Program organization
Students in the PGD program can specialize in one of three topics: Health Service Research, Program Evaluation in Health Services or Quality Improvement in Health Care. The program organization will differ depending on the subspecialty topic:
Courses for PGD in Health Service Research
Year 1 | |||
Term | Title of Course/Work Experience Component* | Credits | Number of hours |
Fall Term | 1. Research methods in health sciences (1) | 3 | 48 |
2. Program evaluation methods (1) | 3 | 48 | |
3. Epidemiological methods | 3 | 48 | |
Winter Term | 4. Advanced quantitative research methods | 3 | 48 |
5. Advanced qualitative research methods | 3 | 48 | |
6. Measurement in health: psychometric features of questionnaires | 3 | 48 | |
Spring Term | 7. Systematic literature review and meta-analysis | 3 | 48 |
8. Medical anthropology for graduate studies | 3 | 48 | |
Year 2 | |||
Fall Term Attention: Summer Term is optional and only includes Course Number 9 | 9. Field-based research 1: design | 3 | 48 |
10. Field-based research 2: practicum | 6 | 96 | |
Courses for PGD in Program Evaluation in Health Services
Year 1 | |||
Term | Title of Course/Work Experience Component* | Credits | Number of hours |
Fall Term | 3 | 48 | |
2. Program evaluation methods (1) | 3 | 48 | |
3. Medical anthropology | 3 | 48 | |
Winter Term | 4. Advanced quantitative research methods | 3 | 48 |
5. Advanced qualitative research methods | 3 | 48 | |
6. Program evaluation methods (2) | 3 | 48 | |
Spring Term | 7. Economic evaluation and value in health care | 3 | 48 |
8. Social contexts of educational policy, politics and practice | 3 | 48 | |
Year 2 | |||
Fall Term Attention: Summer Term is optional and only includes Course Number 9 | 9. Field-based evaluation 1: design | 3 | 48 |
10. Field-based evaluation 2: practicum | 6 | 96 | |
Courses for PGD in Quality Improvement in Health Care
Year 1 | |||
Term | Title of Course/Work Experience Component* | Credits | Number of hours |
Fall Term | 1. Research methods in health sciences (1) | 3 | 48 |
2. Program evaluation methods (1) | 3 | 48 | |
3. Medical anthropology | 3 | 48 | |
Winter Term | 4. Quality improvement in health care (1) | 3 | 48 |
5. Psychology of change and behavioural engineering | 3 | 48 | |
6. Epidemiological methods | 3 | 48 | |
Spring Term | 7. Quality improvement in health care (2) | 3 | 48 |
8. Economic evaluation and value in health care | 3 | 48 | |
Year 2 | |||
Fall Term Attention: Summer Term is optional and can only includes Course Number 9 | 9. Field-based quality improvement 1: design | 3 | 48 |
10. Field-based quality improvement 2: practicum | 6 | 96 | |