IHPME’s MSc in System Leadership and Innovation (SLI) is the first graduate program to offer a specific focus on health systems innovation and transformation.
The program is designed for emerging clinical leaders to develop their system leadership skills, apply concepts and techniques for innovation and system transformation and systemically evaluate the impact of innovations on system performance.
The SLI program provides a transdisciplinary curriculum incorporating health systems science, organizational behaviour, health policy, innovation science, and systems leadership. It offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn from internationally renowned faculty, top healthcare leaders, and decision-makers in Canada and beyond.
Program Highlights
Lead Change
Develop skills, gain practical experience, and conduct key research that will expose you to an array of health system leadership concepts and settings.
Create Connections
Learn from IHPME’s world-renowned faculty in a curriculum that delivers course work and practicum experiences in real-world health system settings.
Flexible Studies
Complete studies without interrupting medical studies and clinical training.
SLI Careers
SLI is one of its kind in Canada that uniquely intersects healthcare and management offered by Canada’s leading Health Policy and Management Institute.
It complements your clinical skills and prepares you to succeed as a systems thinker, innovator and a strategic leader prepared to tackle wicked health systems problems in Canada and globally.
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SLI Program Director
Savithiri Ratnapalan
Email Address: ihpme.sli.prog.dir@utoronto.ca
Oversees management of the SLI Program
SLI Program Assistant
Devrim Sen
Phone Number: 416-946-8542
Email Address: ihpme.sli.program@utoronto.ca
Manages the SLI courses including enrolment, grades, and access to Quercus
Graduate Administrator
Zoe Downie-Ross
Phone Number: (416) 946-3486
Email Address: ihpme.grad.admin@utoronto.ca
Coordinates student records, graduate funding, and student-related awards
Graduate Admissions
Christina Lopez
Phone Number: (416) 978-1108
Email Address: ihpme.admissions@utoronto.ca
Coordinates all IHPME admissions
Graduate Assistant
Nadia Ismail
Phone Number: (416) 946-4100
Email Address: ihpme.grad.assist@utoronto.ca
Coordinates various graduate initiatives including defences, student events, and graduation
Graduate Placements
Christina Lopez
Phone Number: (416) 978-1108
Email Address: ihpme.placements@utoronto.ca
Coordinates details involving student placement and experiential learning