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Learn the essential concepts of functional anatomy including terminology, the movements of joints during various activities, and biomechanical principles.

This course further builds on the leadership principles related to intercultural awareness, engagement, and managing family-client dynamics. Canada’s ever-increasing multicultural population...

Learn and practise procedures based on best evidence for obtaining a health history and conducting a physical examination on a healthy adult. Examine assessment findings for normal structures and...

NorQuest College’s Health Care Aide program is among the largest in Canada and prepares you to be a part of a health-care team in a variety of different settings, providing a high level of front-line care to clients in need of assistance.

This course is intended for students who have been withdrawn from the Health Care Aide program and require support to re-enter and complete the program successfully. Key concepts and skills from...

Demonstrate your leadership potential! Develop management fundamentals and acquire relevant skills so you can engage with current and emerging health care issues and respond as a bold, authentic leader.

In this course, students will develop the abilities necessary to lead the implementation and evaluation of quality safety programs within a variety of settings. The role of leaders and advanced...

Gain an overview of the physical, social, psychological, environmental, and spiritual aspects of personal health and wellness within the context of the community, the Canadian health-care system...

Hospital unit clerks are the first point of contact for patients and play a vital role in managing communication and information in hospital nursing units. Learn medical terminology, how to process medical orders, communication skills, administrative procedures, and computer skills.

Hospital unit clerks play an important role on the interdisciplinary health-care team. In this course, learners will examine hospitals as workplaces, the responsibilities of a hospital unit clerk...

This course explores holistic health-promotion strategies of resilience that interweave Indigenous history, culture, and spirit. There are profound gaps in health for Indigenous peoples for almost...

This course is a condensed version of INST 1376, which examines issues relevant to Indigenous health and wellness in Canada. Topics include Western and Indigenous ways of knowing, historical...

This course introduces students to the Indigenous Peoples of Canada in both a historical and present-day context. Students will examine how the historic past of Indigenous Peoples brings us to...

Gain practical experience in applying safe and accurate medication practices in institutional pharmacy environments. Develop a knowledge base of frequently prescribed medications and related dosage...

Gain practical experience applying the knowledge and skills of a pharmacy technician in an institutional pharmacy setting.  Students are preceptored in an institutional pharmacy for four...

Expand your knowledge in the use of pharmacy software programs. Practise order entry of prescriptions for institutionalized patients by entering the prescriptions according to simulated...

This course introduces learners to typical and atypical human development and helps them to understand their role as part of an interprofessional (SLP, PT, OT) treatment team. The foundations of...

Integrate theory and hands-on lab skills from throughout the pharmacy technician diploma program as you prepare for clinical placement in the program and a career as a pharmacy technician.

Assist patients to overcome injuries or impairments as a valuable member of an interdisciplinary health-care team. You will develop a strong occupational and physical therapy assistant background, and learn to incorporate essential assistant-level skills in speech language therapy and therapeutic recreation.

Study the basics of normal anatomy and physiology. The structure and function of each body system is covered, and the relationship between the structure and function of each system is explored...