HTH RS M 700 / Philosophy of Science for Health Research

3 unit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in HRM; or eHealth/Health Policy programs plus permission of instructor.

This course introduces students to the theoretical and methodological foundations of health research, a field currently characterized by the paradigms of the biomedical, public health, and social sciences. Topics covered in the course include: the logic of scientific inference, theorizing and empiricism in scientific knowledge, ontological and epistemological foundations of common health research methodologies, theories of scientific progress, and the role of values, ideology, and technology in science.