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Interdisciplinary Studies AOIS 111
This series of lectures and presentations is an important introduction for international health professionals to concepts of health care delivery in Canada.
Our objective is to outline in some detail existing legislation governing the delivery of health care in Canada, expectations of regulatory bodies and employers and, through discussion, the differences between your experience in your country of origin and the realities of health care delivery in Canada in general and in Ontario in particular. Each unit contains an evaluation component.
Your previous experience in your profession is of enormous importance but understanding the Canadian workplace is vital to your success.
These presentations are specifically designed to "bridge" those differences-our sole objective is your success.
This is a 40-hour, 3-credit course (one credit = 13 hours of instruction)
Topics include:
- Study Skills and Time Management
- Examination Skills and Registration examinations
- The Canadian Health Care System
- Ethics and Health Care
- Professional Communication
- Professional Portfolio Development
- Job Search Techniques
Session Dates Winter 2006
All sessions are on TUESDAY evenings from 6:00 to 10:00 pm in Room 441:
| January 10 | Study Skills and Time Management Session 1 |
| January 17 | Study Skills and Time Management Session 2 |
| January 24 | Examination skills and Registration examinations |
| January 31 | The Canadian Health Care System |
| February 7 | Professional Communications Session 1 |
| February 21 | Professionalism in Health Care |
| February 28 | Professional Communications Session 2 |
| March 7 | Ethics and Health Care |
| March 14 | Maintaining Registration/Special Needs Populations |
| March 21 | Job Search Techniques / Resume Review/Interview Techniques |
To register for this course:
Registration Deadline - 4:00 pm Thursday January 5, 2006
In person at The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, 222 St. Patrick Street Toronto ON
OR
By telephone at 416.596.3117 quoting course code AOIS 111.
Fees are $450.00 payable by credit card or debit.
Session 1
Rosemarie Peikes, BA, DipCS, MEd
AOIS 111-01 Study Skills and Time Management-Session 1
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe criteria for success in the certification examination and the workplace
- Describe and understand the barriers facing international health professionals in obtaining Canadian Certification
- Identify your learning style using the KOLB Learning Style Inventory
- Determine the effect of your learning style on:
- preparation for the certification examination
- Problem solving
- Team work
- Conflict management
Session 2
Rosemarie Peikes, BA, DipCS, MEd
AOIS 111-01 Study Skills and Time Management-Session 2
Learning Outcomes:
- Determine the key elements of good time management
- Discuss the skills required to increase retention of knowledge
- Describe effective study skills
- Develop good time management skills
- Develop good note taking and reading skills
- Determine a note taking system
- Develop good study skills techniques
- Determine the benefits of a study group
- Identify the elements of a successful study group
Session 3
Brendan Corr DSR(R), A(Ont) QCT
AOIS 111-02 Competency Based Multiple Choice Examinations
Learning Outcomes:
- Gain an overview of the exam taking process
- Understand the nature of competency based exams
- Learn effective strategies for success on multiple choice style tests/exams
- Gain practical strategies to reduce stress and exam anxiety
- Learn from each other by sharing ideas, strategies and experiences
Session 4
Lori Boyd MRT(R), BA, MA, EdD(candidate)
AOIS 111-03 The Canadian Health Care System
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the components of the Canada Health Act and the broad political framework for health care in Ontario and Canada
- Discuss the role of public vs. private sectors in health care provision in Ontario and Canada and overview Hospital structure. Describe funding issues
- Distinguish the medical model of health from a Psychosocial and environmental model
- Discuss the limitations of health Insurance coverage in Canada
- Recognize the need for cultural awareness and sensitivity in the delivery of health services Describe inequities in health
Session 5
Anne Topple MRT(N), BHA
AOIS 111-04 Professional Communications-Session 1
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe important elements of interpersonal communication and identify cultural issues that can impede the communication process.
- Discuss the need for cultural sensitivity in health care delivery
- List the elements of assertive behaviours and describe the assertive behaviour process
- Describe a communication strategy for responding to angry people and methods of conflict resolution
- Define sympathy and pity and comment on the appropriateness of each in the health care setting- define empathy and describe the three components of empathy.
Session 6
Lori Boyd MRT(R), BA, MA, EdD(candidate)
AOIS 111-05 Professionalism in Health Care
- Discuss the evolution of health care professions - Identify key components of professionalism
- Discuss the importance of life-long learning in maintaining professionalism
- Describe elements for managing and reducing errors in health care practice
Session 7
Anne Topple MRT(N), BHA
AOIS 111-04 Professional Communications-Session 2
- Describe the five levels of intimacy and comment on which levels of intimacy are appropriate in the health care setting
- Define rapport and describe why it is beneficial in the health care setting
- Demonstrate successful communication techniques used in the health care setting
- List the components of cultural competence and differentiate among beliefs, attitudes and behaviours
- List some environmental factors that negatively affect every culture
- Differentiate between a Low context and a High Context culture
- Describe the concept of "face" in a high context culture such as the Chinese community
Session 8
Lori Boyd MRT(R), BA, MA, EdD(candidate)
AOIS 111-06 Ethics and Health Care
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss ethical issues that arise in health care delivery and describe key components of Codes of Ethics
- Discuss the importance of confidentiality and differentiate between deliberate and inadvertent breeches of confidentiality
- Discuss the definition and determination of death
- Identify key components and issues related to advance directives
- Define and discuss voluntary/involuntary and active/passive euthanasia
- Discuss the withdrawal of medical treatment and demonstrate an understanding of ethical issues that occur in the health care setting
Session 9
Anne Topple MRT(N), BHA
AOIS 111-07 Regulatory College requirements for Maintaining Registration/Special Needs Populations
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the purpose of developing a professional portfolio
- Describe the key elements of a professional portfolio
- Considerations for both aging populations and children in the health care system
Session 10
Cecil Canteenwalla
AOIS 111-08 Job Search Techniques/Resume Writing/Resume Review & Interview Techniques
Learning Outcomes:
- Starting your job search-where to look and how to go about it
- How to create a resume in Canada
- Preparing for the interview
