Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

Faculty Affiliation

Public Health

Degree Programs

Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

MSc	Concentrations: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research Health Services Research Health Technology Assessment and Management (admissions have closed) Quality Improvement and Patient Safety System Leadership and Innovation
PhD	Concentrations: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research Health Services Research

Health Administration

MHSc

Health Informatics

MHI

Combined Degree Programs

Health Administration, MHSc / MSW

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care Across the Life Course
- Health Administration, MHSc
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Bioethics
- Health Administration, MHSc
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Global Health
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, PhD
Health Care, Technology, and Place (admissions have closed)
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, PhD
Health Services and Policy Research
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Musculoskeletal Sciences
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Public Health Policy
- Health Administration, MHSc
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Resuscitation Sciences
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Women and Gender Studies
- Health Administration, MHSc
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Women's Health
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD

Overview

The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. Broad research themes include Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research; Health Informatics Research; Health Economics; Health Policy; Health Services Management; Health Services Outcomes and Evaluation; Health Technology Assessment; Knowledge Translation; Systems Leadership and Innovation; and Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.

More than 200 faculty members from a variety of disciplines are represented in IHPME. At least 130 senior health care executives serve as adjunct faculty.

Please note the application deadlines.

November 15

MSc in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation concentrations: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research; Health Services Research; Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
PhD in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation concentrations: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research; Health Services Research

January 15

MSc in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation concentration: System Leadership and Innovation (Undergraduate Medical Education applicants)

February 1

Master of Health Informatics
MHSc in Health Administration
MHSc in Health Administration / MSW combined degree program
MHSc in Health Administration / MN combined degree program

March 1

Master of Health Informatics (executive option)

March 15

MSc in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation concentration: System Leadership and Innovation (Postgraduate Medical Education applicants)

Contact and Address

Web: www.ihpme.utoronto.ca
Email: ihpme@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-4326
Fax: (416) 978-7350

Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
University of Toronto
4th Floor, 155 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5T 3M6
Canada

Full Members

Aleman, Dionne - BSc, MSc, PhD

Alibhai, Shabbir - MD

Alter, David - MD

Anderson, Geoff - MD

Austin, Peter - PhD

Austin, Zubin - BA, BScPhm, MBA, MISt, MEd, PhD

Baker, G. Ross - AB, MA, PhD

Barrett, Jon - MBCHB, MD

Baxter, Nancy - DrMed, PhD

Bayoumi, Ahmed - MD

Beaton, Dorcas - BSc(OT), MSc, PhD

Berta, Whitney - BS, MBA, PhD (Graduate Coordinator)

Bombardier, Claire - MA, MD

Bronskill, Susan - MSc

Brown, Adalsteinn - AB, PhD

Cafazzo, Joseph - DPhil

Carter, Michael - BM, MMath, PhD

Cassidy, David - BSc, MSc, PhD

Cheung, Angela - BA, MD, PhD

Cockerill, Rhonda W - BA, MA, PhD (Acting Director)

