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A huge sector in all industrialized economies, healthcare is an area with significant management challenges. The Health Sector Management emphasis focuses on management in health care delivery systems, competition, and regulation in the global pharmaceutical industry; healthcare innovation; and management consulting.
For additional information on what we offer students interested in careers in healthcare and life sciences please visit the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy website:
HealthSectorStrategy
For information on our Global Executive MBA for Healthcare and the Life Sciences, our MBA for working professionals customized for the global healthcare & life sciences sector:
Global Executive MBA for Healthcare and the Life Sciences
For information on our MD/MBA combined Degree Program:
Joint Degrees
Subjects you will study include:
- Business strategies in the current pharmaceutical industry and surrounding health and life sciences ecosystem
- Major players and institutions in the pharmaceutical sector
- Craft and process of management consulting in the health sector
- Models of health innovation in Canada and globally
- Mapping the Canadian health sector (with comparisons to other industrialized countries)
- Healthcare Financing, Incentives and Value-Based Care
- Public-private partnerships
- Performance management, governance, and control
- Organizational redesign and system integration
Research insights from our faculty:
Professor Avi Goldfarb
"Canadian Study Shows Low Incident of False Positive Test Results from Rapid Antigen Tests”
The study, published in JAMA, an international peer-reviewed general medical journal, showed the overall rate of false-positive results among the total rapid antigen test screens for SARS-CoV-2 was very low.
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Professor Anita McGahan
“Study Examines the most effective COVID-19 control policies”
Which COVID policies are most effective? A new study examines the effectiveness of COVID-19 control policies in 40 jurisdictions including countries and U.S. states.
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Requirements to complete
You must successfully complete three of the following core courses:
Core courses
RSM 2020
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Health Sector Strategy & Organization
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RSM 2017
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Pharmaceutical Strategy
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RSM 2059
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Healthcare and Life Sciences Consulting: Field Application Project (previously Health Systems Consulting)
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RSM 2085 (previously 2083)
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Healthcare Innovation
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It is also recommended that students in this emphasis choose other courses from the following selection:
RSM 2012
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Entrepreneurship
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RSM 2013
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Creative Destruction Lab
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RSM 2054
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Technology Strategy
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RSM 2061
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Strategic Networks
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RSM 2081
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Social Entrepreneurship
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RSM 2301
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Financial Management
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RSM 2405
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Supply Chain Management
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RSM 2407
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Service Operations Management
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RSM 2516
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Design Research and Data Storytelling
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RSM 2522
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Marketing & Behavioural Economics
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RSM 2524
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Business Design Practicum
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RSM 2530
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Creativity and Business Innovation
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RSM 2601
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Organizational Design
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RSM 2609
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Aligning People and Strategy
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RSM 2620
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Leading Teams
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RSM 2709
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Business Design and Innovation Immersion Tour
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ICP
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Challenges
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GCP
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Global to Local Projects
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Recommended courses offered by other University of Toronto Faculties (Please note that space availability varies and enrolment is not guaranteed):
IHPME (Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation)*
*One course on the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation list may count as one of the three courses required to complete the emphasis with permission from Coordinator
In the Master of Health Informatics program
MHI2001 Fundamentals of Health Informatics
Karim Keshavjee / Aviv Shachak
MHI2012 Introduction to Big Data for Health
Morgan Lim / David Kirsch
MHI2018 Knowledge Management & Systems
Karim Keshavjee
In the Health Services Research program
HAD5760 Advanced Health Economics & Policy Analysis
Audrey Laporte
In the MHSc – Health Administration program
HAD5736 Operations Research: Tools for Quantitative Health Care Decision Making
Mike Carter and Dionne Aleman
HAD5765 Case Studies in Health Policy
Raisa Deber
HAD5713H Introduction to Health Information Systems
Mark Fam
In the SLI program – System, Leadership & Innovation
HAD400H-F3 Innovation in Integrated Health and Social Care: Principles and Practice (reading course)
Geoff Anderson
HAD2008 Human Factors, Strategy, and Innovation Leadership
Abi Sriharan
HAD2003H Leading and Responding to Health Policy and System Change
Geoff Anderson
HAD2002H Research Methods for Evaluating Health System Innovation
Pre-Requisite: HAD2003H Leading and Responding to Health Policy and System Change
Geoff Anderson
HAD2007 Leading Health Systems Innovation and Transformation
Abi Sriharan and Terry Sullivan
BTC 2030HS
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Management of Technological Innovation ++
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MMI 1070H
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Economics of Business Strategy+++
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MMI 1090H
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Technology, Strategy & Policy+++
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MIE 561H1
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Health Care Systems (in Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering)
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* Experimental Course
+ If student would like a course in this list to count toward the emphasis in Health Sector Management (i.e. replace a Core Course) approval is needed by the Coordinator; course projects must be in the Health Sector
++ Part of UofT Mississauga Masters in Biotechnology Program
+++ Part of UofT Mississauga Master of Management of Innovation program
Career Paths for Health Sector Management
This emphasis is relevant for those students who expect to be managing in or operating for-profit or not-for-profit organizations in the health care sector. This may include positions in consulting, hospital administration, government, medical devices, bio-pharma, insurance, new ventures, and venture capital and finance.
Rotman grads working in healthcare
Hamza Sajjad, Customer Success Manager, Digital Surgery Solutions, Johnson & Johnson
A healthcare leader with a diverse background spanning many industries
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Joëlle Lavoie, Business Development Manager, CAN Health Network
Helping Canadian innovators scale their technologies nationally and beyond
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Flexible Internship Program
The Rotman Full-Time MBA Program provides a unique opportunity for students to integrate and apply management knowledge gained within the program through a 4-month internship. Students are required to complete the course “Applied Management: Placement” in conjunction with a work placement which may be done in the Summer, Fall or Winter terms. Depending on their academic area of concentration/major and career objectives, students will be guided on the best work term option to secure a placement with an employer. Throughout their work placement, students will benefit from enhanced communication with their host employers, tracking of project deliverables and feedback from faculty supervisors.
Companies that have recruited at Rotman
A selection of companies where Rotman MBA graduates have worked in recent years:

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Positions of recent Rotman graduates in the health sector
Business Analyst
Business Development Specialist
Change Management Consultant
Consultant, Commercial Effectiveness
Corporate Accounts Executive
Cost Accounting Manager
Data Analyst
Diabetes Consultant
Director of Operations
EMR Specification Analyst
Engagement Manager
Financial Analyst
Group Director, Science and Technology
Healthcare Consulting - Resume Book
Human Resources Generalist
Key Account Manager
Management Associate
Manager, Financial Operations
Manager, Occupational Health and Safety
Manager, Office of the President & CEO and Governance Affairs
Manager, Process and Policy
Managing Director
Marketing Specialist
Medical Strategy Intern
Practice eAdvisory Consultant
Process Leader
Product Manager
Program Manager
Project Manager
Regional Manager- Practice IT Adoption
Regional Sales Manager
Researcher
Sales and Marketing
Senior Accountant
Senior Business/Research Analyst
Technology Assessment Officer