Sessional Lecturer- eMHI2008H - Project Management for Health Informatics

University of Toronto • Toronto, ON

1d • Remote

About The Position

This course prepares students to deliver health informatics initiatives that create measurable value in real clinical and public health settings. Students learn core and modern project management practices across predictive, Agile, and hybrid approaches. The course emphasizes outcomes, safety, equity, and adoption, and integrates change leadership, vendor partnerships, data governance, and clinical risk management. Through a running case, students plan and steer a project from problem framing to launch and benefits realization, using contemporary tools and metrics. This course introduces contemporary project management for health informatics. Students learn predictive, Agile, and hybrid practices and apply them to a running case that links value, safety, equity, and adoption. Emphasis is on planning, delivering, and scaling services and systems through effective governance, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and vendor collaboration. Graduates are ready to contribute on project teams of any size and to lead small to medium initiatives with a focus on measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• PhD or Masters level education in health informatics or related field
• A robust understanding of project management in health informatics and/or health management
• Experience in information management in a health care setting
• Experience teaching graduate-level courses, preferably in health informatics
• Demonstrated ability to relate to mature students and facilitate group learning processes
• Comfortable with electronic teaching tools such as Learning Management Systems (e.g., Quercus), PowerPoint, as well as on-line collaboration tools (Blogs, Wikkis, Discussion Boards, Webinars, or Video-conferencing).

Responsibilities

• Course instructor for a professional graduate course using competency-based learning and assessment methods.
• Responsible for course delivery and assessment of student outcomes.
• Must be accessible to students outside of class hours.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level