PROFESSIONAL SPECIALIZATION CERTIFICATE IN POPULATION HEALTH DATA ANALYSIS (PHDA)

Today’s society has a growing interest in maintaining and improving the health of entire populations.

As a result, there is a need for trained professionals who understand the intricacies of population health, have the tools to accurately examine, analyse and evaluate health data, and realise the importance of this work to inform and advance positive health outcomes within societies.

This new certificate program in Population Health Data Analysis meets these needs.

The program

This professional certificate provides a unique opportunity to learn a diverse set of skills from multiple disciplines. While each course has its own distinct objectives, all will contribute to the development and/or enhancement of the following knowledge and skills:

Evaluating the benefits and limitations of specific kinds of population health related data
Accessing administrative health data and knowing how to prepare it for data analysis
Developing theoretical knowledge and understanding in advanced statistical analysis of administrative health data
Reviewing and analysing case scenarios involving health data analysis and related health outcomes
Advancing health data analyses and evaluation skills through hands on exercises, labs and/or tutorials using training data sets
Expanding advanced health data analysis skills in topics specific to individual research or work environments including epidemiology, administration and geomatics

The next courses available within the Certificate program are:

PHDA 03 Population Health and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Delivery date: May to August 2013

PHDA 01 Working with Administrative Data
Delivery date: September to December 2013

PHDA 06 Health Services Program Monitoring and Evaluation
Delivery date: September to December 2013

For additional details regarding program application or course registration contact:
Maxine Reitsma, Program Coordinator, Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, Phone: 250 721 6477

This program has been developed by Population Data BC in partnership with the Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria.

Who should take this program?

This program is designed for professionals who are:

Working for a population health related organization

Involved in health research

Members of a related social science discipline

Financial Support from CIHR

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Population and Public Health (CIHR-IPPH) provides up to $5000 for postdoctoral fellows and researchers to enable them to acquire specialized skills or research/knowledge translation experience.

The PopData Certificate is considered eligible for this support if the applicant explains how they will be applying skills obtained towards activities related to strategic priorities of the Institute. At the time of applying to PopData, applicants must also submit a separate application to CIHR-IPPH. For more information, please visit the CIHR-IPPH website.

For more information on other workshops and customised training contact: training@popdata.bc.ca