Canada

eCampusOntario is a Canadian non-profit organisation that leads a consortium of publiclyfunded colleges , universities and indigenous institutes to test digital learning tools . It is currently spearheading an initiative with Lumeto , the immersive learning company behind virtual reality platform Involve XR . This is providing training to frontline healthcare workers in specialties like wound management , mental health de-escalation , and respiratory distress .

United Kingdom

The Healthcare Leadership Academy ( HLA ) is a British initiative formed to provide young clinicians and medical students with leadership skills . Its aim is to inspire the next generation of healthcare professionals with mentoring , discussion , and philosophy . Its HLA : IDEAS programme has a mission to create change and is aimed at underrepresented or underprivileged communities . Its most recent cohort includes 6 very different organisations such as In2MedSchool which provides free mentoring to underprivileged school and college students aspiring to study medicine , and the African Caribbean Medical Mentors which supports current and future Black doctors and dentists .

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