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Refugee Healthcare Professionals Education and Training – Reache North West as a Case Study

Refugee Education: Integration and Acceptance of Refugees in Mainstream Society

ISBN: 978-1-78714-796-6, eISBN: 978-1-78714-795-9

Publication date: 10 September 2018

Abstract

Refugee healthcare professionals are a particular subset of refugees whose education and training requirements are specific to regulatory bodies in host countries. This chapter will use a UK-based organization (Refugee and Asylum Seeking Centre for Healthcare Professionals Education (REACHE) North West) as a case study to demonstrate the process of requalification, return to work, and integration. There are a variety of strands in this process which include language, clinical knowledge and practice, cultural influences, and experience of the asylum and refugee process. In this chapter, there is a model of education and training for working with refugee healthcare professionals which can be adapted to work with staff trained internationally to support the development of education and training material for successful integration into work.

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments

There is an extended team of supporters at REACHE North West who deserve recognition for the education, training, and support they have provided. In particular, the following people need special mention: Dr. Maeve Keaney (Founder and Director), Margaret Cartledge, Marilyn Morrison, Dr. Anne Smalldridge, Mick Sykes, Dr. Pip Fisher, Dr. Sam Campbell, Sam McCarter, Michelle Brennan, Anne Ashworth, Andrea Carr, Lars Isaksen, and all the staff and volunteers who have supported, or continue to support, the work of the organization.

Citation

Cross, D. (2018), "Refugee Healthcare Professionals Education and Training – Reache North West as a Case Study", Sengupta, E. and Blessinger, P. (Ed.) Refugee Education: Integration and Acceptance of Refugees in Mainstream Society (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 11), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 47-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120180000011006

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Emerald Publishing Limited