• Explore and learn about aging, the fastest-growing field in healthcare.
• Apply your knowledge to virtually simulated care scenarios.
• Gain valuable and comprehensive work experience for your résumé.
• Make contacts and expand your professional network.
• Explore career options, including exposure to geriatric professionals.
• Enjoy flexible and practical benefits of a virtual environment, including day-to-day learning opportunities and mentorship.
• Interact and learn from residents, students, educators and leaders in the field.

• Meet long-term care team members to explore their roles through facilitated discussions.
• Co-design with end users (i.e. older adults, family members, residents) to solve pain points in long-term care in a capstone project.
• Participate in small-group, facilitated sessions on essential topics in gerontology (e.g. dementia, palliative care) and innovative design thinking.
• Rehearse gerontological best practices through a virtual simulation, serious educational game.
• Apply and practice interprofessional teamwork and clinical reasoning skills to a hybrid simulation activity.
• Develop a learning plan and engage in self-study.
• Participate in weekly reflections.
• Complete 6.5 hours daily of paid activities.

To learn more about the internship, including a video produced by our interns in collaboration with the Toronto International Film Festival Reel Comfort Program visit clri-ltc.ca/resource/internship

• Students or recent graduates (within the past 12 months) of an Ontario university or college, in a degree program relating to a health-care profession e.g. nursing, medicine, pharmacy, social work, psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, kinesiology, food and nutrition, therapeutic recreation, optometry, dentistry, speech language pathology, audiology, health sciences, health studies.
• Students or recent graduates (within the past 12 months) of an Ontario college in a diploma program for practical nursing or therapeutic recreation.
• Student applicants must have completed at least half of their program (e.g. for a 4-year program, you will have completed at least 2 years of the program) by the internship start date, or have been accepted into an eligible degree program.
• Permanent residents or citizens of Canada studying in Ontario.
• Preferred qualifications: interest in long-term care; previous clinical placement, work or volunteer experience in geriatric healthcare; strong academic standing; ability to work collaboratively; professionalism; strong time management and communication skills; Microsoft Outlook and Office competency.

• The internship is being offered to one cohort of interns over a temporary 4-week period from Monday, May 29, 2023 to Friday, June 23, 2023.
• Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 9:00am EST to 4:00pm EST. The Ontario CLRI and Baycrest recognize and permit flexible work hours for independent activities.
• Interns must complete all mandatory activities within the 4-week period to graduate and receive a Certificate of Completion.

• This Internship is delivered virtually, using online engagement platforms including Zoom and a simulation and game-based app.
• The Internship is only offered in English.
• Applicants residing across Ontario are encouraged to apply!

• Applications will be accepted from February 13, 2023, 9:00am to March 3, 2023, 5:00pm EST.
• Applicants selected for interview will be contacted by March 17, 2023. Please note, if you have not heard from us by this date, your application has not proceeded to the interview round. 
• Applicants from the interview round will be notified of our decision (i.e. accepted, waitlist) by April 6, 2023.
• Applications are submitted via a RedCap form, live on February 13, 2023.
• In the application, you will be required to submit the following:
  • • Personal demographics, education and work experience
    • Up-to-date resume 
    • Unofficial transcript
    • Self-recorded 2-minute video describing your interest in geriatrics and long-term care
    • Short answer responses highlighting your competencies and insight to the sector
• Your resume should highlight accomplishments, initiative and creativity, as well as interprofessional, leadership and organizational skills. Please organize and include information in your resume on the following topics: Contact Information, Career Goals, Education, Clinical Placements, Work Experience, Volunteer Experience, Awards, Presentations and Publications, Memberships
• Instructions on uploading an unlisted YouTube video are available here.
• Applicants proceeding to the interview round must be able to provide 2 references who can comment on their educational and/or work experience.