Coyte, Peter C - BA, MA, PhD

Cuthbertson, Brian - MBCHB, PhD

Davis, Aileen - BSc(PT), MSc, PhD

Davis, David - BA, MD

Deber, Raisa - BS, MS, PhD

Detsky, Allan - BS, MD, PhD

Donnelly, Peter - MBA, MPH, MBCHB, MD

Doria, Andrea - MSc, MD, PhD

Etchells, Edward - MSc, MD

Eysenbach, Gunther - MD

Feldman, Brian - MD

Ferguson, Niall - MSc, MD

Flood, Colleen - LLB, LLM, SJD

Fowler, Robert - MDCM

Gibson, Jennifer - PhD

Glazier, Richard - MPH, MD

Golden, Brian - BS, MS, PhD

Grantcharov, Teodor - DrMed, PhD

Gupta, Sumit - MD

Hoch, Jeffrey - BA, MA, PhD

Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah - BMath, MMath, PhD

Holness, D Linn - MHSc, MD

Hwang, Stephen - MPH, MD

Jadad, Alejandro - MD, DPhil

Jaglal, Susan - BSc, MSc, PhD

Karkouti, Keyvan - MD

Krahn, Murray - BA, MSc, MD

Kulkarni, Abhaya - BSc, MD, PhD

Laporte, Audrey - BA, MA, PhD

Laupacis, Andreas - MD

Law, Calvin - CPSO, LMCC, MPH, MD

Lin, Elizabeth - PhD

Logan, Alexander - MD

Lyons, Renee - BA, MEd, PhD

Mamdani, Muhammad - DP

Marchildon, Gregory - PhD

McGeer, Allison - BSc, MSc, MD

McLeod, Robin - BSc, LMCC, MD

Miller, Fiona - BIS, MA, DPhil

Morrison, Laurie - BSc

Naglie, I. Gary - BSc, MDCM

Nam, Robert - MSc, MD

Nathan, Paul - BA, MSc, MD

Nathens, Avery - MPH, MD, PhD

Nauenberg, Eric - AB, MPH, PhD

Naylor, C. David - MD, PhD

Nguyen, Geoffrey - MD

Parekh, Rulan - MD

Parkin, Patricia - BSc, MD, MD

Parshuram, Christopher - MBCHB

Pritchard, Kathleen - BA, MD

Pullenayegum, Eleanor - BM, PhD

Rabeneck, Linda - BSc, MPH, MD

Ray, Joel - MSc, MD

Redelmeier, Donald - MS, MD

Robinson, Lawrence - BA, MD

Rochon, Paula - MD

Rubenfeld, Gordon - MSc, MD

Sale, Joanna

Schwartz, Robert - BA, PhD

Seto, Emily - PhD

Shachak, Aviv - DPhil

Snead III, Carter - BS, MD, MD

Sridharan, Sanjeev - BTech, MS, PhD

Stinson, Jennifer - BScN, MSc, PhD

Straus, Sharon Elizabeth - MSc, MD

Stukel, Therese - BS, PhD

Sung, Lillian - MD

Talbot, Yves - BA, MD

Trbovich, Patricia L - BA, MA, PhD, PhD

Tu, Jack Ven - MD, PhD

Tu, Karen - BSc, MD

Ungar, Wendy - BA, MSc, PhD

Upshur, Ross Edward - BA, MA, MSc, MD

Urbach, David - MSc, MD

Wales, Paul - BSc, MSc, MD

Walmsley, Sharon - BSc, MSc, MD

Webster, Fiona - BA, MA, PhD

Wodchis, Walter - MA, PhD

Wright, James - BA, LMCC, MPH, MD

Young, Lionel Trevor - MSc, MD, PhD

Members Emeriti

Barnsley, Janet M - BSc, MSc, PhD

Bliss, J Michael - BA, MA, PhD

Lemieux-Charles, Louise - PhD

Williams, Paul - PhD

Associate Members

Abrahamyan, Lusine - MPH, MD, PhD

Adhikari, Neill - MDCM

Amin, Reshma - MD

Amir, Eitan - MBCHB

Anderson, James - BA, MA, MHSA, PhD

Angle, Pamela - MD

Antoniou, Tony - BScPhm, DP, PhD

Asztalos, Elizabeth - BScN

Atzema, Clare - BA, MSc, MD

Barbera, Lisa - MD

Baumann, Andrea - BN, MN, PhD

Bean, Sally - BA, MA, JD

Berger, Howard - BSc, MD

Berger, Ken - MD, JD

Berinstein, Corrine - BHSc(PT), MBA, MHSc

Berry, Scott - MHSc, MD

Bezjak, Andrea - MS, MDCM

Bhatia, Sacha - BSc, MBA, MDCM

Bhattacharyya, Onil - BSc, MD

Birken, Catherine - MSc, MD

Blackstien-Hirsch, Paula - MHSc, MHSA, MHSA

Boehm, Leslie A - BA, MA, MA

Bohnen, John - LMCC, MD

Bombard, Yvonne - PhD

Boon, Heather - PhD

Booth, Gillian - MD

Booth, Richard - MSN

Borkhoff, Cornelia - BSc, MSc, PhD

Brown, Adrian - BSc, MD

Brydges, Ryan - BSc, MSc, PhD

Burns, Karen - MSc, MD

Camp, Mark - BSc, MSc, MD

Carter, Melissa - MD

Chahal, Jaskarndip - BSc, MSc, MD

Chan, Adrienne - MPH, MD

Chan, An-Wen - BSc, MD, DPhil

Chan, Benjamin - BSc, MPH, MPA, MD

Charach, Alice - MD

Chatwood, Susan - BScN, MSc, MSc

Church, Paige - MD

Clifford, Tammy - PhD

Coburn, Natalie - BSc, MSc, DrMed

Coffey, Maitreya - MD

Cohen, Eyal - MD

Cram, Peter - BA, MBA, MD

Craven, Beverley Catharine - MD

de Almeida, John - MD

De Souza, Claire - MD

Dewa, Carolyn - BA, MPH, PhD

Dobrow, Mark - PhD

Dubinsky, Isser - BSc, MD, MD

Durbin, Janet - MSc

Earle, Craig - BSc, MSc, MD

Easson, Alexandra - MSc, MD

Eliasoph, Hy - BA, MA

Fam, Mark - MHSA

Fan, Eddy - BSc, MD, PhD

Farrugia, Michèle - BSc, MSc, MEd, MD

Fehlings, Darcy - MD

Feig, Denice - MD

Gagliardi, Anna - BSc, BE, MSc, MLS, PhD

Gamble, Brenda - BA, MS, PhD

Gershon, Andrea - MSc, MD

Gien, Lilian - BSc, MHPE, MD

Ginsburg, Shiphra - MEd, MD

