This practical and innovative course will help you

• understand health care workplaces in Ontario such as clinics, community agencies and hospitals.
• better communicate on interprofessional health care teams.
• accurately provide and collect information on a client’s care.
• network with local employers, industry associations and employment resources.

Small-group exercises based on everyday communication tasks in health care will help you

• practise common interprofessional workplace communication skills.
• develop strong networking and career-building communication skills.

Workplace Communication Skills for Interprofessional Health Care Teams is for you if

• you have training or experience as one of the following:
  • dietitian.
  • nurse.
  • occupational therapist.
  • physiotherapist.
  • social worker.
• your English is at an intermediate level (at least level 6 in Canadian Language Benchmarks).
• you are a permanent resident or a protected person who lives in Ontario.

Individuals currently working in Ontario health care can benefit particularly from this course.

The course is delivered in a blended format that includes both classroom-based instruction and online instruction.

Workplace Communication Skills for Interprofessional Health Care Teams is offered at the following colleges in 2019-20: