The field of health and medicine is broad and encompasses a vast number of professions and specialized skill sets. Underlying many of these professions is a common desire to improve the lives of others by improving accessibility, safety and efficiency of care.
Our health and medicine courses and programs are offered in a variety of topics and learning pathways to suit a range of interests, experience levels and goals. Gain an understanding of health administration through an Indigenous lens, increase your data literacy for roles in the health sector, learn how to communicate complex medical content visually or develop the knowledge and skills to oversee regulatory compliance of health products.
Whichever avenue you choose, you can expect to come away with the appropriate skills and knowledge to find success in today’s fast-evolving health landscape.
Build practical NLP and large language model skills for healthcare. Analyze clinical text and improve patient care in this part-time online UBC micro-certificate program.
In this part-time technical program, healthcare professionals and researchers learn the data analytics skills needed for our increasingly data-driven health sector.
Developed by the School of Population and Public Health in the UBC Faculty of Medicine this program helps healthcare professionals build the skills and confidence to fulfill new or existing financial responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to planning, budgeting and strategic decision-making.
Centred on Indigenous approaches and traditional teachings, this part-time program builds your capacity to lead and deliver Indigenous health and wellness programming.
UBC Micro-certificate in Mental Health and Substance Use is 100% online program that provides knowledge and skills for frontline service provision to individuals experiencing mental health and substance use challenges in multiple service contexts.
Gain highly sought-after skills in regulatory affairs, regulatory science and health economics to help bring new health products to market efficiently and safely.
Transform complex biomedical concepts into information that diverse audiences can understand in this part-time program that blends art, science and communication.