Ginzburg, Amir - BSc, MD

Gomes, Tara - BSc, MHSc

Gotlib Conn, Lesley - BA, MA, PhD

Greiver, Michelle - MD

Guerguerian, Anne Marie - MD

Guerriere, Denise - PhD

Gupta, Abha - MD

Haas, Barbara - BS, MD, PhD

Hall, Ruth - BASc, MSc

Hansen, Bettina Elisabeth - MSc, PhD

Hayeems, Robin - DPH

Horton, Susan - BA, MA, MA, PhD

Howard, Andrew - BA, CPSO, MSc, LMCC, MD

Isaranuwatchai, Wanrudee - BSc, PhD

Ivers, Noah - MD

Jaakkimainen, Liisa - BSc, MSc, MD

Jackevicius, Cynthia - BS, MSc

Jackson, Timothy - BSc, MPH, DrMed

Jassal, Sarbjit Vanita - MD

Jeffs, Lianne - PhD

Jenkinson, Richard - BS, DrMed

Johnson, Sindhu - BMedSc, MD, PhD

Johnston, Bradley - PhD

Juni, Peter - DrMed

Kantarevic, Jasmin - PhD

Karanicolas, Paul - BSc, DrMed, PhD

Kastner, Monika - BSc, MSc, PhD

Kennedy, Erin - CPSO, MD, PhD

Kim, Joseph - MHSc, MD, PhD

King, Arlene - BN, MHSc, MD

Kirst, Maritt - BA, MA, PhD

Kiss, Alexander - PhD

Ko, Dennis - MD

Kovalchuk, Stephanie - MHSc

Koyle, Martin - DrMed

Kreder, Hans - MPH, MD

Kulkarni, Girish - MD

Kuper, Ayelet - AB, MEd, MD, PhD

Lee, Douglas - DrMed, PhD

Levitt, Kevin Samuel - BSc, MSc, MD

Levy, Charissa - MHSc

Lipscombe, Lorraine - MSc, MD

Liu, Barbara Arlena - MD

Loblaw, Andrew - MD

Look Hong, Nicole - BSc, MSc, MD

Loutfy, Mona - MPH, MD

MacMillan, Thomas E. - MSc, BS, MD

Maetzel, Andreas - MSc, PhD

Maguire, Jonathon - BSc, MSc, MSc, MD

Malach, Faith - MHSA

Manson, Heather - BSc, MHSc, MD

Marras, Connie - MD

Marrie, Ruth Ann - BSc, MSc, MD, PhD

Martin, Danielle - BSc, DrMed

McDonnell, Conor - MBCHB, MD

Milo-Manson, Golda - BSc, MSc, MD, MD

Mitsakakis, Nicholas - BS, MS, MMath, DPH

Mnyusiwalla, Latifa - MPH

Moore, Aideen - MBCHB

Moore, Lynn - MHSA

Mosko, Jeffrey - MSc, MD

Muller, Matthew - MD

Murphy, Kellie - MD

Naimark, David - MD

O'Brien, Kelly - BSc(PT), BS, PhD

O'Connor, Paul - MD

Okun, Nanette - MD

Pace, Kenneth - BSc, MSc, LRCP, MD

Pain, Clare - BSc, MSc, MD

Palda, Valerie - MD

Paprica, Alison - DSc

Paszat, Lawrence - MS, MD

Paterson, Michael - MS

Penner, Melanie - MD

Perkins, Bruce - MPH, MD

Perruccio, Anthony - BSc, MHSc, PhD

Persaud, Navindra - BSc, BA, MSc, MD

Petch, Jeremy - BA, MA, PhD

Pink, George Harry - BCom, MHSA

Rac, Valeria - MD, PhD

Rachlis, Michael - MSc, MD

Rai-Lewis, Surjeet - MBA

Richardson, Lisa - BSc, MD

Ringash, Jolie - MSc, MD

Robertson, Deborah - MD

Rueda, Sergio - MSc, AM, PhD

Rumney, Peter - MD

Russell, Barbara - BA, MA, MBA, PhD

Saposnik, Gustavo - MSc, MD

Seeman, Neil - BA, MPH, JD

Shah, Baiju - MD

Shah, Prakeshkumar - MD

Shah, Vibhuti - MD

Shapiro, Heather - BSc, MD

Sharkey, Shirlee - BA, BSN, MHSc

Sharpe, Gilbert - BA, LLB, LLM

Shehata, Nadine - MEd, MD

Singer, Lianne - MD

Singh, Simron - MPH, MD

Sinha, Samir Kumar - BSc, MSc, MD, BScMed, PhD

Smith, Tina - BSc, MHSc

Spalding, Karen - MSc, PhD

Stanbrook, Matthew - MSc, MD

Steele, Leah - BPhil, DrMed

Steinhart, A. Hillary - MD

Stephenson, Anne - MD

Strauss, John - MD

Sullivan, Terrence - BS, MA, PhD

Sutradhar, Rinku - BSc, MMath, PhD

Szatmari, Peter - MSc, BScMed, MD

Teare, Gary - MSc, DrMedVet, PhD

Tepper, Joshua - BA, MPH, DrMed

Thorsteinsdottir, Halla - PhD

Tinckam, Kathryn - BSc, MMed, MD

Tinmouth, Jill - MD, PhD

Tirel, Clarys - MHSA

Touma, Zahi - BSc, MD, PhD

Udell, Jacob - BSc, MPH, MD

Urowitz, Sara - PhD

Verderber, Stephen - BSc, MArch

Vigod, Simone - MD

Walsh, Catharine - MEd, MD

Walters, Thomas - MBBS

Wei, Xiaolin - MPH, MD, PhD

Wijeysundera, Duminda - MSc, MD

Wijeysundera, Harindra - BSc, MD, PhD

Willison, Donald - BScPhm, MSc, ScD, DSc

Windrim, Rory - MB

Wong, Brian - MD

Wong, Rebecca - MBCHB

Zhong, Toni - BCh, DrMed

Master of Science

Program Description

The HPME graduate program offers the following concentrations leading to the MSc degree:

Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research;
Health Services Research;
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; and
System Leadership and Innovation.

The MSc program can be taken on a full-time or part-time basis.

Concentration: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
