Clinical Placements to Facilitate Working within Francophone Minority Communities
In order to increase the number of professionals who can offer health and social services in French in Francophone Minority Communities (FMCs), French-language placements have been offered to bilingual students from English professional training programs at Canadian universities. The experience was positive for all stakeholders: student trainees, clinician educators and clinical education coordinators. After this experience, student trainees mentioned having a better understanding of the challenges concerning access to services in French faced by FMCs and feeling more able to offer services in French to these communities.