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.
Learn how to drive innovation in the life sciences and biotech sectors in this part-time program that focuses on the legal, technical and market realities of new product development and improved patient outcomes.
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.
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.
Explore how data science is changing health care. Learn about the current state of health data in British Columbia, how it is used in the health system, and the long-term outlook for this field.
Join us for an online information session to learn about the UBC Certificate in Biomedical Visualization and Communication, an exciting program developed by the UBC Faculty of Medicine HIVE (Hackspace for Innovation and Visualization in Education) and the Centre for Digital Media.
Gain insights into the challenges of working with real-time clinical data. Key areas include data cleansing, the value of data warehouses, and the differences between experimentally generated and observational data.
Gain proficiency in using WEKA for data handling, analysis, visualization, and executing machine learning processes. The course covers visualizing datasets and data reduction, and introduces foundational concepts.
The capstone project of the UBC Certificate in Biomedical Visualization and Communication integrates and applies the skills, processes and learnings you acquired in Foundations - Seeing, Listening, Communicating, Human Structure and Function, and Managing Creativity.
Learn how to communicate biomedical concepts clearly and effectively to a range of diverse audiences, from students to patients to health professionals. This course is part of the UBC Certificate in Biomedical Visualization and Communication.
Understand the human body and build a rich biomedical vocabulary that you can use confidently with your audience. Using a virtual 3D anatomy tool pioneered by instructor Dr. Claudia Krebs and her team, and Faculty of Medicine biomedical education materials, review the anatomical structures and physiological principles of the major body systems. This course is part of the UBC Certificate in Biomedical Visualization and Communication.
Get an overview of the program, the curriculum, learning outcomes, and what to expect. Meet program instructors Dr. Anita Palepu, Dr. Raymond Ng, Dr. Rob Bergen, and Dr. Yulia Egorova.
This course focuses on practical application, demystifying IP strategy and making it accessible to professionals looking to protect their innovations, navigate patent laws, and leverage IP for significant business development and fundraising.
Developed by the UBC Faculty of Medicine, and the UBC Academy of Translational Medicine's Regulatory Advisory Council, this ten-week course offers an introductory overview of the Canadian and global regulatory affairs landscape. This is one of two courses in the UBC Micro-certificate in Regulatory Affairs in the Life Sciences.
The objective of this course is to support teams of individuals to nurture, manage and direct their creative impulses that emerge from collaborating in order to create work for others. This course is part of the UBC Certificate in Biomedical Visualization and Communication.
Principles of Occupational Hygiene will help equip you with the ability to engage in effective workplace health and safety practices, whether you are new to the field or a seasoned professional looking to brush up on your knowledge.
Join us for an online information session to learn about the Principles of Occupational Hygiene, developed by the School of Population and Public Health in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Learn more about the course and how you can integrate current occupational health and safety practices into your workplace.
Developed by the UBC Faculty of Medicine, and the UBC Academy of Translational Medicine's Regulatory Advisory Council, this five-week course explores this emerging discipline, as well as patent regulations, post-market surveillance and regulatory reforms.