Applicants require an overall B+ average or higher in the last two years of an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university. For applicants to Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, a degree in a health profession (e.g., MD, BScN, BScOT, BScPT, DDM, MScN) from a recognized university with a B+ average in the final two years is required.
Applicants to the Systems Leadership and Innovation concentration must be active as a trainee within the Post-Graduate Medical Education (PGME) program, or be registered in the Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. UME students who are accepted must register part-time; PGME students who are accepted may register full-time or part-time.

Program Requirements

Two options are available:

Thesis option comprising 3.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) and a thesis.
Coursework-only option comprising 5.0 FCEs, including completion of at least one research practicum.

Thesis MSc

Completion of 3.0 FCEs as follows:
- 1.5 FCEs required: HAD 5301H, HAD 5307H, and one of HAD 5303H, HAD 5304H, HAD 5306H, or HAD 5309H
- 1.5 FCEs in electives.
A thesis written under the supervision of a thesis committee (supervisor and at least one, and preferably two, additional graduate faculty members) and its defence before an examination committee.

Coursework-Only MSc

Completion of 5.0 FCEs as follows:
- 2.0 FCEs required: HAD 5301H, HAD 5307H, HAD 6360H, and one of HAD 5303H, HAD 5304H, or HAD 5309H
- 3.0 FCEs in electives.

Program Length

3 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S);
6 sessions part-time

Time Limit

3 years full-time;
6 years part-time

Concentration: Health Services Research

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
Applicants require an overall B+ average or higher in the last two years of an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university. For applicants to Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, a degree in a health profession (e.g., MD, BScN, BScOT, BScPT, DDM, MScN) from a recognized university with a B+ average in the final two years is required.
Applicants to the Systems Leadership and Innovation concentration must be active as a trainee within the Post-Graduate Medical Education (PGME) program, or be registered in the Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. UME students who are accepted must register part-time; PGME students who are accepted may register full-time or part-time.

Program Requirements

Completion of 3.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:
- 1.0 FCE in research methodology courses
- 1.0 FCE in health services research courses
- 1.0 FCE in electives.
A thesis written under the supervision of a thesis committee and its defence before an examination committee.

Program Length

3 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S);
6 sessions part-time

Time Limit

3 years full-time;
6 years part-time

Concentration: Health Technology Assessment and Management (admissions have closed)

Program Requirements

Completion of 3.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:
- HAD 5308H, HAD 5730H, HAD 5760H, HAD 5763H, and either HAD 5727H or HAD 5771, and
- either and HAD 5301H or HAD 5304H
Participation in two non-credit seminars.
The courses in this field are offered in a modular fashion.
A thesis written under the supervision of a thesis committee and its defence before an examination committee.

Program Length

3 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S);
6 sessions part-time

Time Limit

3 years full-time;
6 years part-time

Concentration: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
Applicants require an overall B+ average or higher in the last two years of an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university.

Program Requirements

Two options are available:

Thesis option comprising 3.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) and a thesis.
Coursework-only option comprising 5.0 FCEs, including completion of at least one research practicum.

Thesis MSc

Completion of 3.0 FCEs as follows:
- 2.5 FCEs required: HAD 3010H, HAD 3020H, HAD 3041Y⁰, HAD 3050H.
- 0.5 FCE in electives.
A thesis written under the supervision of a thesis committee (comprising the supervisor and at least one additional graduate faculty member, preferably two) and its defence before an examination committee.

