HAD2040Y

The overall learning goal for the project course is to effectively apply principles, theories and frameworks of health systems innovation to a practice based issue. More specifically, students will learn to exercise skills related to systems thinking, innovation design, execution and outcome evaluation. The project course includes the fundamentals of leading transformation, practical tools related to evidence synthesis, design thinking, implementation science and evaluation of complex interventions. Instructional time will be embedded into each required course to cover the learning objectives that relate specifically to the project practicum and a session in each module will be dedicated to project planning, design, implementation and evaluation.

At the completion of the course, students will have

• Applied skills related to systems thinking, innovation design and evaluation

• Collaborated with an inter-professional team of stakeholders

• Completed evidence synthesis by evaluating existing knowledge and resources relevant to a particular health systems issue

• Planned and executed an innovative solution to address a systems issue

• Evaluated the outcomes of the implementation.

• Presented their solution to key stakeholders in the host organization

• Engaged in personal self-evaluation and critical reflection.