Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care

Palliative care professionals provide essential support to patients and their families with a focus on improving quality of life for people living with a serious, sometimes critical illness. Fanshawe's Palliative Care graduate studies program provides students with the training required to support the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of patients who are experiencing a transition in health care.
This one-year (two semester) Palliative Care graduate certificate program is designed for international students who are graduates of community studies and healthcare programs and are interested in working with palliative individuals. In this program, students will enhance their foundational knowledge, learn practical skills and engage in exercises that will benefit not only the student’s professional practice but also the palliative individual.
Using state-of-the-art experiential options, graduates will combine the elements of this graduate program with their own educational foundation to provide a more comprehensive, compassionate, holistic approach to enhance the quality of life for palliative individuals and their family. This program will be delivered primarily face-to-face.

Ontario College Diploma, Ontario College Advanced Diploma, Degree, or equivalent in a health or community service discipline; OR- An acceptable combination of related work experience and post-secondary education as judged by the College* NOTE: *Applicants may be required to submit a resume and cover letter that includes details of work experience. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) test with a minimum score of 88 for the Internet-based test (iBT), with test results within the last two years International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic test with an overall score of 6.5 with no score less than 6.0 in any of the four bands, with test results within the last two years. SDS Program Requirements