Health Services and Policy Research Graduate Diploma

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(Note: No applications are currently being accepted.)

The Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Program offers a Graduate Diploma in Health Services and Policy Research. Health services research is research that is intended to inform policy development and decision making regarding: a) the organization, funding, and delivery of health services, or b) the allocation of resources dedicated to improving health. Increasing the number of health services researchers to address critical issues in effective and efficient health care delivery has been identified as a high priority by national research funding agencies.

Admission

Students interested in applying for the Diploma Program must plan to: a) do a thesis or final project/paper related to health services research and b) be enrolled in one of the following research-focused thesis or course-based graduate degree programs at the Master’s or Ph.D. level: Anthropology, Business Administration, Economics, Geography, Health Research Methodology, Kinesiology, Medical Sciences, Nursing, Rehabilitation Sciences, Mathematics, Social Work, Sociology, or Statistics.

Through the Ontario Training Centre in Health Services and Policy Research, students accepted into the Diploma Program may be eligible for stipends.

Features of Diploma Program

Unique features of this Diploma Program include: availability of courses addressing important issues in health services research at any of the 6 participating universities (Lakehead, Laurentian, McMaster, Ottawa, Toronto, and York); linkages with students and faculty across universities and disciplines; and field placement opportunities in policy and research settings to work with health services researchers and decision makers across the province.

Requirements

The minimum requirement for the Diploma is 1.5 full course equivalents over and above graduate degree requirements. The Program will be open to both full- and part-time students. For students who undertake the diploma requirements full-time, the expected duration of the diploma program is 2 terms.

Contact Information

For further information contact Miguel A. Pérez, Ph.D. (OTC Program Coordinator) by phone at 905 525-9140 extension 26203 or by email at mperez@mcmaster.ca.
Website: http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/grad/hrm/otc/proginfo.htm
For an application package, contact Rose Vonau, OTC Administrative Assistant, by phone at 905 525-9140 extension 22408, by fax at 905 526-7949, or by email at vonau@mcmaster.ca.