STIC - Health Care:
Licensing (Module 3)
Application Procedures  (Topic
2)
Content
Facilitator should be familiar with the following Occupational
Fact Sheets and e-factsheets. These are available on the Internet at www.equalopportunity.on.ca,
a Web site of the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
Click on Internationally Trained Workers. Then click
on Regulated Professions.
- Access to the Nursing Profession in Ontario, College
of Nurses of Ontario
- E-factsheet for Internationally Educated Nurses (www.cno.org/international_en/index.html)
- E-factsheet for Pharmacists (www.newontariopharmacists.com)
- Access to the Physiotherapy Profession in Ontario,
Ontario College of Physiotherapists
- Access to the Medical Radiation Technology Profession
in Ontario, College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario
- Access to the Occupational Therapy Profession in Ontario, College
of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
Delivery
Make as many copies as necessary of the following handouts  :
- Handout 1 Access to the Nursing Profession
in Ontario (eleven pages)
- Handout 2 Vocabulary Matching Activity
- Handout 3 Flow Chart Activity (two pages)
- Handout 4 Task
- Handout 5 Model Dialogue
Other resources needed: Occupational Fact Sheets and other
sub-sector materials, as available, should be included with Handout 4
and distributed to sub-sector groups.
Materials needed: access to a board.
Methodology
Introduction
(15 minutes)
Introduce the lesson
by asking participants some general questions about registration
and related issues.
Examples:
- What is the purpose of registration?
- What problems can be avoided through registration?
- Whose interests are safeguarded through
registration?
- Why do some professions need to be regulated
through registration?
- Why are standards necessary?
- What are ethics? Why are they necessary?
Pre-Tasks
1. (15 minutes)
In order to activate existing knowledge
and experience of registration processes, ask participants to reflect
on what they had to do in order to be registered in their profession
in their country of origin. List on blackboard or flipchart the
information volunteered, e.g., pass examinations, pay fees, provide
character references, etc. 2. (15 minutes)
Distribute Handout 1 (Access to
the Nursing Profession in Ontario). Briefly explain the function
of fact sheets such as this one. Instruct participants to look
quickly through the fact sheet to see if the information discussed
above (pre-task 1) is mentioned in the fact sheet. Ask participants
what additional requirements are listed in the fact sheet, e.g.,
fluency test, proof of Canadian residency, etc. Ask participants
why these additional categories are necessary for registering internationally-trained
professionals.
3. (30 minutes)
Explain to the participants that
the words in the vocabulary exercise consist of general registration
terminology. These terms appear in the fact sheets for the different
health care professions that participants will work with later
in the task and post-task. Instruct participants to do the vocabulary
exercise in Handout 2 on their own. Hold a class discussion after
participants have completed the task to correct answers and provide
explanations of unfamiliar terms.
4. (10 minutes)
Explain to the participants that
the objective of the task is to familiarize them with the registration
process and to practice reading documents related to registration
for specific details. 5. (30 minutes)
Distribute Handout 3 (Flow Chart
Activity). Go through the description of the situation with participants.
Go through the steps in the flowchart with participants to give
them an overview of the registration process for nurses. Then
ask them to read Access to the Nursing Profession in Ontario
to find the information needed to complete the flowchart. Instruct
participants to compare their completed flowchart with that of
another participant.
6. (20 minutes)
Ask participants to describe what
Leticia Domingo needs to do to obtain a Certificate of Registration
from the College of Nurses of Ontario using the flowchart they
have completed as a guide. They should indicate those steps Leticia
can take before she arrives in Canada. Ask other participants to
verify factual accuracy of description given. Task
1. (30 minutes)
Form small groups of participants
according to sub-sector. Distribute Handout 4 (Task). Give each
participant a fact sheet or other relevant information for the health
care profession he/she plans to practice in Ontario. Instruct the
participants to read the fact sheet to determine what they need to
do to be registered. They should then summarize this information
in the form of a flowchart such as the one used in the previous pre-task.
They can use another form of visual representation if they wish.
2. (30 minutes)
Explain that each participant will
now use his/her flowchart to describe to their group members:
- the steps in the registration process that he/she
has completed
- the remaining steps that he/she will need to take
to complete the registration process.
Point out to participants that this activity provides the opportunity
for them to clarify the registration process for their profession
for themselves and for each other.
3. (20 minutes)
Monitor individual and group work.
Help participants identify the areas in the registration process
they are unclear about. Ask them where they can go to get clarification.
Guide them in framing the appropriate questions to be asked to
obtain the information that they need.
Post-Task
(20 minutes)
Have pairs of students from the various
groups role-play a dialogue in which an internationally-trained health
care professional asks for clarification of a requirement in the
registration process from an official in the regulatory body. Tell
participants they can use the model dialogue in Handout 5. Participants
can ask some of the questions they formed in 3 above.  Downloads
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