Coursework-Only MSc

Completion of 5.0 FCEs as follows:
- 3.0 required FCEs (HAD 3010H, HAD 3020H, HAD 3030H, HAD 3050H, HAD 3060H, HAD 3070H)
- 1.0 required FCE in a research project practicum (HAD 3040Y)
- 1.0 FCE in electives.

Program Length

3 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S);
6 sessions part-time

Time Limit

3 years full-time;
6 years part-time

⁰ Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.

Concentration: System Leadership and Innovation

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
Applicants require an overall B+ average or higher in the last two years of an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university.
Applicants must be active as a trainee within the Post-Graduate Medical Education (PGME) program, or be registered in the Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. UME students who are accepted must register part-time; PGME students who are accepted may register full-time or part-time.

Program Requirements

The MSc in System Leadership and Innovation is a coursework-only program.

Completion of 5.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:
- 2.0 required FCEs (HAD 2001H, HAD 2002H, HAD 2003H, HAD 2004H)
- 1.0 required practicum FCE (HAD 2010H, HAD 2020H)
- 2.0 elective FCEs, of which a maximum 1.0 FCE can be a practicum; please consult with the department about electives
Students begin this concentration in the Summer session.

Program Length

3 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: S/F/W);
7 sessions part-time

Time Limit

3 years full-time;
6 years part-time

Doctor of Philosophy

Program Description

The HPME graduate program offers two concentrations leading to the PhD in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research; and Health Services Research.

Applicants may enter the PhD program via one of three routes: 1) following completion of an MA or MSc degree; 2) transfer from the University of Toronto MASc program; 3) direct entry following completion of a bachelor’s degree.

The PhD program can be taken on a full-time or flexible-time basis. Some applicants may be admitted to a flexible-time PhD option with the approval of the Graduate Chair. The flexible-time PhD option benefits mature students with career and/or familial obligations.

PhD Program

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy the IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
A master's degree (MA or MSc) requiring a thesis with a B+ average or higher.
Applicants to the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research concentration must have a degree in a health profession (e.g., MD, BScN, BScOT, BScPT, DDM, MScN, or equivalent).
Satisfactory references pertaining to the applicant's academic and research abilities.
Outstanding students with a non-thesis master's degree may be admitted to the PhD upon the recommendation of the appropriate IHPME committee, if the applicant has the appropriate background preparation and research experience or publications which can be considered equivalent to a master's thesis. Students with a non-thesis master's degree and little or no research experience may be admitted to the MSc program and may petition to transfer into the PhD program within 24 months of first registration. Transfer is contingent upon successful completion of master's coursework and preparation and defence of a PhD thesis proposal.
Some applicants may be admitted to a flexible-time PhD option with the approval of the Graduate Chair. The flexible-time PhD option benefits mature students with career and/or familial obligations.

Program Requirements

Completion of a comprehensive course.
Completion of 5.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) from the PhD courses listed below.
Students enrolled in the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research concentration must select: 2.0 FCEs compulsory courses and 2.0 recommended FCEs from the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research courses listed below.
Writing of a PhD thesis under the supervision of an approved thesis committee (supervisor plus at least two additional graduate faculty members).
Oral defence of the thesis before an examination committee.

Program Length

4 years full-time; 5 years transfer-from-master’s; 5 years direct-entry

Time Limit

6 years full-time; 7 years transfer-from-master’s; 7 years direct-entry

PhD Program (Flexible-Time)

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy the IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
A master's degree (MA or MSc) requiring a thesis with a B+ average or higher.
Applicants to the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research concentration must have a degree in a health profession (e.g., MD, BScN, BScOT, BScPT, DDM, MScN, or equivalent).
Satisfactory references pertaining to the applicant's academic and research abilities.
Outstanding students with a non-thesis master's degree may be admitted to the PhD upon the recommendation of the appropriate IHPME committee, if the applicant has the appropriate background preparation and research experience or publications which can be considered equivalent to a master's thesis. Students with a non-thesis master's degree and little or no research experience may be admitted to the MSc program and may petition to transfer into the PhD program within 24 months of first registration. Transfer is contingent upon successful completion of master's coursework and preparation and defence of a PhD thesis proposal.

Program Requirements

With the approval of the Graduate Chair, some applicants may be admitted to a flexible-time PhD program. This program will benefit students with career obligations. The degree requirements for the flexible-time PhD program are identical to those listed above for the full-time PhD program.
Students must register full-time for the first four years of their program (Fall, Spring, Summer sessions); thereafter, they may register part-time.
Completion of a comprehensive course.
Completion of 5.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) from the PhD courses listed below.
Students enrolled in the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research concentration must select: 2.0 FCEs compulsory courses and 2.0 recommended FCEs from the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research courses listed below.
Writing of a PhD thesis under the supervision of an approved thesis committee (supervisor plus at least two additional graduate faculty members).
Oral defence of the thesis before an examination committee.

