The Program

Effective September 2021, the Master's in Applied Health Services Research Program (usually 24 months long) consists of:

• Five online courses

• Fall and Winter online seminars (September-April- approximately 6 seminars)

• Graduate student workshop for first year students

• A thesis

Graduates from the Master's Program are expected to achieve the following learning objectives:

• Undertake health services research;

• Design, supervise, and evaluate research projects;

• Critically evaluate health services research literature;

• Employ innovative approaches in health services research through understanding diversity in decision-making   environments and processes;

• Communicate health research issues and results clearly and responsibly to decision makers, academics, professionals, and to the general public; and

• Integrate and synthesize health services research results across disciplines.