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New virtual reality technology, however, may soon help provide assurance to paramedics looking to move to the province that they are likely to get a job when they arrive.
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“Right now the challenge for internationally trained applicants is that they have to come to Canada before they know whether or not they’re even suitable candidates for licensing,” said Jacquie Messer-Lepage, executive director of the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics (SCoP).
“We’re building technology to assess all of the entry to practice competencies for paramedicine, so we’re looking at the current competencies that we use to assess a graduate and we’re building the technology to support that assessment.”
Sask using virtual reality tech to make recruiting paramedics easier
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Sask using virtual reality tech to make recruiting paramedics easier
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