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We are changing the delivery mode to multi delivery modes (online, hybrid, or in person) of a number of elective and required courses in the MHSc – Health Informatics program. Due to Covid-19, these courses were offered through online deliveries. Students benefited from the expertise of the faculty member adapting their content to synchronous and asynchronous delivery. Students commented on the advantages of the online delivery on academic, professional and personal levels as it ensured flexibility. Going forward we would like to have the option of structuring some of the courses in each semester as either hybrid, and/or online as well as in person.
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Degree requirements for the Master of Health Sciences (MHSc) program are listed below. For general program information, admission requirements, graduate faculty lists and/or details on part-time options, see Health Sciences.
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The MHSc program began in September 2009. Initially there were two declared fields in the program: Community Health and Health Informatics. Community Health was recently renamed Community, Public and Population Health to reflect the breadth of research in the faculty. This field focuses on the analysis of environmental and social conditions implicated in health and wellness from community to population level. Understanding these conditions provides a foundation for developing strategies to promote wellness in ailing communities. The field of Health Informatics focuses on the development and understanding of the latest computing and information technology competencies, methods and architectures as applied within the context of health care to support healthcare administration, management, policy, training, clinical management, and clinical research. In September 2011, a Kinesiology field was added to the MHSc. Kinesiology broadly encompasses research in health and human performance, with specific expertise in motor learning and development, human neuroscience and biomechanics, exercise physiology and rehabilitation, and health and exercise psychology. This field provides students with opportunities to identify, address, and overcome the increasingly complex health-related challenges that influence the health and wellness of individuals. It is important to note that the current research interests of the faculty within Health Sciences at UOIT encompasses the full continuum of health, that is, research spans from factors affecting morbidity and mortality, to factors promoting optimal human functioning and performance. Researchers are looking at health across the lifespan, and in a variety of special populations.
The reason for the change in delivery mode is to provide the most appropriate mode to deliver the content in maintaining the learning outcomes. The master program has been offered for many years and was reviewed in 2014, which allowed the learning outcomes to be realigned for each field including health informatics. In addition, this change or flexibility of delivery mode will allow the course instructor to adapt to situations compromising the safety of the graduate students’ learning environment, should the need arise. Due to Covid-19, several courses were offered online. Going forward we would like to have the option of structuring the course in multiple ways. Therefore, we would like to include HYB (in-class and online delivery), WB1 (virtual meet time - synchronous), and WEB (online asynchronous), as instructional method options for the above listed courses. The Graduate Program Committee and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research will oversee the scheduling of Graduate courses each year to ensure that instructors are only permitted to teach their course online if they have provided strong rationale for doing so. We will resume scheduling in-class courses when it is safe to do so and will ensure moving forward that the quality of the program be not compromised by the method of delivery.
With its foundation in technology as we are a “TECH” university, it makes sense to use our technological capacities for the benefit of the students in terms of offering flexible options for them with travel, work, and academic requirements. Mastering these online platforms are increasingly useful to students post-Covid as the working world increases remote workplace positions, so students will have a larger variety of experiences from learning a mix of both in-class and online.
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The university adopted CANVAS even before the pandemic period. This platform has been identified as the most relevant platform for course delivery. Adapting the course delivery to either online, in person, or hybrid is supported by CANVAS. Therefore, the technological platform has already demonstrated its values and capacities in ensuring continuous and smooth delivery of the master courses.
The master program has been completely delivered online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Both required courses in the program were offered during the fall semester. The quality of education was not affected at all by the online delivery. The faculty delivering the courses are experts in the content and in online delivery. Students expressed their satisfaction with the online delivery methods as it assured them the flexibility for their learning; in fact, with the addition of recording of each session, the students were in a better position to manage their time effectively and be successful.
As per the above criteria, no program objectives were changed for the online delivery of the required courses for the master program.
The program-level learning outcomes that were approved for the master program were not modified at all to the online delivery.
This support was made available before the university decision to move the course delivery completely online during the pandemic. TLC provided a multitude of workshops to accommodate the schedules of faculty members and additional recordings and/or individual training to enhance the competency of those delivering the courses. Therefore, the faculty members are already well prepared to continue to offer courses in an online format.
As per the above criteria, the same support was provided for graduate students. In addition, the graduate students were assigned a week early in the fall semester of 2020 to be able to attend all the relevant workshops about CANVAS. All the training sessions were recorded and uploaded on the TLC website. Accessing these learning tools and programs will be available for the new graduate students, as we are expecting new admissions for the winter of 2021. They will be strongly encouraged to complete and/or review these learning opportunities as part of their requirements for TA.
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