Program Director's Report
Achievements of HPME MHSc Program Recognized in UToronto Medicine
"They are top executives in Canada's leading hospitals. They are senior policy advisors, consultants, CEOs in private sector companies, academics and thought leaders. They are graduates of U of T's renowned Master of Health Science in Health Administration program, which has been producing healthcare leaders for more than a century."
So begins the article "Building Leaders" in the March 2004 issue of UToronto Medicine (Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 8). The article highlights HPME's unique MHSc program in Health Administration which trains healthcare professionals for management and policy positions in diverse health services organizations.
Louise Lemieux-Charles, Chair of the department of HPME, is quoted as saying that "Our underlying assumption is that there is special knowledge required to manage in healthcare. We believe it's important to understand the nature of not-for-profit and how the outcomes of your work must be measured differently."
Graduates of the MHSc program featured in this article include CEO Mark Rochon (Toronto Rehabilitation Institute), Joe Mapa (Mount Sinai Hospital), Leo Steven (Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre) Tony Dagnone (London Health Sciences Centre) and Shirlee Sharky (St. Elizabeth Health Care) and COO Catherine Zahn (Toronto Western Hospital).
Graduates point to the many advantages of completing the MHSc in Health Administration over an MBA, including an understanding of the relationship between health policy and management, the opportunity to meet leaders in Canadian healthcare, and to gain experience in healthcare settings alongside top health care administrators.
HPME Annual Research Day
The Department of HPME's held its Annual Research Day on Tuesday, May 4, 2004. The winners of awards were:
| Thomas & Edna Naylor Memorial Award | |
| Best MSc/PhD Thesis in Health Services Research |
Sophie Jamal (supervisor - Gillian Hawker)
/ Steven R. Cummings / Gillian A. Hawker, "Isosorbide Mononitrate Increases Bone Formation and Decreases Bone Resorption in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Trial" |
| Eugenie Stuart Award | |
| Excellence in Teaching | A. Paul Williams |
| Ted Goldberg Award | |
| Most Promising PhD Student | Xiaolin Wei (supervisor - David Zakus) |
| Claire Bombardier Award | |
| Most Promising Student (2) (Clinical Epidemiology) |
Jay K. Riva-Cambrin (MSc - supervisor - Allan Detsky) Jill Hayden (PhD - supervisor - Claire Bombardier) |
| Harold Livergant Award | |
| Outstanding MHSc Year 1 Student in the field of Complex Continuing Care |
Lynn Guerriero |
| Maureen Dixon Award | |
| Student most likely to make an outstanding contribution to a community
based agency or long term care |
Jill Hayden (supervisor - Claire Bombardier) /
M. van Tulder / A. Malmivaara / B. Koes / C. Bombardier / R. Reardon
/ G. Tomlinson, "Framework and results from a comprehensive apprpach to systematic review: Exercise therapy for treatment of low back pain" |
| Mahyar Etminan Award | |
| Clinical Epidemiology - Year 1 Student |
Kourosh Afshar |
| Robert Duff Barron Graduate Scholarship | |
| MHSc - academic excellence and leadership in the area of public health policy |
Heather Logan |
| PhD Poster Awards | |
| Eugene Vayda Award - First Place |
Andrea D. Furlan (supervisor - Claire Bombardier)
/ Claire Bombardier, "Search terms in Medline and Embase associated with non-randomized studies of health care interventions" |
HPME Student Union Award - Second Place |
Xiaolin Wei (supervisor - David Zakus), "Using a Modified Version of the Primary Care Assessment Survey to Measure Continuity of Care in Diabetes Patients in Shanghai, China " |
| MSc Poster Awards | |
| HPME Student Union Award - First Place |
Nadine Shehata (supervisor - Gary Naglie) / K.
Wilson / P. Hebert / D. Mazer / D. Streiner / G. Naglie, "Why do Patients Undergoing Coronary Revascularization Receive Red Cell Transfusions" |
Second Place |
Dennis T. Ko (supervisor - Jack V. Tu) / Alice M. Newman / Douglas S. Lee / Peter C. Austin / Linda R. Donovan / Jack V. Tu, "Under-utilization of Effective Treatments in Diabetic Patients Admitted with Acute Myocardial Infarction" |
| MHSc Poster Awards | |
| G.B. Rosenfeld Award - First Place (tie) |
Suganya Kodeeswaran, "The Ontario Tumour Bank - An Important New Resource for Cancer Research" |
| Elena Holt / L. Thompson / H. Angus / F. Bacchus, "CCO Provincial Care Plan" |
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