Communication Strategies for Patient Interactions (CSPI)
2026-08-18 22:15 - 23:45, 2026-08-20 22:15 - 23:45, 2026-08-25 22:15 - 23:45, 2026-08-27 22:15 - 23:45, 2026-09-01 22:15 - 23:45, 2026-09-03 22:15 - 23:45 (America/Halifax) | Online
July 7 till September 4, Tuesday and Thursday 10:15 – 11:45 pm
This course helps international medical graduates (IMGs) and international pharmacy graduates (IPGs) prepare their communication skills for their OSCE exams and for their Canadian healthcare careers.
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

To attend this course, you must:

Have a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 6+
Be able to attend online

Classes:

Two online classes per week
Plus 6-8 hours per week of asynchronous classwork
Next dates are:

Aug 3 – Oct 1 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Aug 4 – Oct 2 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Sept 8 – Nov 6 9:00 – 10:30 pm
Oct 6 – Dec 4 10:15 – 11:45 pm
Nov 2 – Jan 14 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Nov 3 – Jan 15 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Dec 7 – Feb 19 9:00 – 10:30 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.

Communication Strategies for Patient Interactions (CSPI)
2026-08-19 15:30 - 17:00, 2026-08-24 15:30 - 17:00, 2026-08-26 15:30 - 17:00, 2026-08-31 15:30 - 17:00, 2026-09-02 15:30 - 17:00, 2026-09-07 15:30 - 17:00, 2026-09-09 15:30 - 17:00, 2026-09-14 15:30 - 17:00 and 2 more dates
August 3 till October 1, Monday and Wednesday 3:30 – 5:00 pm
This course helps international medical graduates (IMGs) and international pharmacy graduates (IPGs) prepare their communication skills for their OSCE exams and for their Canadian healthcare careers.
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

To attend this course, you must:

Have a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 6+
Be able to attend online

Classes:

Two online classes per week
Plus 6-8 hours per week of asynchronous classwork
Next dates are:

Aug 4 – Oct 2 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Sept 8 – Nov 6 9:00 – 10:30 pm
Oct 6 – Dec 4 10:15 – 11:45 pm
Nov 2 – Jan 14 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Nov 3 – Jan 15 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Dec 7 – Feb 19 9:00 – 10:30 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.

Communication Strategies for Patient Interactions (CSPI)
2026-08-20 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-08-25 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-08-27 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-09-01 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-09-03 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-09-08 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-09-10 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-09-15 18:00 - 19:30 and 2 more dates
August 4 till October 2, Tuesday and Thursday 6:00 – 7:30 pm
This course helps international medical graduates (IMGs) and international pharmacy graduates (IPGs) prepare their communication skills for their OSCE exams and for their Canadian healthcare careers.
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

To attend this course, you must:

Have a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 6+
Be able to attend online

Classes:

Two online classes per week
Plus 6-8 hours per week of asynchronous classwork
Next dates are:

Sept 8 – Nov 6 9:00 – 10:30 pm
Oct 6 – Dec 4 10:15 – 11:45 pm
Nov 2 – Jan 14 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Nov 3 – Jan 15 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Dec 7 – Feb 19 9:00 – 10:30 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.

Communication Strategies for Patient Interactions (CSPI)
2026-09-08 21:00 - 22:30, 2026-09-10 21:00 - 22:30, 2026-09-15 21:00 - 22:30, 2026-09-17 21:00 - 22:30
September 8 till November 6, Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 – 10:30 pm
This course helps international medical graduates (IMGs) and international pharmacy graduates (IPGs) prepare their communication skills for their OSCE exams and for their Canadian healthcare careers.
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

To attend this course, you must:

Have a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 6+
Be able to attend online

Classes:

Two online classes per week
Plus 6-8 hours per week of asynchronous classwork
Next dates are:

Oct 6 – Dec 4 10:15 – 11:45 pm
Nov 2 – Jan 14 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Nov 3 – Jan 15 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Dec 7 – Feb 19 9:00 – 10:30 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.
