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Course details
- Part-time format: the course allows you to learn without interrupting your current employment.
- OSLT is an online course: you will need to set up a schedule and regular routine for completing the individual activities each week.
- Technology requirement: you must have access to a computer with a camera, microphone, and sound as well as an Internet connection.
- Upon successful completion, OSLT graduates will earn a Mohawk certificate.
40-hour online course
This practical and innovative course will help you:
- apply your workplace communication training in a variety of older adult care settings.
- better communicate when working in older adult care.
- understand the cultural dimensions of older adult care in Ontario.
Small-group exercises based on everyday communication tasks in older adult care will help you:
- describe your experience and strengths relevant for working in older adult care.
- manage interactions with older adults.
- manage interactions with older adults’ family members.
Student eligibility
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you have successfully completed an OSLT course in Health Care or Interprofessional Health Care Teams, and
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you have training or experience as a:
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dietitian
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nurse
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occupational therapist
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personal support worker
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physiotherapist, or
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social worker
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you are a permanent resident or a protected person who lives in Ontario
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