Graduate Certificate - Health Care Management (HCM)

This program prepares leaders from various healthcare backgrounds to learn the skills necessary to manage in diverse environments within the Canadian healthcare setting.

This program will prepare you to lead interprofessional healthcare teams and be adept in the ever-changing landscape of the Canadian healthcare system.

You will gain business and leadership fundamentals and foundational knowledge in finance, human resources, health equity, Truth and Reconciliation in health care, grant and funding proposals, and change management through a mix of online and intensive in-person learning. A capstone project will consolidate your new skills and knowledge.

If you:

• are working as a health care professional with career aspirations of managing a team, unit, or clinic • want to open your own practice, but are unsure of the business aspects • would like to earn a post-secondary credential while maintaining your current role and lifestyle

then the curriculum in this program will position you for future administrative and management roles in a wide range of healthcare environments while continuing to work and provide patient care in your current role.

The broad spectrum of management skills specific to the Ontario health care sector makes this program an ideal choice for anyone looking to advance their career into a management position, accelerate in their current management role or open their own practice.

Fields of practice for graduates include clinics, hospitals or private facilities, nursing administration, infectious disease management, laboratory medicine administration, management in occupational therapy and physical therapy, dental health services management, homecare management, and first-aid management.