Program Length

6 years

Time Limit

8 years

Concentration: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research

Compulsory Courses

HAD 5301H	Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research
HAD 5307H	Introduction to Applied Biostatistics
HAD 5311H⁰	Comprehensive/Synthesis (one year)
HAD 5316H	Biostatistics II: Advanced Techniques in Applied Regression Methods

⁰ Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.

Recommended Courses

HAD 5302H	Measurement in Clinical Research
HAD 5303H	Controlled Clinical Trials
HAD 5304H	Clinical Decision Making and Cost Effectiveness
HAD 5305H	Evidence-Based Guidelines
HAD 5306H	Introduction to Health Services Research and the Use of Health Administrative Data
HAD 5308H	Evidence Synthesis: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
HAD 5309H	Observational Studies: Theory, Design, and Methods
HAD 5310H	Pragmatic Issues in Conduct of Controlled Trials
HAD 5730H	Economic Evaluation Methods for Health Service Research
HAD 5760H	Advanced Health Economics and Policy Analysis
JNH 5000H	Measurement of Patients' Preferences in Health Care Decision Making

Elective Courses

HAD 5312H	Decision Modelling for Clinical Policy and Economic Evaluation
HAD 5313H	Advanced Design and Analysis Issues in Clinical Trials
HAD 5314H	Applied Bayesian Methods in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research
HAD 5315H	Advanced Topics in Measurement
HAD 5316H	Biostatistics II: Advanced Techniques in Applied Regression Methods (prerequisite: HAD5307H Introduction to Applied Biostatistics or CHL 5201H Introductory Biostatistics for Students in Biological Sciences I)
HAD 6360H⁰	Required Research Practicum in Clinical Epidemiology (Credit/No Credit)
HAD 6361H⁰	Optional Research Practicum in Clinical Epidemiology (Credit/No Credit)
HAD 7002H	Reading Course

Other IHPME courses or extradepartmental courses may be considered as elective courses and are subject to approval of the institute.

⁰ Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.

Concentration: Health Services Research

HAD 3020H	Quality Improvement Methods
HAD 3030H	Concepts and Strategies in Patient Safety
HAD 3040Y⁺	Project Practicum
HAD 3050H	Leading and Managing Change
HAD 3060H	Quality Improvement in Health Systems
HAD 3070H	Legal and Regulatory Environment and Risk Management
HAD 3080H	External Practicum
HAD 3090H	The Application of Lean in Healthcare
HAD 5011H	Canada's Health Care System and Health Policy (Doctoral Stream)
HAD 5021H	Canada's Health System and Health Policy Part 2 (Doctoral Stream)
HAD 5726H	Evaluation and Research Design in Health Informatics
HAD 5727H	Knowledge Transfer and Exchange
HAD 5728H	Performance Measurement in Health Care: Theory and Application
HAD 5729H	Theoretical, Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Knowledge Translation
HAD 5730H	Economic Evaluation Methods for Health Service Research
HAD 5734H	Organizational Learning and Knowledge Transfer
HAD 5737H	Tools for Implementation of Best Evidence
HAD 5738H	Advanced Methods in Economic Evaluation
HAD 5739H	Ideas and Arguments in Health Care Policy
HAD 5740H	Intermediate-Level Qualitative Research for Health Services and Policy Research
HAD 5742H	Mixed Methods for Health Services Research
HAD 5743H	Evaluation Design for Complex Interventions
HAD 5744H	Introduction to Health Econometrics
HAD 5745H	Where Health Economics Hits the Road: Practical Applications of Economics to Real Health Care Problems
HAD 5746H	Applied Health Econometrics
HAD 5755Y	Health Economics Graduate Seminar Series (CR/NCR)
HAD 5760H	Advanced Health Economics and Policy Analysis
HAD 5763H	Advanced Methods in Health Services Research
HAD 5768H	International Perspectives on Health Services Management
HAD 5771H	Resource Allocation Ethics
HAD 5772H	Intermediate Statistics for Health Services Researchers
HAD 5773H	Introduction to Theories of Organizational Behaviour and Applications to the Health Care Sector
HAD 5776H	Issues in Qualitative Health Services Research Methodologies and Methods
HAD 5780H	Program Planning and Evaluation for Health Services and Policy Research
HAD 6750H	Advanced Health Economics and Policy Analysis II
HAD 6760H	Introduction to Health Services Research Theory and Methods
HAD 6761H	Health Services Outcomes and Evaluation Comprehensive Course
HAD 6762H	Health Services Organization and Management Comprehensive Course
HAD 6763H	Health Policy Comprehensive Course
HAD 6764H	eHealth Innovation and Health Information Management Comprehensive Course
HAD 6770H	Applying Health Services Research Methods (prerequisite: HAD 6760H Introduction to Health Services Research Theory and Methods)
HAD 7001H	Reading Course
JNH 5001H	Health Care Settings, Site, and Human Well Being
JNH 5003H	Home and Community Care Knowledge Translation

⁺ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.

