Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants who wish to enrol in the collaborative specialization must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative specialization and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating graduate units.

• Doctoral students are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies and the specific criteria of the participating unit.

• Applicants are required to:

  • demonstrate academic excellence in completed courses (B+ average in graduate courses), scholarships and academic awards received;

  • demonstrate aptitude for health services and policy research (letter of recommendation from a previous professor or thesis supervisor, commenting on the applicant's academic abilities and likelihood for success as a health services researcher);

  • outline career plans (in an autobiographical letter including their reasons for becoming a health services researcher and their career plans); and

  • propose a plan of study in the collaborative specialization.

• Students who complete the collaborative specialization at the master's level are not eligible to participate at the PhD level.

Completion Requirements

Students must meet all respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and the participating graduate unit.

• Coursework. Students must complete a total of 1.5 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:

  • HSR1000H Research and/or Policy Practicum

  • HSR1002H Health Services Research Seminar

  • 0.5 FCE from the elective course list.

• Students are required to complete a dissertation under the supervision of a core faculty member of the collaborative specialization. The dissertation must address the theme of health services and policy research.