Revisions to PhD Program
During the past year, an internal committee (Geoff Anderson (Chair),
Jan Barnsley, Michael Murray) conducted a review of the PhD program in
Health Administration.
Following consultation with students, alumni, and faculty, a
number of revisions were recommended. The purposes of the revisions are: 1) to ensure
flexibility within areas of specialization and in the identification and
incorporation of new areas of specialization; 2) to ensure that all
graduates have core competencies; 3) to encourage interaction across
specializations; 4) to provide in-depth knowledge of
specialization-specific theory and methods; 5) to create opportunities
for students to synthesize core competencies and specialization-specific
knowledge; 6) to establish a proposal development and defense process
that will document supervisory and student dissertation expectations and
facilitate program completion within an optimal time frame.
Three new PhD level courses will be developed within the Graduate
Department of Health Administration (GDHA): Canada’s Health Care System
and Issues; Intermediate Statistics; and Integrative Methods in Health
Research. These courses
contain core competencies required for all PhD students in Health
Administration.
Areas of Specialization (previously called Streams) are: Health Policy, Health Services
Organization and Management, Health Services Outcomes and Evaluation,
Clinical Epidemiology, and Accounting/Finance/Informatics. Faculty in each specialization
will design a specialization-specific PhD level synthesis course. Successful completion of
the synthesis course will constitute successful completion of the
specialization comprehensive examination.
Following acceptance of a student’s PhD dissertation proposal, the
student, thesis committee chair, and program director will sign a letter
of understanding outlining supervisory and student responsibilities,
expected dissertation content, and an intellectual property agreement.
Course requirements will remain at 10 half courses. The GDHA
Curriculum Committee must approve all new courses.
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