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Healthcare Integration and Career Advancement Program (HICAP)

Are you an Internationally Educated Healthcare Professional who wants to transition into non-licensed healthcare administration roles?

Are you an Internationally Educated Healthcare Professional?

The Healthcare Integration and Career Advancement Program (HICAP) is a 26-week program that combines online academic training from Toronto Metropolitan University with employment support from Achēv, helping internationally educated professionals transition into non-licensed healthcare administrative roles such as Healthcare Administrator, Project Coordinator (Health Sector), and Scheduling Supervisor.

Program Features:

In this program, participants should choose and complete three courses in one of these two streams; (Health Project Management (HPM) or Health Services Management (HSM)): 

Stream 1: Health Services Management (HSM):

• CHSM301: The Healthcare Systems
• CHSM437: Human Resources Management in Healthcare
• CHIM301: Health Information Analysis

Stream 2: Health Project Management (HPM):

• CHSM301: The Healthcare Systems
• CTEC210: Fundamentals of Project Management
• CKPM211: Leadership in Project Management

Graduates from both streams will receive a Recognition of Completion and a TMU transcript.

Employment support components delivered by Achēv

• One-on-one and group employment coaching
• Job matching for positions in non-licensed Healthcare roles such as Healthcare Administrator, Project Coordinator (Health Sector), Scheduling Supervisor
• Networking, mentorship, and sustainable employment opportunities

The fee for this program is $300. This fee offsets the training and academic portions of the program and will be reimbursed upon program eligibility approval. The Government of Ontario kindly funds all other costs related to the program and employment services.

Internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs) with:

• Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 7
• Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident, Protected Persons living in Ontario
• A degree, diploma, or certificate in healthcare from the home country
• At least one year of experience in healthcare in the country of origin
• NOT receiving Better Jobs Ontario or OSAP funding

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This program is a collaborative initiative developed by Achēv, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), and employer partners:

This program is funded by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development (MLITSD):