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Ontario lab to help healthcare pros |
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Health professionals with foreign credentials are getting high tech
help to gain practical clinical experience that will help them find
jobs in Ontario.
A new simulation lab has been opened at Ryerson University, featuring electronic mannequins and trained actors to make virtual clinical cases as real life as possible for trainees.
The lab was designed with midwives in mind, however scenarios will be added later to give internationally trained doctors and nurses hands-on experience as well.
Ontario Citizenship and Immigration Minister Mike Colle, who inaugurated the lab, said it was the first simulation lab in Canada designed just for internationally trained healthcare professionals.
"It's a great way of helping internationally trained midwives and other healthcare professionals improve their language skills and get clinical experience," said Colle.
To date, the Ontario government has invested in over 35 bridge training programs that help assess newcomer skills, provide training and Canadian work experience and ensure newcomers are not duplicating what they have previously learned.
The pass rate for internationally trained midwives who participated in the program increased from 32 per cent to 100 per cent. Eighty-five percent of students registered in the International Midwives Pre-Registration Program have found jobs.
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