Sessional Lecturer- MHI: Advanced Topics in Health Informatics

Sessional Lecturer – MHI
2006H:
Advanced Topics in Health Informatics (Strategic Frameworks for Solution Architecture)

Program:
Master of Health Informatics (MHI)

Appointment Dates:
Fall 2026, September to December

This capstone course is designed for students to apply critical thinking and knowledge built throughout the MHI program to the process of engaging theoretical frameworks for solution architecture within real‑world situations. The goal is for students to gain experience in translating knowledge through strategic and best‑practice based methods to address ‘wicked problems’ currently experienced within the informatics spectrum, ranging from the challenges of existing implementations to meeting the potential for AI in healthcare.

Guests are subject matter experts bringing such cases as AI and ethics, policy and hospital governance, and healthcare communications. Capstone projects include opportunities to problem solve in live settings, to explore solutions with public and private sector interdisciplinary case partners.

• Discovery of environmental impacts:
  Working as a group and individually, students will collaborate to identify and articulate relevant issues effecting the uptake of digital health technologies and related processes.
• Distillation of strategic insights:
  Students will leverage their MHI competencies developed to date, evidence and best practices to synthesize and integrate research and a range of knowledge, including grey literature, as it relates to proposing viable solutions.
• Development of strategic directions:
  Students will collaborate to produce viable and pragmatic case responses and capstone project deliverables that address key drivers and disruptors within a real‑world context.

• Class schedule:
  Weekly sessions from 9:10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays between September 8 and December 8, 2026
• Delivery mode:
  In‑person
• Estimated enrolment: 50
• Estimated TA support:
  None

• A Ph.D. or master’s degree with recent experience in clinical and health informatics, preferably in ICT adoption, implementation, and evaluation
• A robust understanding of clinical and clinician work processes, as influenced by health informatics and related technology
• Past teaching experience in health informatics, preferably at the graduate level
• Prior experience in curriculum development and adult teaching‑learning methods
• Comfortable with electronic teaching tools such as Learning Management Systems (e.g., Canvas), PowerPoint, and online collaboration tools (blogs, wikis, discussion boards, webinars, or video‑conferencing)

• Course instructor for a professional graduate course using competency‑based learning and assessment methods
• Responsible for course design and assessment of student outcomes, and must be accessible to students outside classroom hours

$9,997.47 – Sessional Lecturer I

$10,699.21 – Sessional Lecturer I – Long Term

$10,699.21 – Sessional Lecturer II

$10,953.96 – Sessional Lecturer II – Long Term

$10,953.96 – Sessional Lecturer III

$11,228.90 – Sessional Lecturer III – Long Term

The rates indicated above are subject to the collective agreement. Should the rates stipulated in the collective agreement differ from those stated in this posting, the collective agreement rates will apply.

Please send your CV and cover letter, outlining additional value you will bring to teaching the course, to

Closing date:
June 29, 2026

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. Some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement. Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement and are not applicable for positions posted under the Unit 3 agreement.

The University of Toronto embraces diversity and builds a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, Black and racialised persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. Applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion are highly valued.

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