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Communication for Internationally-Educated Health Professionals (CIEHP)

Program

What is the CIEHP Program?

The Communication for Internationally-Educated Health Professionals (CIEHP) Program is for:

• internationally-educated health professionals, such as, physicians, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.

Note: The CIEHP Program is not the CHP Program (Communication for Health Care Professions).

CIEHP Program

PURPOSE:

- to increase awareness and build skills in Language, Culture and Communication for the Canadian Health Care Context.

(with online preparation, F2F workshops, assessments and assignments)

Focus: Skill-building in speaking and listening for health care context.

(Reading is required for online component and some F2F activities; Writing assignments are related to ‘Reflective Practice’.)

CIEHP Program Overview

• Schedule: 200 hours over 12 weeks (Fall Session: Sept.- Dec. ORWinter Session: Feb.- May) (session depends on enrolment)

• Blended Delivery format:

- Online component 8 hours/week

(requires access to and ability to use computers for learning purposes)

(prep for workshop and/or post-workshop assignments)

- Face-to-face (F2F) workshops (Wed. and Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon) 8 hours/week

Total: 16 hours/week(min.)

Overview cont’d.

• Complete/Incomplete based on:

successful completion of all program requirements (online & F2F), including the ability to work in groups and independently

demonstrated skills and knowledge of CIEHP units and achievement of outcomes

attendance (min. 80% of F2F component)

• Final report is issued to successful participants: strengths and areas to improve in language and communication

CLB level in Listening and Speaking

• Non-credit program

CIEHP Program -Expectations

PREPARATION AND SELF-STUDY:• Prepare for all F2F sessions by doing readings, viewing videos,

completing independent work on-time• Complete all post-workshop homework and assignments on-time• Organize and manage all paper and electronic resources for retrieval

as needed

ATTENDANCE at F2F sessions:• 80% minimum required • Phone call or email to notify of absence• Punctuality: be on-time for all F2F sessions (8:00 a.m. start time)

PARTICIPATION:• Actively contribute to all in-class discussions; participate in all

activities

CIEHP Program – Special Components

• Role plays

• Standardized Patients (SPs)

• Guest Speakers (health care practitioners)

• Video examples

• Practical training for standardized language assessments

• Ongoing feedback on strengths and areas to improve in speaking and listening; feedback re: reflective writing assignments

• Strategies for Effective Communication and Lifelong Learning – A Personal Learning Plan

CIEHP Program - Curriculum• Patient-Centred Practice

• Effective Interviewing

• Therapeutic Communication

• Communication with Challenging Patients

• The “Language” of Health Care( medical terminology vs. ‘lay language’, slang, idioms)

• Collaborative Practice (teamwork & decision-making)

• Professional Communication (“Soft” skills)

(assertiveness, giving/receiving feedback, conflict management)

CIEHP Program – Curriculum cont’d.

ADDITIONAL FOCUS:

• Intercultural Communication:

1. Culture and communication models

2. Cultural orientations and impact

on communication

3. Non-Verbal Communication

and impact on communication

CIEHP Program Benefits

BENEFITS according to former students:“knowledge, orientation, and opportunity to network”

“a productive, informative, worthy of learning for Internationally educated health professionals”

“Examples and explanations, videos and pictures made each topic easier to understand.”

“The content, and duration of the program is just perfect. I highly recommend that this program would be a mandatory course for all internationally educated Physicians, Nurses, Physiotherapists and Pharmacists.”

Four Eligibility Requirements

An applicant must:

1. be an Internationally Educated Health Professional (IEHP)

(Applicants must complete “Proof of Education” form and include resume in application package.)

2. have initiated the process of registration with specific regulatory body for your health profession* or decided on an alternative career path within health care(Applicants must complete “Career Plan” in application package.)

3. be a permanent resident

o This program is funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

*See www.manitobafairnesscommissioner.ca/regulators-2

Eligibility Requirements cont’d.

4. Meet the language proficiency requirements:

• Must have taken an English language proficiency test within 6-12 months and achieved: CLB level 8 in both Speaking and Listening OR

IELTS 7.0 in both Speaking and Listening

The focus of program is on Speaking and Listening; however, a minimum of CLB 7 (or IELTS 6.5) in either Reading or Writing are required.

• Must be referred by Winnipeg English Language Assessment and referral Centre (WELARC); www.welarc.net

Consideration will be given to applicants who have taken other language tests approved by specific health regulator (e.g., CELBAN for nurses)

Applicants who have completed an approved ESL program within six months (outside of RRC’s programs) will also be considered with certain conditions. Check with Stuart Schwarz, Program Manager: [email protected]

Application

Information and application package is available online:rrc.ca/ciehp

Forms to download include:

• Application Checklist

• LTC registration form

• Forms:

o Proof of education as a health professional

o Articulated career plan

Application package must also include:

• a referral from WELARC (Contact information on checklist)

Application Deadline

Application package (hard copy) must be received at the Language Training Centre by:

Winter session: December 12, 2019 (or earlier)

Attention: Stuart Schwartz

Red River College’s Language Training Centre

300-123 Main Street

Winnipeg, MB. R3C 1A3

Winter session starts: Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Confirmation of acceptance will be emailed to applicants within two weeks of application deadline.

Contact information

• Contact Stuart Schwartz, Program Manager

[email protected]

(204) 945-6151, Ext. 6303

• WELARCWinnipeg English Language Assessment and Referral Centre (WELARC)

400-275 Portage Avenue

Winnipeg, Manitoba

(204) 943-5387

[email protected]

www.welarc.net