Master/Doctor of Health Science Accelerated Program

Program Overview

This accelerated dual-degree program combines an MHSc and DHSc for healthcare practitioners seeking advanced leadership roles in healthcare delivery or graduate-level teaching. The program covers a wide range of topics essential for clinicians, health administrators, and educators, including epidemiology, healthcare finance, and leadership studies. Students engage in internships and capstone research experiences, and the program is primarily non-residential with two on-campus institutes.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This accelerated dual-degree program caters to accomplished healthcare practitioners with a bachelor's degree who aspire to acquire a clinically-applicable, post-professional interdisciplinary doctoral degree. It is meticulously designed for practitioners yearning to teach within health disciplines at the graduate level or assume advanced professional and institutional leadership roles within the healthcare delivery system. The combined MHSc/DHSc provides unparalleled academic exposure to a diverse range of topics essential for clinicians, health administrators, and health professions educators, encompassing epidemiology, healthcare finance, statistics and research methods, conflict resolution, leadership studies, professional writing, health policy, global health issues, evidence-based medicine, medical informatics, and medical quality assurance/risk management. Students are presented with opportunities to engage in internships within their home community and undertake capstone research experiences. Graduates of this program are empowered with the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to expand their professional roles in both clinical and non-clinical arenas. The program's study format is primarily non-residential, leveraging state-of-the-art online course platforms that facilitate synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences. Students are required to attend two one-week on-campus institutes during the doctoral portion of their studies. This accelerated track allows driven students to earn both a Master's and Doctoral degree from a respected, regionally-accredited research institution, completing 80 credits of course content within 3-7 years of study.