Canadian Health System HLED 7120

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Identify the characteristics and components of the Canadian health system.
• Explain the evolution of the Canadian health system and the key issues that impact and define the health system in Canada.
• Integrate the distributed leadership applications of the LEADS Frameworks and its domains to the structures, processes and outcomes of the Canadian health system.
• Integrate the concepts of population health including the public and private sector divide, the financial arrangements and the responsibilities of the different levels of government in Canada.
• Analyze leadership impacts on the Canadian health system including the model of publicly financed and privately delivered.
• Assess the sustainability challenges of the Canadian health system including perceptions of crisis, the concept of user fees and the impact of the aging population.
• Propose leadership strategies to implement primary health care service delivery and the challenges of chronic disease management.
• Discuss the evolution of delivery of acute care services in Canada including the multiple years of reform, home care services and the Canadian policy on pharmaceuticals.
• Discuss the evolution of delivery of community care services in Canada including the multiple years of reform, waiting lists, waiting times and the introduction of new technology.
• Discuss the evolution of delivery of mental health and addictions services in Canada including the need for health promotion and illness prevention.
• Examine the human resource challenges of planning health human resources in Canada, the physician shortage and scopes of practice and the challenges of nurse recruitment, retention and scopes of practice.
• Discuss patient safety and quality improvement initiatives in the health sector.
• Discuss the current research, literature and practice related to the impact of regionalization, aboriginal health and health status improvements in rural areas.
• Compare other national health systems to the Canadian health system.
• Propose reforms to sustain the Canadian health system in the longer term.

Effective as of Fall 2012