This course will provide students with the foundations required to understand how data intersects with the health legal and regulatory environment. Students will learn how foundational principles in respect of privacy, cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, intellectual property, compliance, data governance, analytics/research, and artificial intelligence relate to a variety of health-related settings. In particular, the course will provide students with the tools to either be key data advisors to those in the health system or to understand and apply the concepts to become data leaders in the field.

The course will also ensure that students understand the various roles that form part of health-care delivery across Canada and how to apply these data law principles such that they are managed effectively and lawfully for optimal implementation, leadership, and governance.