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Calendar - Autumn 2018 Session
- Online Courses with McGill School of Continuing Studies
September 17 to December 7, 2018 - Face-to-face Distance Courses with McGill School of Continuing Studies
September 24 to November 23, 2018 - Face-to-Face In-Class Course
Following a training provider chosen by your institution
Calendar - Winter 2019 Session
- Online Courses with McGill School of Continuing Studies
January 2nd to March 24, 2019 - Face-to-face Distance Courses with McGill School of Continuing Studies
January 21 to March 15, 2019 - Face-to-face In-Class Course
Following training provider chosen by your institution
When proposing a language training project for HSS professionals in their region CIUSSS and CISSS have 3 options for the method of course delivery:
- The complete training package as offered by the McGill School of Continuing Studies with the SCS as the online and onsite/in-class training provider.
- The 24-hour online program delivered by McGill School of Continuing Studies combined with a 16-hour conversation course offered onsite by a training provider of their choice using the SCS’s in-class program along with McGill’s materials.
- Offer courses in the region using a training provider of their choice.
Whichever option is chosen, students will be monitored through the same online placement test and post-program diagnostic test to ensure standards are being met
CISSS and CIUSSS are responsible for:
- Choosing one of the 3 methods of course delivery
- Submitting a project proposal to Dialogue McGill in order to obtain the required budget to allow their personnel to take the courses
- Collecting the names of employees who are in contact with English-speaking clientele and need to develop their language skills and who agree to register, write the placement test and take the courses via the method of delivery chosen by the CISSS or CIUSSS
Once your project has been accepted, all future learners recruited by the CIUSSS or CISSS take care of their own registration and placement tests.
Next call for proposals: Keep an eye on our calendar.
Who can register?
Dialogue McGill Language Training Program will meet the needs of 3 categories of health and social services professionals
HEALTH PERSONNEL
Includes health professionals, technicians and support staff: doctors, pharmacists, nurses, X-ray technicians, patient attendants, etc.
RECEPTION STAFF
Includes staff responsible for welcoming patients and guiding them outside of medical care such as receptionists, complaints commissioners, etc. Also included in this category are all employees dealing with the public in one way or another.
SOCIAL SERVICES PERSONNEL
Includes staff who manage and implement social assistance and community services or help clients to solve personal and social difficulties: social workers, addiction workers, delinquency workers (youth centres), mental health workers, community organizers, etc...
An Award-Winning Language Training Program
In the current phase of the project, Dialogue McGill has mandated the McGill School of Continuing Studies (SCS) to develop and offer 8 courses of English language training to health and social service professionals. In 2017, the SCS language training for HSS professionals was awarded the “Prix d’excellence” of L’Association canadienne d’éducation des adultes des universités de langue française (ACDEAULF). Link to press release here (in French).
An 8 Level Language Training Program
Beginner 1, 2, 3 - Intermediate 1, 2, 3 - Advanced 1, 2
Each level includes 2 mandatory courses which complement each other, to be taken simultaneously.
- ONLINE COURSE
Find out about the online course
- Flexible timetable within a structured framework
- Monitor personalized academic support
- Duration of the course: 24 hours
- Personal commitment recommended: 2 hours per week over 12 weeks (summer session: 10 weeks)
- FACE-TO-FACE COURSE
- Distance course in virtual mode or in-class course
- Weekly fixed timetable
- Teacher personalized academic support
- Duration of the course: 16 hours
- Personal commitment recommended: 2 hours per week over 8 weeks (plus 1 introductory session for new participants 1 week before)
Find out about the face-to-face course
Credential Recognition
Having completed the training, the learner may obtain a credential recognition:
- McGill Professional Development Certificate in English for Healthcare, or attestation
- 10 Continuous Education Units (CEU) for each completed level
A fifteen-minute video
Learn more about McGill English training program for healthcare and social services professionals: its structure, adapted methodology, online courses, distance or in-class face-to-face course and the technical support offered. Watch our promotional video (in French).
