Overview

Partnering with a growing number of leading-edge health care organizations, the Ontario Training Centre in Health Services and Policy Research offers graduate training leading to a Diploma in Health Services and Policy Research at Lakehead, Laurentian, McMaster, Ottawa, and York universities and to an equivalent qualification through the Collaborative Graduate Program in Health Services and Policy Research at the University of Toronto.

Specific objectives of the program include: 1) to provide training in health services research for graduate students, 2) to enhance the quality and breadth of trans-disciplinary training in health services research, and 3) to include decision makers as active partners in teaching, program and curriculum planning, and the provision of field placements for students.

The Diploma in Health Services and Policy Research is a competency-based program focusing on the following five areas: 1) Understanding the Canadian health care system, 2) Ability to carry out health services research, 3) Understanding theories regarding how the health of populations is produced, 4) Understanding theories of health and health services knowledge production, and 5) Knowledge exchange and development of research partnerships.

The program is open to students enrolled in a designated research-focused graduate degree program at the Master’s or PhD levels in one of the six participating universities. For information on eligible programs at a particular site you may want to contact Site Directors or the OTC Program Manager.

Students accepted into the Program may be eligible for financial support.