REG is pleased to share a new WHO course developed for health workers providing services to migrants and refugees.
This training course helps health workers deliver culturally responsive health services to refugees and migrants and addresses their specific health needs.
The course is in English, lasts 6 hours and is provided free of charge.
WHO: «Health workers play a vital role in providing people-centred health services and building the resilience of health systems to respond to the health needs of refugees and migrants. This course enhances the knowledge and understanding of health workers and health services regarding the application of the World Health Organization’s Refugee and Migrant Health: Global Competency Standards for Health Workers. The Global Competency Standards outline a range of competencies and behaviors to help health workers provide culturally sensitive care to refugees and migrants.
Course overview. This competency-based course is designed for health workers providing services to refugees and migrants, and consists of videos, presentations, case studies, exercises, and quizzes. It focuses on knowledge and skill-building. The course builds on each learner’s past knowledge and experience and takes advantage of the individual’s high motivation to accomplish the learning tasks in a minimum amount of time. The course emphasizes applying, not just knowing, and uses competency-based evaluation of performance. The course also overviews the way refugees and migrants may face challenges in accessing health care, including language and cultural differences, institutional discrimination and restricted access to health services in host countries».
The REG team was pleased to participate in WHO’s working group that reviewed this course.
To enroll in the course and receive detailed information, please visit WHO’s course page.