Health Management, M.H.M.

Admission Requirements

• Regulated health professional (evidence of active registration in the applicant’s professional affiliation in his/her own province/country). Examples of regulated health professionals include audiologists, dietitians, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists, physicians.
• Non-regulated health professional candidates will be considered if they have a minimum of 12 months working experience within the healthcare system as a healthcare professional OR supervisory experience of regulated health professionals.
• Graduation with a minimum of a B+ average from a 4-year health professional program.
• One academic and two clinical/work place related references.
• Written application outlining career plans, research interests and suitability for the Master of Health Management Program.
• If the applicant’s native language is not English, an official copy of their TOEFL score, or other evidence of competency in English. A minimum TOEFL (iBT) score of 100 is required.

Degree Requirements

Complete with at least B- standing, eight (8) graduate half courses.

a.) Completion of all five mandatory half courses from Course List A

Course List A

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  HLTH MGT 700 / Health Systems and Policy Analysis
    
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  HLTH MGT 705 / Evaluating Sources of Evidence for Management and Evaluation
    
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  HLTH MGT 706 / Strategic Health Management Foundations
    
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  HLTH MGT 707 / Accounting & Financial Foundations for Healthcare Management
    
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  HLTH MGT 708 / Leadership in Health Organizations
    
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  HLTH MGT 709 / Advanced Leadership Practice in Healthcare
    

b.) Completion of two half courses from Course List B

Course List B

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  HLTH MGT 730 / Scholarly Paper
    (this course runs two semesters and counts as two half courses)
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  HLTH MGT 731 / Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
    
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  HLTH MGT 732 / Strategic Writing for Healthcare Professional
    
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  HLTH MGT 733 / Knowledge Translation in Healthcare Practice and Management
    
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  HLTH MGT 734 / Quality and Safety in Healthcare
    
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  HLTH MGT 735 / Selected Topics in Healthcare Management and Leadership
    
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  HLTH MGT 736 / Work Organization and Health
    

The Program is offered part-time and is 32 months in duration. Students will complete one (1) graduate half course per term, for eight (8) terms.

Students wishing to complete the program in a shorter timeframe may request permission to take two (2) graduate half courses per semester, after successful completion of courses in the first year. Permission will be granted on a case-by-case basis and is subject to availability of courses.