Personal Support Worker Ontario College Diploma

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Comments about Personal Support Worker Ontario College Diploma - At the institution - Thunder Bay - Ontario

• Objectives
  The Personal Support Worker Program is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills to meet the expectations of this role. Personal Support Workers work under the supervision of Registered Nurses or Registered Practical Nurses. Based on the individual needs of each person that they support, the Personal Support Worker (PSW) assists persons with the tasks of daily living such as; home management, personal care, family responsibilities, social and recreational activities. These services are provided in homes and apartments in the community, in long-term care facilities, congregate housing settings, in the workplace and in educational facilities. This program is intended to meet the Ministry of Health guidelines established by its Long Term Care Division.
• Practical experience
  There is a clinical component associated with this program.
• Academic title
  Personal Support Worker Ontario College Diploma
• Course description
  First Semester
  Course Number / Title     Credits
  CS 021       Communication Fundamentals I     3
  PN 122       Human Relations     3
  PY  299       Developmental Psychology     3
  PW 101       Supportive Care Theory I     3
  PW 102       Professional Growth     3
  PW 106       PSW Practice l: Lab     1
  PW 107       PSW Practice I: Community Clinical     5
  Total     21
              
  Second Semester A - 12 Weeks
  Course Number / Title     Credits
  PW 201       Supportive Care Theory II     4
  PW 205       Structure and Function of the Human Body     4
  PW 206       PSW Practice II: Lab     3
  PW 207       PSW Practice II: Long-Term Care Clinical     6.5
  Total     20.5
              
  Second Semester B - 4 Weeks
  Course Number / Title     Credits
  PW 208       PSW Clinical : Consolidation     37
  Total     37

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