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British Columbia Regions Select Mastering RAI Instructional Series
June 2004
Mr. Gerry Labossiere, President of AIS Assessment & Intelligence Systems Inc. (AIS) announced today that the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) and the Fraser Health Authority have purchased the Mastering RAI-HC computer based instructional system to support their respective RAI-HC implementations.
“Having had the benefit of being involved in the first RAI implementations in Canada in 1996, I am a firm believer that quality education on the MDS instruments and applications is essential to the success of implementing the RAI-HC in our region”, stated Marilyn Rook, Chief Operating Officer of VIHA, “ We believe that the Mastering RAI-HC instructional system, with ongoing content from Health eTraining International, will allow us to deliver high quality, standardized MDS education in a cost-effective manner for many years to come.”
“eLearnng systems provide a very cost effective way to implement the RAI in a large scale implementation”, stated Dion Bedard, interRAI Project Consultant for the Fraser Health Authority, “Our evaluation team found Mastering RAI-HC to have excellent content, to be user friendly and technically sound. It is designed to address our initial and ongoing MDS instrument training needs”
The Mastering RAI series is the leading computer based multimedia instructional system designed to enable trainers and learners to master the RAI 2.0 and the RAI-HC assessment methodology in ‘instructor-led group scenarios’ and ‘self-paced’ learning environments for both community and care home settings. Mastering RAI integrates the expert advice of instructional designers, certified MDS trainers, leading MDS researchers and proven instructional material. Mastering RAI is based on an instructional framework that combines the principles of situated cognition, reflective practice and motivational design to strengthen the links between the learner’s experience and day-to-day experience in the workplace.
“We are pleased that we now have Mastering RAI clients from coast to coast in Canada”, stated Mr. Labossiere, ”AIS is committed to providing Canada with leading training and collaboration solutions that will ensure the success of RAI implementations”.
Health eTraining International Inc. is a company specializing in research-based instructional design to provide ongoing content and product development of the Mastering RAI.
For more information about our Mastering RAI 2.0 instructional system or AIS:
Contact: Mr. Tim Baribeau, Vice President
Email: tim@aissystems.com
T: 204.237.8261
F: 204.237.4850
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