From Africa to Drummondville to become a nurse

You are part of a cohort of health workers selected by the government to fill critical workforce needs in Quebec’s health network.

From Monday they will start their studies with the aim of obtaining an Attestation of Collegial Studies (AEC) for a period of one year. This is one of the essential prerequisites for later being able to practice your profession in the region.

We award diplomas to those who succeed. Like all students, they must pass the Order of Nurses of Quebec examination. Then they have to settle and work in Centre-du-Québecexplains the head of training at Cégep de Drummondville, Lucie Marchessault.

These health professionals, most of whom have arrived in Quebec in the past few days, say they are delighted with the welcome they have received so far and are excited about their new life in Quebec. I’m someone who likes challenges, meeting new people and seeing what’s happening elsewhere. I worked a lot at home. I wanted to have a different expertisesaid one of them. I have decided to go to Quebec because it is an opportunity for me to find an oasis of peace for my family, to secure my children’s future and also to practice in an area that I know and am familiar with there specialized myself. -insideadded another participant to the program.

Other CEGEPs in other parts of the province are also affected by this initiative.

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