Length: 1 year
The Resident Care Worker program prepares students to acquire the knowledge and master the techniques needed to provide long-term healthcare services in a facility, at home or in an acute care environment.
Resident Care Workers provide, with compassion and respect for human dignity, high-quality care that safely meets the needs of clients and their families.
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION
- High school diploma or the equivalent:
- Adult high school diploma
- General Educational Development Test (GED)
- Submit a clean police record check
- Submit evidence of a medical exam and immunization before the start of training
- Immunization for hepatitis B and tuberculosis
For information on our admission procedure, click here (available in French only)
TUITION AND FEES
- Tuition $4,592
- Laboratory and special certification fees $800
- TLR
- Colonne en forme
- First Aid
- WHIMIS
- Palliative Care
- ASIST
- Insights
- Student fees $50
- Graduation fees $50
- Health and dental plan $410
- Total: $5,902
Other fees:
- Textbooks $300 to $500
- Immunizations and uniforms : Students are responsible for the cost of immunizations and the purchase of uniforms
- Additional fees for international students: $3,250
This initiative is funded by Health Canada under the Roadmap for Canada's Official Languages 2013-2018: Education, Immigration, Communities.
COURSES LIST
- Human relations I – RELA1051 (Length: 45 hours)
- Introduction to human anatomy and physiology – ANAT1025 (Length: 45 hours)
- Professional ethics in long-term care – ETHI1045 (Length: 45 hours)
- Elementary nursing skills – NCSI1041 (Length: 45 hours)
- Elementary skills lab – NCSI1057 (Length: 45 hours)
- Introduction to nutrition – NUTR1007 (45 hours)
- Introduction to gerontology and geriatrics – HCSS1037 (Length: 45 hours)
- Physiopathology of the adult I – PATH1023 (Length: 90 hours)
- Clinical practicum I – long-term care – STG161-09 (Length: 200 hours)
- Clinical practicum II – care in the home and the community and mental health – STG162-09 (Length: 120 hours)
- Clinical practicum III – preceptorship – STG163-09 (Length: 120 hours)
- Clinical practicum IV – hospital care – STG164-12 (Length: 64 hours)
