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Thank you for your interest in serving members of Nova Scotia’s Acadian and francophone community! There are a number of tools and resources available to help you offer your services in French and promote the fact that you do:
The Bonjour-Hello Promotional Tools
The Bonjour-Hello tools help health care professionals promote the fact that they offer services in French to their patients/clients. Various Bonjour-Hello tools are available free of charge, including pins, posters, window decals, desktop signs and small stickers. There is even a pin for students enrolled in health programs! If you work for Nova Scotia Health or the IWK Health Centre, please refer to the Bonjour! program tools below.
Bonjour! Program for Nova Scotia Health and IWK Staff
The Bonjour! program is open to employees, physicians, students and volunteers working in hospitals and health care facilities run by Nova Scotia Health and at the IWK Health Centre who are able to offer at least some level of service in French. Bonjour! program materials include desktop signs, posters and pins.
Nova Scotia Directory of French-speaking Health Professionals
This provincial directory of more than 350 health care professionals that can provide services in French is used by members of the community to find practitioners in over 35 different fields. Health care professionals in Nova Scotia can sign up for the directory for free by completing the sign-up form.
Resources for internationally-trained health professionals
Explore our resources to support internationally-trained health care professionals settling in Nova Scotia:
- The Digital Toolkit for Internationally-Trained Health Care Professionals (in French only): This toolkit provides essential information and practical tools to facilitate professional and personal integration in Nova Scotia, covering topics such as settlement, career paths (including credential recognition processes), programs and training, the fundamentals of the health care system, and integration into the francophone community, among others.
- Our Resource and Advice Guide for Internationally-Trained Health Care Professionals Seeking a Licence to Practise in Nova Scotia (in French only): This practical guide in French provides a detailed overview of the steps required to obtain a licence to practise, as well as the pathways in Nova Scotia for several health care professions.
- Infographics on pathways for obtaining a licence to work in Nova Scotia for a number of health care professions.
- Information on professional bodies and regulated health professions in Nova Scotia.
English-French and Acadian French Phrase Book for Health Professionals
This phrase book was developed to help health care professionals in Nova Scotia provide their services in French. It features useful phrases and terms for health care settings in English, French and Acadian French and covers various functions and areas of health care, including assessments, tests and procedures, medications, paramedic care, providing care to children, mental health, social services, etc. The phrase book can be ordered free of charge by health care professionals in Nova Scotia.
Patient Safety, Language and Active Offer Training
This workshop offered by Réseau Santé helps health care professionals understand the importance of providing health in the patient’s language, implications for patient safety and how to proactively offer services in French. The workshop is offered as self-directed online training and in person or by videoconference by trainers.
Other Tools to Help You Provide Health Care Services in French
Check out the other websites, apps and publications that can help you learn health care terms in French and roll out French-language services in your establishment.
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Complete the sign-up form below to subscribe to Réseau Santé’s bilingual French in Health Nova Scotia newsletter for health care professionals, support staff and managers who are interested in learning French, improving their French or adopting practices to better serve their Acadian and francophone patients. The newsletter is created in partnership with Nova Scotia Health and the IWK Health Centre.
