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.
Registration dates
Not all courses are offered each term.
Fall 2022 registration opens July 25, 2022. Winter 2023 registration opens November 28, 2022.Delivery options
In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration
Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery with no assigned day or time requirements, independent course completion
Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery with scheduled day and time course requirements
Hybrid: any combination of: in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery