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Providing Health Care to Refugee, Immigrant and Migrant Populations | June 17-19, 2026

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COURSE FORMAT

Hybrid. The course will be hybrid and live to both the in-person and online participants approximately from 8:00am-4:30pm (Montreal time) each day June 17-19, 2026. Live content will be recorded and accessible to participants until July 1, 2026. The primary teaching language of the course will be English.

DESCRIPTION

This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the approach and management of priority health care issues faced by refugee, immigrant and migrant populations. It will cover the clinical issues and public health implications of key infectious and non-communicable diseases among these populations as well as the barriers and facilitators of accessing care. The importance of implementing culturally adapted care and insights and tools from programs in different regions that have successfully used this approach will be presented.

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COURSE DIRECTORS

Christina Greenaway, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, 涩里番
Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Clinical Epidemiology, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases

Sapha Barkati, MD, MSc听

Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 涩里番 Health Centre, 涩里番

Lavanya Narasiah, MD, MSc

Medical Director, Refugee Health Clinic, Mont茅r茅gie, Montreal Public Health

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COURSE FACULTY

• Sapha Barkati, MD, MSc -
• Anne Marie Bellemare, MSc - Social Worker, Maison Bleue, Montreal
• Annalee Coakley, MD - Medical Director of the Calgary Refugee Health Program, University of Calgary
• Gabriel Fabreau, MD - Refugee Health YYC, O鈥橞rien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary
• Christina Greenaway, MD, MSc - Infectious Diseases, Jewish General Hospital, Professor 涩里番
• Sarah Kimball, MD - Director of the Immigrant & Refugee Health Center (IRHC) at Boston Medical Center
• Ling Kong, MD - Infectious Diseases, Jewish General Hospital, 涩里番
• Rachel Kronik, MD - Psychiatrist, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry of 涩里番
• Patricia Li, MD - Pediatrician, 涩里番 Health Center
• Rogelio Lopez-Velez, MD, PhD - Director of the Center for the Study of Tropical Diseases and Clinical Parasitology, Ram贸n y Cajal Hospital, Madrid
• Lavanya Narasiah, MD, MSc - Medical Director, Refugee Health Clinic, Mont茅r茅gie, Montreal Public Health
• Darya Naumova, MD - Department of Psychiatry, 涩里番
• Kevin Pottie, MD - Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario
• Meb Rashid, MD - Medical Director Crossroads Clinic, Women鈥檚 College Hospital, Toronto
• Kevin Schwartzman, MD, MPH - Respiratory Division, 涩里番 Health Center
• Santino Serveroni, MD - Director of the Health and Migration Program, World Health Organization
• Hannah Shenker, MD - Family Medicine, Mother and Child Healthcare, 涩里番
• William Stauffer, MD - Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota
• Patrica Walker, MD - Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
• Brian Ward, MD - Senior Scientist, 涩里番 Health Center Research Institute
• Gerasimos Zaharatos, MD - Infectious Diseases, Jewish General Hospital, 涩里番

CONTENT

Global Migration is increasing, and providing culturally adapted health care is a challenge facing clinicians, public health and policy makers on all continents. This course will provide an overview of the important health conditions to consider, management issues, and practical approaches and tools. It will include the underpinning social determinants of health and the importance of a multi-disciplinary multi-sectoral approach.

The content of the lectures will focus on the unique epidemiology and clinical aspects, public health implications and best practice approaches for diverse refugee, immigrant and migrant populations. The following topics will be covered:

1. Migration flows and determinants of migration
2. Approach to and management of key infectious diseases including tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, HIV, parasitic infections
3. Vaccination and vaccine hesitancy
4. Management of key non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiac disease, cancer, cancer screening and mental health issues.
5. Pediatric health issues
6. Women鈥檚 health issues
7. Health care access barriers and facilitators
8. Working with interpreters and providing culturally competent care
9. Examples of programs in Canada, the US and Europe that provide linguistically and culturally adapted care for migrant populations

The course curriculum will include didactic expert lectures, clinical vignettes to highlight key issues, as well as panel discussions and question periods following each half day to encourage lively discussions and active engagement.

OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize the priority health needs of diverse refugee, immigrant and migrant (RIM) populations.
2. Explain the social determinants of health of RIM populations, how they may lead to difficulties accessing health care, and the importance of providing care with a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach.
3. Implement best practice approaches and specific tools when delivering care to promote the health of RIM populations.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Clinical trainees and students
• Clinicians鈥攂oth primary care and specialists
• Public health practitioners
• Policy makers

ENROLMENT

Limited to 100 online participants and 100 in-person participants.