Critical Thinking, Project Planning and Problem Solving in Healthcare

  • This practical course prepares you for your role as an effective healthcare leader and change agent by teaching you how to critically examine organizational issues, frame solutions, and use project management techniques to execute solutions.

    Topics covered include

    • Critical Thinking Skills for a Turbulent World
    • The Art of Framing & Reframing Issues

    This course is a module of the Masters Certificate in Healthcare Management Program. Depending on your needs, you can take this course as a stand-alone program, working towards the full Masters Certificate if all modules are completed within three (3) years or register for full certificate programs and save on your tuition.

    Who Should attend

    • Professionals in leadership positions in private or public healthcare
    • Individuals seeking to increase their leadership capacity and influence within the system
    • Managers, directors, physicians, researcher’s administrators, team leaders, and other senior officials in healthcare organizations
    • Those preparing for their next career level

  • Course content details

  • Additional delivery options

    Adapt this program to your organization with these additional delivery options.

    In-house programming

  • Message from the Program Director

    The challenges facing the healthcare sector are mounting, seemingly on a daily basis. Demand for service is increasing while the provision of cost-effective care is under scrutiny. The Masters Certificate in Healthcare Management – the first comprehensive certificate program of its kind in Canada – addresses the unique leadership issues facing healthcare professionals, providing tools, techniques, and best practices to effectively lead in the complex world of Ontario’s healthcare sector.

    Our program faculty includes leaders in healthcare, business and academia who will share their insight and knowledge with participants in an integrated and experiential learning environment. Through this program, today’s healthcare professionals will have an opportunity to examine innovative business models that can be applied to healthcare and acquire new knowledge and skills to enhance their capability to lead in a complex, ever-changing system.

    I look forward to meeting you in class!

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    Critical Thinking, Project Planning and Problem Solving in Healthcare Schulich Executive Education Centre
    Schulich School of Business, York University