I think most will agree, it has been a long and soul-crushing last 2 years. The losses we all have seen as daily events, have tried to break our spirits. The loss of friends, loved ones and even strangers to COVID-19, still weight down our hearts as we have become used to living with our limbic systems in a constant "fight or flight" mode. As the COVID-19 pandemic becomes endemic, we once again make moves back to normalcy. But as we are all so happy to see noses and mouths of strangers as we go about our daily business allowing us to communicate with smiles once again, we notice added lines of worry on faces that were not there before our masking up. 
Some, like me, were lucky to be able to easily make the transition to working from home 100%. For others, the transition was not so easy. Juggling at-home kids, spouses, and pets, especially during the complete lock-down was both an emergent curse and a blessing. It gave us time to think, time to get to know our family members better and accomplish projects to fix up our homes since we now had time. Some learned anew to bake; others picked up a long deserted hobby from their past to enjoy. However, living with the same people, no matter how loved they are, was something we were not used to doing. Our together-time was something that taught us that sometimes a huge portion of love is that of tolerance. Not tolerating something you wish was gone but showing tolerance for something that was not what you were used to. 
I remember something my mom told me many years ago when my daughter was a toddler. She came to see me, a single parent, one evening and I think I must have looked pretty ragged. I was lucky that I had a job that I could take my toddler with me every day. She had a playroom set up in my office and I had a baby carrier and everything else I needed to have her there, almost like we were home. My co-workers loved to come by and say hi to this little sweetheart. But being a working mom, I could not take those little naps while she naps, that I needed so desperately. I had work to do. But I was SO VERY TIRED. Anyway, back to the day that mom came over. She walked into my house as I was hurriedly rushing to the bathroom for a much needed bio break. I had the door closed and my daughter, as toddlers do, was standing at the door nicely saying "mommy (pause) mommy (pause), mommy (pause), mommy (pause), mommy (pause)" continuing throughout my hurried potty break. As I came out of the hallway, I saw my mom standing there with a smile on her face. My daughter screamed "Gobby" which was her name for my mom and ran to her. Mom picked her up, turned to me and said "What is the most beautiful word in the English language?" I just stared. I was too tired for trivia. Mom smiled and said "Mommy."  I smiled and as I looked at my precious daughter in my mom's arms thought, "yes that is true." Mom then said "What is the most  HATED word in the English language?"  I waited for her answer. "Mommy" she said, and in an instant I understood that while love might not wane in times of great stress, sometimes our tolerance with others can be pulled pretty thin. 
As we enter this new year that is sure to still have some moments of crisis, just remind yourself that you have made it through two years that will be written about in history. And you made it through! Pat yourself on the back,  look at your smiling full-face reflection in the mirror and tell yourself, "Well done, my friend. Well done!"

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              Let's take a look at what we have in store for you.
Plain and simple, these courses are designed to give you the knowledge you need to excel in your career whether that is as a medical professional, an allied health professional, a healthcare industry professional or a non-clinical humanitarian team volunteer. It is not meant to make you into a clinician if you are not one already, nor to load you up with tons of esoteric information. These courses are designed to make your job easier, to make you more receptive to the needs of the customers/prospective customers/patients you meet and in the long run, to improve the overall level of care through your involvement in the healthcare community. Let's look at how this is going to work.
STRUCTURE - The course is structured so you can work at your own pace, learning that which you don't already know. If you need to stop partway through the module, that is fine. You can come right back to where you left off. Videos can range from 3 minutes to 20 minutes or more if you are assigned a complex subject. Each video has the time listed so you can plan accordingly.
QUIZZES - Some of the medical/clinical courses have Knowledge Checks so you can assess how well you learned the information; if you met your goal. If you didn't quite catch it the first time, you can go over the information again and retake the quiz. You can re-take the quiz up to 3 times, so don't worry if you didn't do well enough on your first try. Although the quizzes will show you a grade,  the grades are not shared with anyone but you. The overall goal of this course is for you to have an appreciably higher knowledge level at the end of the course than you did when you began and to feel more prepared for your work in the health care arena. But be forewarned, the Knowledge Checks are not just memorization of the concepts in the chapter; some will ask you  to think a bit to answer some of the questions. Some questions also build on concepts you learned in previous chapters when combined with the new info in that chapter. It's called Critical Thinking; practice makes perfect with that kind of thinking. 
If you don't see a button for KNOWLEDGE CHECKS after a module, your course only utilizes a final Knowledge Check. Lucky You! 
SEQUENCE - When you click on your CLASS below you will see what chapters/modules have been assigned to you for that course. If you are assigned more than one chapter/module, follow the proper sequence that your program has assigned to you. The sequence has been designed so the current concept builds on the last one via an evidence-based method of learning. You will never be thrown into a complex subject without having a foundational introduction offered.  However, there may be modules that do not pertain to your specific course so you may be directed to skip from Chapter 10 to 14 or Module II and then be directed to Module IV.  No worries, it's all part of the plan.
HYPERMEDIA - This course utilizes what is called hypermedia to make the content more exciting, more interesting, easier to understand and just plain to keep you from falling asleep. Concepts will be explained using video clips, through an animated video or a presentation to meet the objectives. For some, you will be asked to do some reading. No matter the media used to teach, be assured that each item is based on both evidenced-based educational principles and on the most up-to-date medical information available.  
IN CONCLUSION - It is truly our hope that this learning allows you to meet each day with the knowledge that you are truly an expert in your job. You'll feel it and your customers, patients, and clients will see it as well.  Enjoy!