Health committee  Good morning. My name is Cynthia Baker, and I am the executive director of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. CASN—ou l'ACESI en français—is the national voice of nursing education in Canada. On behalf of CASN, I would like to thank the health committee for inviting

Health committee  Yes. I think I was influenced to some extent by the work that the physicians have done and are doing on their future of medical education in Canada project, their current work, which I believe they presented last week, in which they're looking at, I think, generalists, specialist

Health committee  In terms of harmonizing the preparation of new nurse practitioners, it's this type of exercise.

Health committee  I think of support for students in the north in terms of nursing education, because they will stay in their communities, but there are lots of barriers to their success in educational programs. So programs supporting students, not just the recruitment of students in the north int

Health committee  That's a great question: what should everybody be doing? That's part of my thinking in terms of frameworks. I don't think it's clear at all. I think that's where we need to have a conversation across the country with all kinds of groups, all kinds of stakeholders, defining what t

Health committee  Yes. I would set up a national task force, with stakeholders representing the nurse practitioner education and regulation, registered nurse regulation and education, the Canadian association of schools of...the Canadian Nurses Association, other professions, physicians, other sta

Health committee  No, I'd set that up and give them a two-year mandate—

Health committee  —to conduct focus groups, surveys, and work, with national forums bringing it together and synthesizing this information, developing and coming out with the kinds of clarification.... If I understand correctly, that's what the physicians are currently doing, but they're looking

Official Languages committee  Hello, Mr. Chair and committee members. My name is Cynthia Baker and I am the executive director of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, the CASN. The CASN represents 94 Canadian nursing schools that offer bachelor or graduate nursing programs. During my presentation

Official Languages committee  It is the Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Canada.

Official Languages committee  No.

Official Languages committee  You have to understand that the regulation is provincial. The NCSBN promotes its exam a great deal, not only in Canada. It tries to sell it throughout the world. Up till now, only the other Canadian provinces have purchased the exam. I believe Australia may buy it as well. They a

Official Languages committee  No, not entirely. We recommend a bilingual Canadian exam, but not necessarily the one we had in the past. The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, which I represent, is ready to work with the regulatory organizations in order to come up with an exam that is truly bilingual

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  First, there is a lack of consistency between what is tested and what is taught. Second, we can already see that we will have an ongoing battle with the United States to obtain translations; up till now they have not complied with our request.