Courses

Students work directly with a faculty member on a directed reading or research project to broaden their scope of knowledge in a topic pertaining to Health Studies that is not addressed in the department's regular course offerings. Permission required.

Students work directly with a faculty member on a directed reading or research project to broaden their scope of knowledge in a topic pertaining to Health Studies that is not addressed in the department's regular course offerings. Permission required.

Students work directly with a faculty member on a directed reading or research project to broaden their scope of knowledge in a topic pertaining to Health Studies that is not addressed in the department's regular course offerings. Permission required.

Students work directly with a faculty member on a directed reading or research project to broaden their scope of knowledge in a topic pertaining to Health Studies that is not addressed in the department's regular course offerings. Permission required.

Introduces students to the various areas of scientific inquiry that impact human health. It will focus on two main areas: the biomedical research paradigm and the relationship between health and environment. The course will also explore the integration between these areas and the relationship between advancements in science and human condition.

Considers how social relations involving authority or power influence the domain of health studies. It focuses on three key areas: paradigms of health, the determinants of population health, and the forces that influence the organization and delivery of health care.

One of the major aims of this course is to help health professionals understand the decision-making aspects (rational and non-rational) in health care. This course reviews decision making theories and quantitative techniques used for supporting decision making in health care, the opportunities they offer and the challenges they face.

This course will strike a balance between theory and application in qualitative research in health studies. We will examine a number of issues surrounding qualitative research as well as four of the most common methods for analyzing qualitative data: Thematic Analysis, Grounded Theory, Narrative Analysis and Content Analysis. Opportunities for experiential learning will be interwoven with the course material.

This course will strike a balance between theory and application in qualitative research in health studies. We will examine a number of issues surrounding qualitative research as well as four of the most common methods for analyzing qualitative data: Thematic Analysis, Grounded Theory, Narrative Analysis and Content Analysis. Opportunities for experiential learning will be interwoven with the course material.

This course emphasizes the evaluation, design, implementation, and documentation of research in the social sciences. The main goal will be for students to be able to identify and evaluate various research techniques that are appropriate for the questions asked.

This course addresses the measurement and improvement of quality and patient safety in healthcare organizations, including the factors that promote quality and safety and the state of research knowledge in these areas.

This course involves an analysis of mental health policy starting with early conceptualizations and approaches to mental health care, to more recent government initiatives and societal approaches in Canada, with a comparison to other international contexts. Integrated with the undergraduate course Atkinson Health Studies 4140 3.0

This course involves an analysis of mental health policy starting with early conceptualizations and approaches to mental health care, to more recent government initiatives and societal approaches in Canada, with a comparison to other international contexts. Integrated with the undergraduate course Atkinson Health Studies 4140 3.0

This seminar introduces students to the history and process of public policy making ways ways to evaluate them with a focus on health. Course topics include the origins of public-policy making; key concepts, modes and instruments in the process of public policy making; and constraints on public policy analysis along with critical analyses of relevant cases from the field of health.

This seminar introduces students to the history and process of public policy making ways ways to evaluate them with a focus on health. Course topics include the origins of public-policy making; key concepts, modes and instruments in the process of public policy making; and constraints on public policy analysis along with critical analyses of relevant cases from the field of health.

This course traces the profound shifts and challenges for understanding health inequities that Intersectionality theorists and practitioners from Black, Indigenous, and Feminist Studies have brought to Health Studies and Disability Studies, including new methodological and theoretical approaches to gender and gender identity, sexuality, (dis)ability, trauma, structural violence, settler colonial studies, and environmental studies.

Considers how the political and economic forces that shape the distribution of wealth, influence, and power within wealthy developed nations such as Canada create health inequities. The course focuses on three key areas related to the presence of health inequities: the economic system, the political system, and the ability of citizens to shape public policy.

This course considers health from a human rights and social justice perspective, exploring both domestic and international issues. It focuses on three areas: disability, reproductive technology and HIV/AIDS.

This seminar explores how to conduct critical policy analysis of health equity issues. We explore a variety of theoretical, analytical and conceptual frameworks and multiple levels of analysis. We draw from health studies, policy studies, political economy, political science, sociology, anthropology, geography, philosophy, women's, feminist and gender studies, psychology, and aging studies.

This course examines various perspectives on knowledge, Information, Evidence and decision making in organizations by building on theoretical and empirical work in organizational behaviour and health care. In addition, the course explores theories of knowledge translation and the knowledge exchange process.

This course examines various perspectives on knowledge, Information, Evidence and decision making in organizations by building on theoretical and empirical work in organizational behaviour and health care. In addition, the course explores theories of knowledge translation and the knowledge exchange process.

This course will introduce the fundamental concepts and principles of machine learning and its application in healthcare. We will explore machine learning approaches, health cases in relation to machine learning, and best practices for designing, building, and evaluating machine learning applications in healthcare. Opportunities and challenges that machine learning present for health and society will be covered.

This course will introduce the fundamental concepts and principles of machine learning and its application in healthcare. We will explore machine learning approaches, health cases in relation to machine learning, and best practices for designing, building, and evaluating machine learning applications in healthcare. Opportunities and challenges that machine learning present for health and society will be covered.