Concentration: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Required Courses

HAD 3010H	Fundamentals of Improvement Science
HAD 3020H	Quality Improvement Methods
HAD 3030H	Concepts and Strategies in Patient Safety
HAD 3040Y⁺	Project Practicum
HAD 3041Y⁰	Design and Methods for Thesis Research
HAD 3050H	Leading and Managing Change
HAD 3060H	Quality Improvement in Health Systems
HAD 3070H	Legal and Regulatory Environment and Risk Management

Practicum Course

HAD 3080H

External Practicum

Elective Courses

HAD 3090H	The Application of Lean in Healthcare
HAD 4000H	Reading Course—QIPS

⁺ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.

⁰ Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.

Concentration: System Leadership and Innovation

Required Courses

HAD 2001H	Strategic Vision and Planning for Health System Change
HAD 2002H	Research Methods for Evaluating Health System Innovation
HAD 2003H	Leading and Responding to Health Policy and System Change
HAD 2004H	Leadership, Motivation, and Partnering

Practicum Courses

HAD 2010H	System Leadership and Innovation Practicum (Individual) (Credit/No Credit)
HAD 2020H	System Leadership and Innovation Practicum (Team) (Credit/No Credit)

Elective Courses

HAD 2005H

Quality Improvement Skills for Healthcare Leaders

Cross-Listed Courses

These courses are limited to certain program students in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Please check the website.

BME 1456H	Changing Health Care Technologies, People, and Places
HSR 1000H	Research and/or Policy Practicum
HSR 1001H	Introduction to Qualitative Methods for Health Services and Policy Research
HSR 1002H	Health Services Research Seminar (Credit/No Credit)
JCV 3060H	Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences—Molecular Biology and Heart Signal Transduction
JCV 3061H	Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences—Hormones
JCV 3062H	Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences—Heart Function
JCV 3063H	Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences—Vascular
LAW 404H	Health System Law and Policy
LAW 465H	Conflicts of Interest in Medicine: Evidence, Public Policy, and the Law

Master of Health Science

Program Description

The MHSc program is geared to health managers and professionals who wish to acquire a graduate education in health administration. The program's modular format allows learners to complete the degree without interrupting their careers.

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
Normally, the equivalent of a University of Toronto B+ average or higher in each of the last two years of an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university. Applicants are strongly advised to have some prior preparation in quantitative courses such as statistics, accounting, and economics.
Full-time, relevant work experience.

Program Requirements

Completion of 10.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:
- 8.5 FCEs are required subjects, which include a minimum of 1.0 FCE in a field placement.
- the remaining 1.5 FCEs are elective courses.

Program Length

5 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S/F/W)

Time Limit

3 years full-time

Required Courses

All courses are offered in modular format unless marked otherwise.

HAD 5010H	Canada's Health System and Health Policy: Part I
HAD 5020H	Canada's Health System and Health Policy: Part II
HAD 5711H	Theory and Practice of Strategic Planning and Management in Health Services Organization
HAD 5713H	Introduction to Health Information Systems
HAD 5721H	Strategic Management of Quality and Organizational Behaviour in Health Services Organizations
HAD 5723H	Health Services Accounting
HAD 5724H	Quantitative Methods for Health Services Management and Policy
HAD 5725H	Health Economics
HAD 5731H	Translating Leadership Into Practice
HAD 5733H	Health Services Finance
HAD 5741H	Health Law and Ethics
HAD 5761H	Introduction to eHealth: Informatics, Innovations, and Information Systems
HAD 5767H	Health Services Marketing
HAD 5769H	Human Resources Management in the Health Field
HAD 5770H	Program Planning and Evaluation
HAD 6010Y⁺	Required MHSc Practicum (Credit/No Credit)
HAD 6011H⁺	Optional Practicum Extension (Credit/No Credit)

⁺ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.

Elective Courses

Non-modular electives may be taken subject to program approval.

HAD 5736H	Operations Research Tools for Quantitative Health Care Decision Making
HAD 5765H	Case Studies in Health Policy
HAD 5774H	Comparative Health Care Systems
HAD 5775H	Competition, Cooperation, and Strategy in Health Care

Master of Health Informatics

Program Description

The Master of Health Informatics (MHI) is a professional program which provides graduates with expertise in clinical information and communication technologies (ICTs) required to lead organizational and health system change. The MHI degree program prepares health informaticians to bridge the gaps between clinicians and ICT specialists.

There are two options available to complete the MHI:

Regular MHI option: This is designed for individuals who are not currently in a health informatics profession and are seeking a career in the field. Applicants to this option should not be employed full-time.
Executive MHI option: This is designed for individuals who are currently employed in the health informatics profession and are interested in pursuing leadership positions and other career development. Applicants to this option must be employed in the health informatics sector and have an executive sponsor at their place of employment.

