, similar to any other health care and workplace setting, is determined by organizational and provincial\/territorial legislative requirements.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEducational and training requirements are also guided by entry to practice, standards of practice and even legislative requirements.\r\n\r\nIn Ontario, the Fixing Long Term Care Act [footnote]Fixing Long Term Care Act, 2021[\/footnote] has mandatory training requirements for all staff and providers working in LTC. This includes the following:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Resident\u2019s Bill of Rights<\/li>\r\n \t<li>LTC home mission statement<\/li>\r\n \t<li>LTC home policy on zero tolerance of abuse &amp; neglect of residents<\/li>\r\n \t<li>LTC home policy to minimize restraints<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Fire prevention &amp; safety<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Emergency &amp; evacuation procedures<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Infection prevention &amp; control<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFamiliarize yourself with the mandatory training that is required for your LTC setting and any provincial\/territorial legislative requirements.","rendered":"<p>Training in LTC, similar to any other health care and workplace setting, is determined by organizational and provincial\/territorial legislative requirements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Educational and training requirements are also guided by entry to practice, standards of practice and even legislative requirements.<\/p>\n<p>In Ontario, the Fixing Long Term Care Act <a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Fixing Long Term Care Act, 2021\" id=\"return-footnote-158-1\" href=\"#footnote-158-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> has mandatory training requirements for all staff and providers working in LTC. This includes the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Resident\u2019s Bill of Rights<\/li>\n<li>LTC home mission statement<\/li>\n<li>LTC home policy on zero tolerance of abuse &amp; neglect of residents<\/li>\n<li>LTC home policy to minimize restraints<\/li>\n<li>Fire prevention &amp; safety<\/li>\n<li>Emergency &amp; evacuation procedures<\/li>\n<li>Infection prevention &amp; control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Familiarize yourself with the mandatory training that is required for your LTC setting and any provincial\/territorial legislative requirements.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-158-1\">Fixing Long Term Care Act, 2021 <a href=\"#return-footnote-158-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":12,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-158","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":55,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/158\/revisions\/439"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/55"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/158\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}