Course description
This exploratory course will begin by providing the student with insight into the concepts of health and wellness in terms of personal health and health practices. The student will learn the history of how the health care system evolved and develop a broad overview of the current Canadian health care system at both the federal and provincial levels. Major areas of health care spending, health care reform, and legislation will be examined. The role of various health care providers will be discussed as their role function and scope of practice change in tandem with current demands. The consumer’s role in health care will be studied with a critical look at the influence of consumerism on health care.
Course details
Credit transfer
Have you taken this course or an equivalent course?
Contact the Credit Transfer Office.
Delivery Options
Classroom Delivery: In-person instruction that takes place at a college campus.
Online Delivery: Content is delivered entirely online through self-directed components, allowing you the flexibility to learn anytime from wherever you are.
Remote Delivery: Technology-enabled virtual instruction that takes place outside of a physical classroom. Remote delivery includes some form of scheduled real-time virtual classes or drop-in times, as well as self-directed components.
Hybrid Delivery: Instruction that includes a combination of online or remote delivery, and some classroom activities.
Registration dates
Not all courses are offered each term.
Winter 2022 registration opens November 1, 2021. Spring 2022 registration opens February 7, 2022.