Regular MHI Option

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
Appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university. Eligible undergraduate degrees include those in a health sciences or social sciences specialty, Regulated Health Professions in Ontario, or a computer science or information science specialty with the equivalent of a minimum mid-B average in the last academic year.
Applicants whose primary language is not English and who graduated from a university where the language of instruction and examination was not English must demonstrate proficiency in English. See General Regulations section 4.3 for requirements.
Successful applicants normally have relevant professional experience as a health services professional (e.g., manager or administrator) or health sciences/ clinical practitioner with demonstrated basic literacy and/or programming skills in computer applications relevant to the health sector, or a computer or information technician within a health-care setting or health software vendor.

Program Requirements

Completion of 10.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:
- required coursework (7.5 FCEs),
- elective coursework (0.5 FCE), and
- a four-month, full-time practicum or field placement (MHI 2005Y [2.0 FCEs]).
Degree requirements will be completed in 16 months across four consecutive sessions.

Required Courses for the Regular MHI Option

HAD 5010H	Canada's Health System and Health Policy: Part I
INF 1003H	Information Systems, Services, and Design
INF 1341H	Systems Analysis and Process Innovation
INF 2183H	Knowledge Management and Systems
MHI 1001H	Information and Communication Technology in Health Informatics
MHI 1002H	Complexity of Clinical Care
MHI 2001H	Health Informatics I
MHI 2002H	Health Informatics II
MHI 2003H	Consumer and Public Health Informatics
MHI 2004H	Human Factors and Change Management
MHI 2006H	Advanced Topics in Health Informatics (Strategic Frameworks for Solution Architecture)
MHI 2007H	Quantitative Skills in Health Informatics
MHI 2008H	Project Management for Health Informatics
MHI 2009H	Evaluation Methods for Health Informatics
MHI 2011H	Performance Measurements in Health Care: Theory and Application

Practicum Course

MHI 2005Y

Practicum Placement

Elective Courses

Students are encouraged to select an elective that allows them to focus on their individual areas of interest in health informatics. For this reason, the MHI program does not impose a selection of electives. Students are free to choose from all graduate courses across all disciplines at the University of Toronto. All selections are subject to approval in advance by the Program Director and the IHPME Chair.

MHI 2010H	Extended Health Informatics Practicum
MHI 3000H	Independent Reading for Health Informatics

Program Length

4 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S/F)

Time Limit

3 years full-time

Executive MHI Option

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
Appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university. Eligible undergraduate degrees include those in a health sciences or social sciences specialty, Regulated Health Professions in Ontario, or a computer science or information science specialty with the equivalent of a minimum mid-B average in the last academic year.
Applicants whose primary language is not English and who graduated from a university where the language of instruction and examination was not English must demonstrate proficiency in English. See General Regulations section 4.3 for requirements.
Successful applicants normally have relevant professional experience as a health services professional (e.g., manager or administrator) or health sciences/ clinical practitioner with demonstrated basic literacy and/or programming skills in computer applications relevant to the health sector, or a computer or information technician within a health care setting or health software vendor.
Additional requirements for the executive MHI option are as follows:
- active employment in a health informatics role or capacity; and
- an executive sponsor at the site of employment, committed to supervising and supporting the student's program including the health informatics project; see program requirements below.

Program Requirements

Completion of 10.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:
- required coursework (7.5 FCEs),
- elective coursework (1.0 FCE), and
- a four-month, employer-sponsored Health Informatics Project (MHI 2015Y [1.5 FCEs]).
The executive MHI degree requirements will be completed in 22 months across six consecutive sessions.

Required Courses

HAD 5010H	Canada's Health System and Health Policy: Part 1
INF 1003H	Information Systems, Services, and Design
INF 1341H	Analyzing Information Systems
INF 2183H	Knowledge Management and Systems
MHI 1001H	Information and Communication Technology in Health Informatics
MHI 1002H	Complexity of Clinical Care
MHI 2001H	Health Informatics I
MHI 2002H	Health Informatics II
MHI 2003H	Consumer and Public Health Informatics
MHI 2004H	Human Factors and Change Management
MHI 2006H	Advanced Topics in Health Informatics (Strategic Frameworks for Solution Architecture)
MHI 2007H	Quantitative Skills in Health Informatics
MHI 2008H or HAD 5731H or HAD 5733H	Project Management for Health Informatics or Translating Leadership into Practice or Health Services Finance
MHI 2009H	Evaluation Methods for Health Informatics
MHI 2011H	Performance Measurements in Health Care: Theory and Application
MHI 3000H	Independent Reading for Health Informatics

Practicum Course

MHI 2015Y

Health Informatics Project

Elective Courses

MHI 2016H	Health Informatics Project Extension
MHI 3000H	Independent Reading for Health Informatics

Program Length

6 sessions full-time (S/F/W/S/F/W)

Time Limit

3 years full-time

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