Communication Skills for Patient Interactions (CSPI)

Communication Skills for Patient Interactions (CSPI)

This course helps international medical graduates and international pharmacy graduates prepare for the NAC OSCEs or the Pharmacist Qualifying Examination Part II – OSCE.

In this course, you will:

• Learn effective professional strategies for communicating with patients in Canada
• Connect with other IMGs and IPGs working on their licensure process in Canada
• Improve your communications strategies to help pass the Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
• Participate in a communication practice session with professionally trained simulated patients at Dalhousie University

Classes:

• 2 virtual classes per week plus 8-10 hours per week of asynchronous classwork
• Next dates are:

• • April 7 – June 6 – Mondays and Wednesdays 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Eligibility in NS: Permanent residents including Convention Refugees, CUAET & MOME23 holders, AIP & RNIP participants, PPs under section 95 of IRPR, Citizenship holders, International post-secondary graduates with valid work permit

For more information or to register online please go to our website

You can also email us directly: healthcarelanguage@isans.ca.

National Healthcare Language Program (NHLP)