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Graduate Certificate in Care of Vulnerable Populations Loyalist College - Belleville Campus Loyalist College - Belleville Campus, Canada

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CAD 15000

Tuition Fee (CAD)

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CAD 110

Application Fee

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12 months

Duration

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6.5

IELTS

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84

TOEFL

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50%

Min GPA

Program Overview

Build on your knowledge and experience in the health care and social service fields with a two-semester post-graduate certificate. Gain the skills and attitudes necessary to provide a range of support to help clients, specifically the aged and the terminally ill and their families, live as independently as possible through the provision of compassionate care where quality of life is the primary objective and symptom control is the basis for care.

Experiential Learning
Through hands-on learning and an interprofessional health care team approach, gain the skills required to provide supportive care to clients who are experiencing physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural challenges:

  • Explore strategies for developing and maintaining therapeutic relationships with aged and palliative patients, thereby fostering their dignity, self-worth and independence.
  • Learn how to effectively communicate with aging and palliative patients as well as with health care team members.
  • Study how individuals cope with pain as well as appropriate measures for providing comfort and pain management to the terminally ill and their families within your scope of practice.
  • Become familiar with ethical, legal and spiritual considerations with regard to the care of vulnerable populations, and develop an understanding of individual and multicultural approaches to aging, death, dying and grieving.
  • Apply theory and concepts as related to caring for vulnerable populations and palliative patients through a combination of a clinical practicum and immersive simulation.
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Additional Information

Program Level Postgraduate Certificate / Diploma

College/University Processing Time 4

Program Intensity Full-Time

Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) work permit

Program Intake

Closed

Jan 2024

General Admission Requirement

  • IELTS
    • Minimum Overall Score - 6.5 - With No Band Less Than - 6
  • TOEFL
    • Minimum Overall Score - 84 - With no score less than - 21
  • PTE
    • Minimum Overall Score - 60

Academic Requirement

  • Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted into this program, applicants must have a post-secondary certificate, diploma, advanced diploma or degree in any of the following disciplines:
    • Nursing
    • Social service worker or social worker
    • Personal support worker with commensurate experience

6.5 IELTS Score
84 TOEFL Score Minimum Overall Score
60 PTE Score Minimum Overall Score
50% CGPA Minimum Overall Score

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Average Tuition Fee Per Year

15000

Tuition Fee
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CAD 110

Application Fee
(CAD)

11000 Per year

Average Cost of Living
(CAD)

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