Department of Family Medicine
MSc in Experimental Medicine/Family Medicine Option
Possible Elective Courses
FMED:
FMED 503
FMED 602
FMED 604
FMED 605
Survey Research Methods in Primary Care (1)
Readings in Family Medicine (1)
Advanced Participatory Research (3)
Canadian Healthcare Policy and Decision-Making (1)
EPIDEMIOLOGY:
EPIB 613 Intro to Computational Stats Epidemiology (1)
EPIB 525
3 credits
Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective
Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in
the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries
examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies,
levels of development and wealth.
EPIB 527 Economics for Health Services Research and Policy (3)
Dr. E. Strumpf
Key health policy topics in developed economies using analytic frameworks and tools
from economics. Major topics include health insurance, health care financing, and the
roles of individuals and public and private institutions in the health care system.
NOTE: This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all
departments, with the permission of the instructor. A background in introductory
economics is useful, though not required.
EPIB 528
3 credits
Economic Evaluation of Health Programs
Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Concepts and methods used to carry out economic
evaluations of health programs and interventions, including public health interventions,
pharmaceuticals, and other health care interventions. Includes topics such as calculation
of unit costs, measurement of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and assessment of
uncertainty in cost-effectiveness analysis.
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EPIB 612 Principles of Public Health Practice
Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Principles and methods in public health practice. Topics will
include investigation in public health, public health intervention, program evaluation,
public health and the health care system, society and public health.
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Corequisites: EPIB 601, EPIB 602, and EPIB 607 or permission of instructor
Restriction: Open only to students in the MSc and PhD programs in
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health. Open to students in other
disciplines with permission of instructor.
EPIB 638
3 credits
Global Health & Social Policy
Epidemiology & Biostatistics: Formal methods used in policy analysis, role of politics and
conditions under which research on global health and social policy is used by decision
makers.
EPIB 628
3 credits
Measurement in Epidemiology
Epidemiology & Biostatistics: This course will focus on methodological issues related to
measures of health status, determinants of health status, and other relevant covariates
encountered in clinical and epidemiologic research. Topics to be covered include
instrument development, assessment of reliability and validity, item response theory,
and latent variable-based measurement models.
SOCIAL STUDIES OF MEDICINE:
HSSM 604 History of Medicine
HSSM 605 Medical Anthropology Tutorial
HSSM 609 Social Sciences of Medicine
HSSM 610 Sociology of Medicine
ANTH 615 Sem in Medical Anthropology
SOCI 515 Medicine and Society
SOCI 525 Health Care Sys in Comp Persp aka EPIB 525
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PSCHOLOGY:
PSYC 533
International Health Psychology (3 credits) Content: The seminar will focus on
health (including physical, mental and social well- being) and illness in developing
countries from a biopsychosocial perspective. The emphasis will be on health problems
(e.g., malnutrition, alcohol abuse, mental illness, family planning, and HIV) where
psychosocial factors play a large role in the problem and the solution. Action strategies
used to tackle these problems, including health education and community participation,
will be evaluated.
PSYC651: Advanced statistics II: Focuses on Multivariate stats (i.e. multiple
regression).
BIOETHICS:
BIOE 680
3 credits
Bioethical Theory
Bio-Ethics: A survey of some of the main problem areas
and common argument forms used in current bioethics.
Problem areas include consent, decisions to withhold or
withdraw treatment, allocation of scarce resources,
research with human subjects and confidentiality.
Argument forms include those drawn from diverse
ethical theories and traditions.
BIOE 682
3 credits
Medical Basis of Bioethics
Bio-Ethics: The seminar examines the medical basis of
timely ethical dilemmas in health care. Content includes:
clinical concepts of pathogenesis, disease, screening,
diagnosis, therapeutic interventions and prognosis;
decision-making in clinical care and institutional policy
development; organization of health care systems
including socialized medicine, public health and
institutions providing health care; medical research.
CMPL 642
3 credits
Law and Health Care
Comparative Law: The study of legal and ethical issues raised in
medicine and healthcare with a particular focus upon the
relationship between patient and healthcare professionals.
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PHIL 543
3 credits
Seminar: Medical Ethics
Philosophy: An advanced course devoted to a particular
philosophical problem as it arises in the context of
medical practice or the application of medical
technology.
MORE:
POTH 630
Measurement:Rehabilitation
Theoretical and practical basis for measurement in rehabilitation research. Introduction
to measurement theory, scale development and related statistics, approaches and
instruments used to assess outcomes in patients with musculoskeletal, neurological,
cardiovascular, respiratory, psychiatric or psychological conditions. (Winter)
POTH 631
Research Proposal
The course covers issues involved in the development of a research protocol. The
presentation of a written thesis proposal is required by the end of the course. This
document will serve as the basis for an oral presentation to the student's Supervisory
Committee who will also review the written proposal. (Winter)
POTH 610 Research Methodology
Philosophy of scientific inquiry, principles of research design, and application of
statistical techniques, focusing on research studies in health care and rehabilitation.
Fall, Corequisite: EPIB 507
POTH 628 Intro to Regression Analysis
Phys & Occ Therapy: Commonly used regression modelling approaches in the
health sciences, linear and logistic regression models. Topics include: general
concepts behind statistical model building, selection of appropriate model,
preparatory descriptive analyses prior to regression modelling, fitting,
interpreting and evaluating some linear and logistic regression models.
DENT 680 Linear and Logistic Regression for Health Professionals
This course will provide a solid overview of linear and logistic regression, avoiding
mathematical details of these methods to focus on their underlying similarity, the
understanding of their assumptions, the choice of method for specific problems, model
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construction, and how to interpret and present analyses in ways that clinicians can
understand.
NUR2 703
3 credits
Issues of Measurement
Nursing: An examination of the underlying theories of measurement and techniques for
assessing the validity and reliability of data collection instruments. Issues related to the
development and/or utilization of instruments to measure target variables in nursing and
health research are addressed.
The MD/MBA program has:
BUSA 698
3 credits
Health Care Systems
Business Admin: Overview and study of the Quebec, Canadian and international health
care systems within the Canadian context. Brief historical overview and analysis of its
major elements: Quebec Ministry of Social Affaires, Regional Health Councils, Social
Service Centres, hospitals, etc. Critical issues examined: planning health care needs and
resources, financing health care, labour relations, patterns of power and assessing
quality of care.
Offered by: Management
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Terms
Fall 2010
Instructors
o Hanna Zowall
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BUSA 646
3 credits
Health Management Capstone
Business Admin: An integrative capstone experience for students in the joint MD-MBA
degree program, this course reviews leadership roles at the intersection of medicine and
management through real life projects at healthcare facilities in the Montreal area.
Offered by: Management
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Prerequisite(s): MGCR 629; MGCR 650; MGCR 651; MGCR 652;MGCR 653; BUSA
650, BUSA 698, BUSA 699
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Terms
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o Winter 2011
Instructors
o Nafiz Vedat Verter
BUSA 699
3 credits
Health Care Management
Business Admin: Course is divided into hospital goals and priorities; the basic elements
and functioning of administrative and medical organization structure; the complexity of
hospital management; assessment of overall as well as departmental performance.
Course material, approach and assignments are strongly practice-oriented.
Offered by: Management
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Terms
o Winter 2011
Instructors
o Hanna Zowall
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