On Monday morning across Quebec, aspiring orderlies lined up, two metres apart, to begin the province's new fast-track training program. Class gets underway today for thousands of future patient attendants, or préposés aux bénéficiaires, set to work in the province's long-term care facilities. With the pandemic putting further strained on an already understaffed system, the government invited Quebecers to apply for the new three-month paid training program. Premier François Legault said he aims to have 10,000 new orderlies working in long-term care homes by September. Those who will be teaching the condensed training program had just under three weeks to prepare for the start of courses, and in Montreal, training centres only received the curriculum on Thursday.

Source: CBC News June 15, 2020 14:03 UTC