Sessional Lecturer- MHI- System Design and Process Innovation in Healthcare

Sessional Lecturer Position

Posting Date:
June 8, 2026

Program:
Master of Health Informatics (MHI)

Sessional Dates of Appointment:
Fall 2026, September to December

Existing Vacancy:
Yes

Course

Title:

MHI
2017H - System Design and Process Innovation in Healthcare

There are numerous ways in which information technology can be used in any particular setting, with very different results. IT can be used to reduce costs and improve efficiency simply by taking advantage of the power of automation. But the increasingly diverse capabilities of IT systems can also stimulate innovative rethinking of business processes, reorganizing and simplifying work relationships and roles.

Even more radically, strategic use of IT can lead to transformations in entire industries, changing the rules and business models within which customers, suppliers, partners and other stakeholders operate. In the information systems world, the systems analyst acts as the intermediary between technical system developers on the one hand, and business managers and users on the other. Techniques have been developed to enable them to analyze business situations and communicate requirements to technical developers.

With the rapidly changing role of IT in today’s organizations, there is also need to rethink the methods and techniques used in systems analysis. This course will cover conventional systems analysis methods as well as recent developments. Modelling approaches considered will include process modelling, data modelling, object modelling, strategic modelling, and value network modelling. Strengths and limitations of various techniques will be examined.

• Describe and explain the activities and contexts of systems analysis.
• Describe the changing nature of systems analysis, where information systems can be used to achieve varying degrees of change to existing processes.
• Approach an organization to study its activities and processes from the perspective of systems analysis.
• Map processes using modelling techniques for analysis.
• Analyze the processes and data in an organization, and explore alternative options for redesigning or improving processes, taking advantage of information technology systems.
• Use modelling techniques to explore more fundamental changes, including those involving reconfigurations of relationships among stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
• Discuss the strengths and limitations of various techniques for systems analysis.

Class schedule:
Section 1:
Weekly sessions from 6:10 pm to 9 pm on Mondays between September 14 and December 7, 2026.
Section 2:
Modular sessions from 9:10 am to 1 pm on Saturdays between September 12 to December 5, 2026.

Delivery mode:
Section 1 - In-person and Section 2 - Online Synchronous

Estimated enrolment: 60

Estimated TA support:
None

• A PhD or Masters level education with experience in health informatics and information technology, systems analysis and design, and organizational modeling.
• A robust understanding of business process management, requirements engineering and system design methods.
• An extensive knowledge of eHealth landscape in Canada.
• Past teaching experience related to 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., Quercus), PowerPoint, as well as on-line collaboration tools (Blogs, Wikkis, Discussion Boards, Webinars, or Video-conferencing).

• Course instructor for a professional graduate course using competency-based learning and assessment methods.
• Must be accessible to students outside of classroom hours.
• Available evenings and weekends.

$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
Note that rates stipulated in the collective agreement may vary. The rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.

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