Projects

HMGT 5800 Integrative Project

If you are in the Health Care Quality Management, Health Informatics Technology Management, Clinical Research, or Health Care Management Level 2 program, you must complete the HMGT 5800 Integrative Project as your last, or second-last course in your program. By conducting a systematic review of major issues and best practices relating to a problem or opportunity in your workplace, you will develop appropriate alternatives and present a fully justified recommendation for solving the problem or advancing the opportunity. At the end of each milestone in the course, you will present a report and presentation to a panel comprised of a BCIT facilitator, a BCIT subject matter expert, and your organizational sponsor.

If you are intending to do the Integrated Project, and you are approaching your 6th or 7th course in the program, you should contact the Program Assistant and request access to the HMGT 5800 online course material. After you review the material, you will be prepared to identify a suitable project topic.

Industry services

Specialized industry training workshops are also available and can be specifically designed to meet the needs of your organization. Contact us for details.

Applied research

Health care quality improvement: a Patient Safety Community of Practice

Faculty and students in the Health Care Quality Improvement Advanced Specialty Certificate program and members of the Western Health Care Improvement Network used a Community of Practice as a tool for communication and collaboration. The students gained practical knowledge by engaging with experts on real work problems and issues. Through the online community, learners were given the opportunity to develop relationships with those working in quality improvement in the provincial health authorities. BCIT Technology Enabled Knowledge (TEK) Faculty Project 2005.

Pan-Canadian Health Informatics Collaboratory

As part of the Pan-Canadian Health Informatics Collaboratory Project, funded by Canarie Inc., BCIT developed and delivered two components:

• The two-hour e-learning module Conducting Successful Educational Encounters via Telehealth
• A best practices guide and tool set to support a constructivist approach to e-learning across the project modules

See: Meginbir, L., Hebert, M., & Lau, F. (2004). E-learning environment for health informatics education. Healthcare Information Management & Communications Canada XVIII, 1, 22-4. [PDF, 79 KB].