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WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING
in Canada
CEWIL Resource Hub: Field Placement at Mohawk College
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Students complete pre-placement classes to prepare them for their experience within the living classrooms. The learning within these classes is facilitated by faculty in a classroom/lab setting to help students gain a basic understanding of the skill and theory needed as a PSW or therapist. Students then take these skills and translate them into practical experience on the floor in their designated retirement and/or long-term care facility. They work alongside long-term care teams and families to develop and share new approaches to particular skills depending on the patient's needs.
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Key success factors
Locating classroom space and student placements within the same community creates a valuable experience for students and is also beneficial to the communities’ residents.
The college shares many of the same values with its partners, including the need to create a stronger/healthier community. The college wanted students to use their skill sets to improve their communities, and the program has led to phenomenal employment connections for students.
The initial program launch (massage therapy) was so successful that the college’s partners were interested in, and encouraged, expansion.
Unique characteristics
Embedding classrooms within the placements in the living communities is an innovative solution to both classroom and student placement shortages.
Resources
St Elizabeth Mills and Mohawk College Partnership
The Village at St. Elizabeth Mills and Mohawk College Open Student-run Fitness Centre
Schlegel Villages and Mohawk College Partnership
Key characteristics
Type: Field placement
Year program was established: 2017
Number of students per year: 240 - 280
Number of employers/partners per year: 2
Programs/academic disciplines participating: Massage therapy, Health, wellness, and fitness, Personal support worker (PSW)
Duration of experience: 100 (health/wellness/fitness), 270 (PSW), 300 (massage therapy)
Submitted by:
Amanda Malkiewich
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