UofC

Students must complete a total of eight courses; all three from the Mandatory Courses list and select five from the Option Courses list.

Mandatory Courses

All of the following:

• Community Health Sciences 600: Introduction to Community Health Sciences
• Community Health Sciences 610: Biostatistics I: Essentials of Biostatistics
• Community Health Sciences 640: Fundamentals of Epidemiology

Option Courses

Select five from the following lists. The residency program encourages but does not restrict residents to choosing courses within a single academic stream. The selection is based on discussion regarding career path interest(s).

Biostatistics Stream

• Community Health Sciences 601: Determinants of Health
• Community Health Sciences 611: Biostatistics II: Models for Health Outcomes
• Community Health Sciences 664: Administrative Data Analysis Methodology
• Community Health Sciences 681: Health Research Methods

Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies (CRDS) Stream

• Community Rehabilitation 676: Consultation in Human Services and Systems

Epidemiology Stream

• Community Health Sciences 643: Research in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control 
• Community Health Sciences 647: Clinical Epidemiology
• Community Health Sciences 649: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
• Community Health Sciences 740: Advanced Epidemiology
• Community Health Sciences 741: Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis

Health Economics Stream

• Community Health Sciences 661: Health Economics I 
• Community Health Sciences 662: Economic Evaluation
• Community Health Sciences 663: Decision Analysis in Health Economic

Health Services Research Stream

• Community Health Sciences 660: Foundations of Health Services Research

Medical Education Stream

• Community Health Sciences 621: Research Design and Statistics in Medical Education
• Community Health Sciences 623: Teaching Methods in the Medical Sciences
• Community Health Sciences 625: Curriculum Design and Evaluation in the Medical Sciences
• Community Health Sciences 627: Medical Education Measurement

Population and Public Health Stream

• Community Health Sciences 680: Foundations of Population/Public Health

Non-Stream

• Community Health Sciences 622: Qualitative Research in Medical Education
• Community Health Sciences 624: Medical Education Cognition Principles
• Community Health Sciences 644: Surveillance I: Data Handling for Infection Control
• Community Health Sciences 645: Surveillance II: Principles of Surveillance
• Community Health Sciences 646: Introduction to Public Health Surveillance
• Community Health Sciences 648: Online Basic Infection Control
• Community Health Sciences 665: Leadership in Health Care Organizations
• Community Health Sciences 666: Health Policy
• Community Health Sciences 667: Introduction to the Legal and Ethical Framework of Health Care in Canada
• Community Health Sciences 683: Qualitative Health Research
• Community Health Sciences 687: Environmental Health