Fostering Canadian Integration for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs): From Learning to Action
2024 Winter English Program
Saint Paul University’s Institute for Transformative Leadership, in partnership with N4, has developed this program to help Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals (IEHPs) gain the non-clinical skills necessary to be successful in healthcare jobs in Canada.
Pre-Registration is Open - Apply Now!
This program will run from January 8 - March 29, 2024.
AUDIENCE
Internationally Educated Physicians and Nurses looking to obtain foreign credential and Licence or to be optimally employed and thrive in the Canadian Healthcare system.
Candidates for this Program must have a Canadian address.
Application is open to any Canadian province or territory except Quebec.
HIGHLIGHTS
This is our 6th Cohort! · Free (funded by IRCC) · Certificate of Attendance · Limited Spots · 100% Online · Circle of Support · Live Sessions (recorded for watching anytime, anywhere)
DESCRIPTION
This 12-week program is designed to accompany and support IEHPs with the challenges of finding their place in Canada. It is based on an integrated development model that focuses on knowledge, skills and identity-making. The program's content will allow you to develop non-clinical skills and knowledge to support your successful integration in Canada while forming a learning community through exercises of personal development and reflective practice (circle of support, reflective learning journals, discussion forums). It is training that welcomes you and helps you leverage your expertise in a new cultural context.
The program will be composed of six 2-week modules combining a mix of online synchronous learning (video conference office hour and live webinar) and online asynchronous learning (pre-recorded videos, articles, online resources, discussion forums, reflection questions and recommended practices).
TOPICS
- Know Yourself: Mapping your journey
- Self-Reflection
- Establishing Personal Learning Goals
- Resilience, Trauma and Inclusion
- Immigration Experience and Trauma
- Ecologies of Resilience
- Understanding Canada’s Mosaic
- Canada Multiculturalism and Diversity
- Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island
- Engaging in the Canadian Health System
- History of Healthcare in Canada
- Interpersonal Communication and Collaboration
- Social Justice and Ethics
- Values and Social Justice
- Ethical Decision-Making
- Integration
- From Learning to Action
- Leadership Skills
STRUCTURE
- 12 weeks with 2-4 hours of engagement/week.
- 6 modules, each with 1h of live webinar (recording will be available to participant) and a series of pre-recorded learning videos, readings and practices.
- Online discussion groups of up to 10 people and volunteer peer mentoring.
- 6 “Ask me anything” live sessions with the instructors.
