Are you ready to become a Care Bridges Public Health Ambassador?

As a public health ambassador, you’ll have the opportunity to improve the wellbeing of asylum seekers and refugees in Montreal as a leader, an advocate, a learner and a researcher. The ambassadorship program provides a unique opportunity to improve your clinical and research skills while directly impacting the lives of the families we work with.

Please note: This program is only open to medical students enrolled in a Quebec University. Med-P students or those from other programs who are not registered with the CMQ are not eligible.

What is a Public Health Ambassador?

Along with other public health ambassadors, you will:

Participate in one-on-one virtual patient interviews with asylum seekers to complete a comprehensive assessment of their medical, psychological and social health
Provide asylum seekers with individualized referrals for services and resources based on their identified needs
Foster and strengthen relationships with community partners involved in our mission
Collaborate with other ambassadors on research and/or quality improvement projects to empirically investigate social determinants of health, program efficacy, and opportunities for improvements in health navigation

Responsibilities:

Engage in two health navigation sessions with asylum seekers per month
Serve as co-author on one research/QI project - be involved in data collection, management, analysis and synthesis
Complete bimonthly updates report
Attend ambassador summit meetings (2-3/ year)
Undergo training session (1 hour, virtual) and sign confidentiality agreement

Following your submission of this form, you will be notified about the status of your application in the following week. Should your application be accepted, you will be contacted by a member of our team in order to proceed with next steps (signing a confidentiality form, scheduling a virtual training session and discussing your program research engagement).