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We are witnessing
spectacular developments in health research and these advances
offer tremendous hope to patients. But the degree of hope
offered is matched by the tremendous challenges posed by these
advances. There is an acute shortage
of experts in law, ethics and policy able to address significant
health care challenges, such as measuring the effectiveness of
regulation of private health insurance, assessing the impact of
tort law on patient safety, and formulating ethical means to
distribute scarce health care resources.
To equip researchers and
decision-makers to meet these challenges requires innovative
multi-disciplinary training that is simply not available in
traditional law school curricula.
The core of the Program is a training matrix capable of being
tailored to each student’s specific research challenge.
The Program not only equips students with unparalleled
training and mentoring but also provides a previously
non-existent network through which students, scholars, and
decision-makers in Canada’s health care system can interact.
The objectives of the Program are:
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To expand our program internationally and encourage
an increasing number of national and international students in
undergraduate Programs in law, to
pursue graduate studies in health law and policy;
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To enrich the training of graduate
students in health law and policy by providing them with
multi-disciplinary learning opportunities through a variety
of innovative programs and by expanding our network of
multi-disciplinary mentors to include experts in the areas
of aboriginal health, public health, ethics, genetics,
mental health and nanotechnology;
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To increase the likelihood that skilled
health law and policy researchers will seek career
opportunities in government and public/quasi-public
institutions by creating a series of national and
international exchange and
internship opportunities for students;
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To strengthen the development of health
law and policy curricula across the country by providing a
forum for health law teachers and interdisciplinary mentors
to meet and share best practices and curriculum materials.
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