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CURRENT PROJECTS (2007) Online Study Guide for the Millwright Apprenticeship The Online Study Guide is a resource for immigrants who need specific language skills to gain a trades credential in Canada. The Study Guide provides an overview of the first-year Millwright Apprenticeship training, including reference to Work Practices, Tools, Trade Science, Equipment, and Welding terms and concepts. Immigrants with a trades or technical background can use the Online Study Guide to master the language need to explain their trades knowledge effectively in English. Immigrants with a trades or technical background are currently being offered free access to the Online Study Guide for the Millwright Apprenticeship. An internet connection is required to access the website, and a high-speed service is recommended to facilitate the downloading of media files. To receive a log-on and password to the website visit Millwright Apprenticeship Online Study Guide The project was launched in partnership with: Occupation-specific ESL Curriculum Project The pilot is a one-year initiative to develop, pilot and assess the delivery of occupation focused ESL curriculum in the five BC Skills Connect for Immigrants targeted sectors (construction, transportation, energy, tourism/hospitality, and health). The curriculum has been developed using the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) and involves a consortia of post-secondary institutions. The project was launched in partnership with:
IEN Registered Nurses Post-Licensure Employment Project Over a period of 26 months, this project will recruit, assess, hire and integrate 44 registered IENs into acute care sites in VCH - Vancouver Hospital, Richmond Hospital, UBC Hospital, St. Paul’s and Mount St. Joseph’s Hospitals. This will be achieved through an Integrated Bridging Program (IBP) comprised of three key activities: targeted recruitment, prior learning and clinical competency assessment, and a 16-week extended new nurse orientation. This project will adapt and use existing prior learning assessment (PLAR) and clinical competency assessment tools, including the Canadian Language Benchmarks Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN), and IEN refresher modules offered by KUC; and it will provide English language tutors, nurse mentors and clinical educators to support newly hired IENs and their departments/units during the extended orientation. This project is designed from other successful VCH new nurse supported-entry programs, such as the New Nurse Graduate Program. The project was launched in partnership with:
IEN Licensed Practical Nurse Transition Program This project will identify and recruit underemployed IENs currently working in Vancouver Coastal Health care settings, including acute, long term care and home support, and those currently working in privately paid home support. Recruitment will involve developing outreach materials, liaising with key stakeholders and delivering information sessions. Interested individuals will then be assessed to determine if they meet the project criteria. Selected individuals will participate in a 4 week workplace English language program before taking part in a 6 month full-time transition program for IENs wishing to become LPNs. Prior to enrolling in the transition program participants will be assessed using a Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) tool to determine clinical and theoretical gaps in their training and experience. After the completion of the transition program, the participants will take both the Canadian English Language Benchmark Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN) test and the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination (CPNRE). Participants will then enter a four-month workplace practice and mentorship program to assist them to translate theory into clinical practice in a workplace setting and, thereby, enhance their ability to meet the criteria for entry to practice new graduate LPNs, and gain employment in nursing. The project was launched in partnership with:
Enhancing the “Graduate Nurses English as an Additional Language” (GNEAL) Program GNEAL is a unique refresher program for internationally educated nurses (IENs) in that it has English language courses integrated throughout the three semester program, as well as nursing theory, clinical practice, and a sociology course focusing on the Canadian health care system. Each year Kwantlen admits 63 IENs to this program and on average has 60 graduates annually. The graduates have a 99% success rate on the Canadian Registered Nurse Examinations (CRNE). The following four projects are intended to build on the successes of the GNEAL program.
The aim of this project is to provide nursing staff with strategies to support the integration of IENs onto the unit and to help them better understand the IENs challenges.
This project involves delivering components of the Nursing and English GNEAL program through online mechanism. Web-base courses will be developed by faculty with teaching release to complete the work. The project was launched in partnership with: Feasibility Analysis for the Creation of a Bridging Program for Internationally Trained Medical Radiography Technologists (Phase 1) This project will provide an in-depth review to determine the number of potential applicants that would benefit from a bridging program for Internationally-Trained Medical Radiography Technologists. The research would assess the potential applicant pool, their training needs and expectations, and review these questions from the perspective of each Health Authority. The project was launched in partnership with:
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