Des stages en français pour se préparer à travailler auprès des communautés francophones en situation minoritaire

Abstract

Dans l’objectif d’augmenter le nombre de professionnelles et professionnels pouvant offrir des services sociaux et de santé en français dans les communautés francophones en situation minoritaire (CFSM), des stages en français ont été offerts à des étudiantes et étudiants bilingues de programmes de formation professionnelle offerts en anglais au sein d’universités canadiennes. L’expérience a été positive pour l’ensemble des parties prenantes : stagiaires, éducatrices-cliniciennes et responsables de la formation clinique. Après cette expérience, les stagiaires ont mentionné avoir une meilleure connaissance des défis d’accès aux services rencontrés par les CFSM et se sentir plus en mesure d’offrir des services en français à ces communautés.

Nursing Students’ Well-Being: A Comparison of Two Canadian Nursing Programs in Different Linguistic Contexts

“…As hypothesized, learning in a minoritized second language appears to be associated with anxiety. Others have suggested that the linguistic minority context may be challenging for students in French-language universities in both academic and clinical settings (Savard et al, 2018). A limited number of studies have explored the role of self-efficacy in higher learning in a second language (Peguret, 2014;Raoofi et al, 2012).…”

An Institutional Ethnographic Analysis of the Organization of French Healthcare and Disability Services for Francophones in Canada

“…There is especially concern for the number of Francophone physicians who are specialists rather than general practitioners (Savard et al, 2020). Another issue is that monolingual services are not confined solely to general healthcare services, but also social and mental health services (Savard et al, 2013;Savard et al, 2018). These findings present not only an issue that has spanned over many years, but that is widespread across many different provinces and territories, and through different health and disability services.…”

“…The lack of French services demonstrates that the healthcare system places little value on offering bilingual services (Savard et al, 2020). Employers do not encourage or do not support employees to continually offer services in French due to lack of perceived importance (Savard et al, 2018). For example, there is a low awareness and use of interpreter services by healthcare professionals (de Moissac & Bowen, 2017;Giguère & Conway, 2014;Ngwakongnwi et al, 2012).…”

“…Having an active offer of both official languages is important because this helps with continuity of care across services in French, and recognizing the needs of Francophone Canadians (Farmanova et al, 2018). It has been found that healthcare institutions in Canada tend to favour adopting models in which translators are available to patients, instead of finding bilingual staff who can actively offer French and English care (Benoit et al, 2012;Giguère & Conway, 2014;Savard et al, 2018). This does not solve the problem of adequately serving minority-language populations, and patients have expressed that they prefer dealing with a healthcare provider over a translator (Giguère & Conway, 2014;Ngwakongnwi et al, 2012).…”

“…There is also less opportunity to collaborate with other service providers in their own language (Drolet et al, 2015). In addition, if the practitioner works mostly in their second language, it can lead to feelings of being incompetent in their first language because they do not use specific work-related language (Savard et al, 2018). These communication issues will isolate Francophone healthcare practitioners, affect how they care for patients, and limit the number of French-speaking patients they can reach, negatively influencing the health institution.…”