Leslie Breitner /channels/taxonomy/term/7908/all en International Masters for Health Leadership prepares health care workers for leadership in clinical environment /channels/channels/news/international-masters-health-leadership-prepares-health-care-workers-leadership-clinical-environment-352139 <p>From drug delivery to patient treatment, the healthcare sector contributes significantly to economic activity, but there are unique dynamics to managing people in a clinical setting. “Just as we expect clinicians to appreciate the daily work of healthcare managers, we need managerial leaders to grasp the clinician’s perspective,” says<strong> </strong><a href="/desautels/leslie-breitner"><strong>Leslie Breitner</strong></a> in an interview with Forbes.</p> Fri, 20 Oct 2023 16:13:38 +0000 webfull 194111 at /channels ILA Healthcare Leadership Conference /channels/channels/event/ila-healthcare-leadership-conference-339108 <p>Interested in learning about innovative practices in the field of healthcare and leadership? On May 2, join Dr.</p> Thu, 14 Apr 2022 19:52:06 +0000 webfull 179613 at /channels Prognosis: The future is bright for the next generation of healthcare leaders /channels/channels/news/prognosis-future-bright-next-generation-healthcare-leaders-331977 <h4>New ϲ program champions real world training to address leadership and management skills gap among healthcare professionals</h4> Thu, 15 Jul 2021 18:39:17 +0000 webfull 171744 at /channels Prognosis: The future is bright for the next generation of healthcare leaders /channels/channels/news/prognosis-future-bright-next-generation-healthcare-leaders-331957 <p>As the world slowly emerges from a pandemic that exposed the vulnerability of healthcare systems when overwhelmed with multifaceted management challenges, ϲ University has launched a new Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management (GCHM). A collaborative initiative between ϲ’s Desautels Faculty of Management and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the GCHM program is designed to train physicians and other healthcare professionals in the skills needed to make effective decisions and succeed in leadership roles.</p> Thu, 15 Jul 2021 17:05:22 +0000 webfull 171742 at /channels IMPM Online Information Session: April 3, 2018 /channels/channels/event/impm-online-information-session-april-3-2018-285446 <h2>An International Master's Program that creates Impact.</h2> Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:37:57 +0000 webfull 135859 at /channels IMPM Online Information Session: March 5, 2018 /channels/channels/event/impm-online-information-session-march-5-2018-284595 <h2>An International Master's Program that creates Impact.</h2> Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:04:39 +0000 webfull 134896 at /channels IMHL Collaborators Win Grand Challenges Canada Grant /channels/channels/news/imhl-collaborators-win-grand-challenges-canada-grant-226639 <p style="text-align:justify">Students in ϲ University’s International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL) program -- Drs. Padma Venkat, Caroline Kisia and Ahmad Firas Khalid -- are pleased to announce that a low-cost copper device, which has been proven in the lab to kill deadly water-borne pathogens, will be field-tested in poor urban and rural households in India and Kenya with a $100,000 Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) Phase I Proof-of-Concept Grant as part of the 2013 Global Health Stars.</p> Fri, 03 May 2013 17:05:05 +0000 webfull 96540 at /channels Trois programmes dans l'air du temps /channels/news/trois-programmes-dans-lair-du-temps-256867 <p>Des milliers d'étudiants de partout dans le monde suivent gratuitement le cours en ligne <strong>Social Learning for Social Impact</strong>, travaillent en équipe et apprennent à réaliser des initiatives sociales qui auront des retombées. C'est la proposition du MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) de groupe, une première à <strong>l'Université ϲ</strong>.</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="http://affaires.lapresse.ca/portfolio/programmes-universitaires/201511/10/01-4919281-trois-programmes-dans-lair-du-temps.php" target="_blank">LaPresse</a>, November 10, 2015</p> Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:55:53 +0000 webfull 114117 at /channels Low-cost water purifier wins Canadian $100,000 grant /channels/channels/news/low-cost-water-purifier-wins-canadian-100000-grant-226984 <div> <p><span>In developing countries, particularly in rural villages and urban slums, people can hardly afford water-purification systems. The consequences are fatal, with infectious diarrhoea causing around 2.2 million deaths every year, most of which are children under the age of five from countries like Kenya and India.</span></p></div> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:06:53 +0000 webfull 96868 at /channels A Management Approach to Healthcare /channels/channels/news/management-approach-healthcare-229364 <p>The demands in today’s healthcare environment require those clinically prepared to have managerial and leadership skills that are not learned in traditional training. The delivery of healthcare services is ever more complex, interactive and team-oriented. A thorough understanding of the whole field and all aspects of delivery are critical to contain costs and errors as well as to improve patient outcomes.</p> Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:16:01 +0000 webfull 97489 at /channels The IMPM Innovations & Teaching Approach /channels/news/impm-innovations-teaching-approach-231224 <p>The International Masters in Practicing Management (IMPM) programme is 18 years old but continues to be seen as one the world’s most innovative senior management degree programmes. <strong>Leslie Breitner</strong> and <strong>Dora Koop</strong> explain how the programme has retained its freshness for so long.</p> Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:45:51 +0000 webfull 99467 at /channels ϲ lance un premier «GROOC» sur l’entrepreneuriat social /channels/news/mcgill-lance-un-premier-%C2%ABgrooc%C2%BB-sur-l%E2%80%99entrepreneuriat-social-255402 <p><span>Le 16 septembre prochain, le début des cours se fera en ligne pour les élèves inscrits au premier « <strong>GROOC </strong>» (pour </span><i>Group MOOC</i><span>) de la faculté de gestion Desautels de ϲ. À travers un MOOC (</span><i>massive open online course, </i><span>ou cours en ligne ouvert à tous) pour groupes, les professeurs derrière le projet, <strong>Henry Mintzberg</strong>, <strong>Leslie Breitner</strong> et <strong>Anita Nowak</strong> , révolutionnent les codes de la classe traditionnelle pour initier une discussion sur l’initiative sociale. </span></p> Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:46:22 +0000 webfull 112557 at /channels A different kind of MOOC /channels/news/different-kind-mooc-255846 <p>The Desautels Faculty of Management launched a world’s first on September 16, coining a new word in the process. According to the people who put the course together, “<strong>Social Learning for Social Impact</strong>” is the very first <strong>GROOC</strong> (Group MOOC), a new massive open online course that’s designed to foster social collaboration, interaction and learning.</p> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:43:53 +0000 webfull 113017 at /channels